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A 101-run partnership for the eighth wicket between Rizwan Haider and Abdur Rauf helped Baluchistan recover from 180 for 7 to finish with 299 in their first innings in the Pentangular Cup final

Pakistan may have qualified for the knockout stages but their coach Waqar Younis is not prepared to look beyond their final group game against Australia just yet

Pakistan made the most of Elton Chigumbura's generous offer to bat first to secure a seven-wicket victory in a rain-reduced fixture at Pallekele

Shahid Afridi has said Umar Akmal is fit, though noises from the rest of the camp are not as positive about his finger injury

ESPNcricinfo previews the Group A match between Pakistan and Zimbabwe in Pallekele

Pakistan will continue to sweat over the finger injury to Umar Akmal after the batsman, again, missed practice

Round-up of the third day's play in the fifth round of matches of the Faysal Bank Pentangular Cup

A finger injury to Umar Akmal has lessened the chances of him replacing brother Kamran as Pakistan's wicketkeeper in the match against Zimbabwe

Round-up of the second day's play in the fifth round of matches of the Faysal Bank Pentangular Cup

Round-up of the first day's play in the fifth round of matches of the Faysal Bank Pentangular Cup

Younis Khan and Shoiab Akhtar were the biggest beneficiaries in the new central contracts handed out by the Pakistan board

Pakistan will consider using Umar Akmal as a wicketkeeper in their remaining group games in a bid to offset the disastrous glovework of his elder brother Kamran

Waqar Younis, the Pakistan coach, has said the team is not going to panic after their embarrassing defeat to New Zealand

New Zealand's triumph over Pakistan might have come at considerable cost as they sweat on the fitness of their captain Daniel Vettori, who hurt his right knee during the victory

Pakistan were still swooning from Ross Taylor's blitz when they came out to bat, and the seamers destroyed the top order

Unless Zimbabwe scores an unlikely upset, all four Test teams in Group A are ensured of a place in the knockouts. Pakistan and New Zealand are merely jostling for places

Misbah-ul-Haq believes Pakistan can, and must, improve further if they are to orchestrate a strong challenge for the World Cup

Pakistan's need for a substantial opening stand is growing and Mohammad Hafeez is confident he and Ahmed Shehzad can deliver

Round-up of the fourth day's play in the fourth round of matches of the Faysal Bank Pentangular Cup

Pakistan may have a 100% record halfway into the group stage of the but concerns about the balance of the side refuse to go away