Cricket News

It doesn't pay to be successful in the TelstraClear Black Caps side at the moment - you become a target for the injury gods, and Nathan Astle is the latest victim

RAWALPINDI, April 23: Shoaib Akhtar returns to his hometown at the top of his bowling form as Pakistan aim to take an unbeatable 2-0 lead over an injury-plagued New Zealand in the second One-day International at Pindi Cricket Stadium Wednesday

During the first encounter of the recently concluded five-match one-day series between India and Zimbabwe at Faridabad, Douglas Marillier scored the fastest fifty for Zimbabwe in ODI's off just 21 balls with the help of nine fours and one six

** match played on the scheduled fourth day of the rainaborted first Test at Dunedin in 1988-89, in edition to the originally planned four match series that followed subsequently

On March 25, during the last day of the second Test match against New Zealand at Wellington, England's middle order batsman, Andrew Flintoff smashed the joint-sixth fastest fifty ever in terms of balls

On 21 April 2002, during the first match of the three-match one-day series between Pakistan and New Zealand at Karachi, Yousuf Youhana smashed a brilliant 125 off 155 balls to help his side reach a daunting total of 275

Saeed Anwar, one of the best openers in present day cricket, slapped the face of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) when he declared himself fully fit for the coming Test series against New Zealand

New Zealand Monday arrived in the hometown of Shoaib Akhtar, the man who destroyed them with his searing pace in Sunday's first One-Day International in Karachi

The stone-throwing crowd at Karachi's National Stadium that led to a 20-minute stoppage in the first One-Day International between Pakistan and New Zealand Sunday may well have set the tone for things to come

Pakistani fast man Shoaib Akhtar is becoming as big a problem for New Zealand batsmen as South African lower order batsmen are for New Zealand bowlers

KARACHI, April 21: Former Australian pace king Jeff Thomson Sunday admitted that Shoaib Akhtar reminds him of himself in terms of attitude and fire in the belly

KARACHI, April 21: Shoaib Akhtar inflicted a further psychological blow to injury-stricken New Zealand with a career-best performance that guided Pakistan to a crushing 153-run victory in the first One-day International at National Stadium Sunday

On a beauty of a batting wicket, with a quick, indeed a lightning fast outfield to boot, at Karachi's National Stadium, Shoaib Akhtar gave a fearsome display of pace bowling to demolish the Black Caps middle and late order to fashion Pakistan a big

New Zealand have been to Pakistan many times before but there is an element of the unknown in travelling there at this time of year

It was a high calibre, clinical performance throughout by Pakistan

KARACHI, April 16: The local administration promised that strict security measures would be enforced for April 21 day/night oneday international between Pakistan and New Zealand at the National Stadium

KARACHI, April 16: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), has agreed to scrap one Test during their December's tour to South Africa