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As the spot-fixing hearing got underway in Doha, Qatar, speculation began to mount around the defence the three Pakistani players are constructing and the divergence in them

Pakistan continued to punch above their weight in Tests under a new captain, grabbing the opening-day honours by stifling New Zealand on a surface that has plenty of runs

Aizaz Cheema's seven wickets gave Pakistan International Airlines the advantage in their last group game, against Karachi Blues

State Bank of Pakistan won the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Division Two after Mohammad Naved's seven wickets helped them bowl Khan Research Laboratories out for 159 and give them the first-innings lead in the final

Danish Kaneria, the Pakistan legspinner, has said he will seek clarification from the PCB on the reasons for his continued exclusion from the national squad

A request by the PCB to have an observer present at the spot-fixing hearing currently underway in Doha, Qatar, was turned down by two of the three players

ESPNcricinfo previews the first Test between New Zealand and Pakistan in Hamilton

Shoaib Malik has said he was not given a reason for his exclusion from Pakistan's World Cup probables, while Kamran Akmal has expressed delight at being cleared for selection

Mohammad Amir, the youngest, most potent symbol of the trio expressed cautious optimism about the outcome of a hearing that could effectively end his career

One of surprises in Pakistan's preliminary 30-man World Cup was the absence of batsman Fawad Alam, whose omission has been attributed to his lack of form by chairman of selectors Mohsin Khan

The murder of Punjab governor Salman Taseer in Islamabad led to the cancellation of the sixth day of the final

Saeed Ajmal, the Pakistan offspinner, is likely to miss the first Test against New Zealand in Hamilton, which starts on Friday, after returning home to attend the funeral of his father

At stake during the hearings is the playing future of Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir as well as the reputation of the ICC as a governing body

Only 17.1 overs were possible on a frustrating fifth day at the Division Two final, which has now been stretched to an extra day in order to ensure at least one completed first innings

Pakistan have left out experienced allrounder and former captain Shoaib Malik from the list of 30 probables for the 2011 World Cup

Suspended Pakistan trio Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir have flown out to Qatar to attend a hearing of the ICC's Anti-Corruption Tribunal

New Zealand Cricket XI, a shadow New Zealand Test team, have come out of the tour match against the Pakistanis in Whangarei with the psychological advantage of having taken a 97-run first-innings lead

Daryl Tuffey, the New Zealand fast bowler, has been included in the squad for the two-Test series against Pakistan, starting Friday

Pakistan's limited-overs captain, Shahid Afridi, has said he is ready to testify before the ICC tribunal hearing the case of the three Pakistan players

There was no play possible on the fourth day of the Quaid-e-Azam Division Two final between Khan Research Laboratories and State Bank of Pakistan