Kamran Akmal

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

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

Problems with the bat could prompt Pakistan to retain Kamran Akmal despite his wicketkeeping woes

How to approach this politely? Ian Chappell was pretty polite. "If his batting was as good as Don Bradman's," he said on air, "he couldn't score enough runs to make up for what he costs them with his keeping."

ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from Pakistan's encounter with New Zealand

Kamran Akmal replaces his brother Adnan in Pakistan's squad for the ODI series against New Zealand, while Misbah-ul-Haq also finds a place

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

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

Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal and Danish Kaneria will appear before the PCB's integrity committee in Lahore on Thursday as the board considers their future involvement with the Pakistan side

A round-up of the third day of the tenth round in Division One of the Quaid-E-Azam Trophy

Kamran Akmal and former captain Shoaib Malik have been told that they will not be in contention for World Cup selection unless they submit documents listing their assets and bank accounts to the PCB by December 30

Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal and Danish Kaneria have been given till the end of December to submit their replies to the PCB's integrity committee's queries, in order to gain clearance to play for Pakistan.

Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal and former captain Shoaib Malik have been denied permission by the PCB to play league cricket in Bangladesh

Kamran Akmal and Shoaib Malik have questioned the PCB's decision not to 'clear' them for selection for the tour of New Zealand.

A Pakistani TV channel has broadcast previously unseen video footage of Mazhar Majeed in which he takes the names of four more Pakistani players who, he claims, work with him

Pakistan have left out wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal from the tour of New Zealand, preferring the services of his brother Adnan, who made his Test debut against South Africa in the UAE

Kamran Akmal has said he has ironed out the mistakes in his technique and is determined to make a comeback to the national team, even if it as a specialist batsman

Round-up of the second day of the fifth round of Division One of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

Round-up of the first day of the fifth round of Division One of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy