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Taufeeq Umar returns for Australia Tests

Taufeeq Umar, the left-hand opening batsmen, has made a comeback to the Pakistan Test squad, for the two-match series against Australia in the UAE. Taufeeq played the last of his 43 Tests in July 2012

18-Oct-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Australians done by spin, reverse swing

Phillip Hughes conceded that his team found it difficult to deal with spin and reverse swing, after Australians crumbled to a 153-run loss against Pakistan A in Sharjah

18-Oct-2014•Brydon Coverdale in Sharjah

Australians crumble to 153-run loss

Phillip Hughes scored a half-century but Michael Clarke and Chris Rogers missed out on their last chance for some decent time in the middle ahead of the first Test, as Pakistan A wrapped up a 153-run victory in the tour game in Sharjah

18-Oct-2014•The Report by Brydon Coverdale in Sharjah

Haider swaps dirhams for Australian deliveries

On the first two days of this game, Saqlain Haider was working in a bank, dealing with dirhams from 8am until 4pm. On day three, he was standing behind the stumps negotiating nasty Mitchell Johnson deliveries.

17-Oct-2014•Brydon Coverdale in Sharjah

Lyon, O'Keefe make Test case for spin

Playing two spinners has not brought Australia much success in the post-Warne era, but the UAE might prove the exception

17-Oct-2014•Brydon Coverdale in Sharjah

Azam, Sohail tons reinforce Pakistan A lead

After going wicketless on the first day in Sharjah, Nathan Lyon was the only Australian to make a breakthrough on day three as Babar Azam and Haris Sohail ground down the bowlers with unbeaten centuries

17-Oct-2014•The Report by Brydon Coverdale in Sharjah

Lehmann locked in until 2017

Darren Lehmann has been rewarded for his positive impact on Australia's performance with a one-year extension to his contract as head coach

17-Oct-2014•Brydon Coverdale

Lehmann confident of Warner's recovery

Australia's coach Darren Lehmann has said he is confident opener David Warner will be fit for the first Test in Dubai after suffering a groin injury during the third ODI in Abu Dhabi on Sunday

16-Oct-2014•Brydon Coverdale in Sharjah

Homework on playing spin pays off for Doolan

Alex Doolan is the first to admit that fancy footwork against the spinners does not come naturally to him but his 104 against Pakistan A has suggested he may enjoy the opportunity

16-Oct-2014•Brydon Coverdale in Sharjah

Doolan ton props up Australians

Alex Doolan scored a confident century on the second day against Pakistan A in Sharjah to join the in-form Steven Smith in leading Australia's strong recovery from a shaky top-order start

16-Oct-2014•The Report by Brydon Coverdale in Sharjah

Murali helps O'Keefe beat 'dead track'

15-Oct-2014•Brydon Coverdale in Sharjah

Shafiq, O'Keefe impress on flat pitch

Asad Shafiq will enter the first Test in Dubai full of confidence after scoring a breezy century to take Pakistan A to 305 for 8 in 90 overs against the Australians on the first day of their tour match in Sharjah

15-Oct-2014•The Report by Brydon Coverdale in Sharjah

Maxwell happy with crackdown on illegal actions

Glenn Maxwell is happy about the ICC crackdown on illegal bowling actions, and has said that even though it has come "too late," the game will now have more conventional offspinners

15-Oct-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Clarke gears for final fitness test

Michael Clarke and Mitchell Marsh will be hoping to prove their fitness for the first Test against Pakistan during this week's four-day warm-up game, while David Warner will nurse his groin problem on the sidelines

14-Oct-2014•Brydon Coverdale in Sharjah

'I'm not Misbah, Misbah is not me' - Afridi

Shahid Afridi, Pakistan's T20 captain, has said that his style of leadership was extremely different from Misbah-ul-Haq

13-Oct-2014•Umar Farooq

Why Smith's catch to dismiss Fawad was allowed

The ICC has sought to explain why the umpires adjudged Steven Smith's controversial catch to dismiss Fawad Alam to be legal in the third ODI between Pakistan and Australia in Abu Dhabi

13-Oct-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Crunch matches good for team - Bailey

Australia captain George Bailey has said that although his team didn't play their best cricket during the 3-0 series sweep against Pakistan, the experience of crunch games would hold them in good stead during the World Cup

13-Oct-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

I can't say I have to play - Misbah

Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistan's ODI captain, has said it was not a given that he would lead the side at the World Cup and a lot depended on whether his form improved

13-Oct-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Can't go into World Cup with such performances - Afridi

Shahid Afridi, Pakistan's stand-in captain, has said that the side cannot go into the World Cup on the back of performances that led to their 3-0 series defeat in the ODIs against Australia

13-Oct-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Misbah sat out voluntarily - PCB chief

The PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan has said Misbah-ul-Haq had opted out of the third ODI against Australia in Abu Dhabi on his own accord

12-Oct-2014•Umar Farooq

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