Umar Akmal

The match was underwhelming but the atmosphere was anything but

Pakistan claimed the series against Australia, but did so in circumstances as far removed from the hiding dealt out in the first match as could be imagined

Shahid Afridi and Umar Akmal have been awarded a category A contracts by the PCB for the calendar year 2012

Umar Akmal, the Pakistan batsman, has said he needs to bat higher up the order to covert his double figures scores to three figures.

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the third T20 between Pakistan and England in Abu Dhabi

Misbah-ul-Haq has admitted that the frailty of Pakistan's batting is affecting the balance of the ODI side and obliging them to select an inferior wicketkeeper

England's whitewash in the Test was unexpected and so, too, is their current position in the one-day series

England's captain led from the front in another impressive win and while Misbah-ul-Haq tried to respond Pakistan suffered from some basic errors

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the second ODI between Pakistan and England in Abu Dhabi

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the 1st ODI between Pakistan and England in Abu Dhabi

Aizaz Cheema, the Pakistan fast bowler, has said Pakistan will have the advantage of being more used to conditions similar to those in the UAE when they take on England there later this month

Umar Akmal, the Pakistan batsman, has been recalled to his team's Test squad for the series against England in the UAE

After having lost his place in the Pakistan Test side, Umar Akmal has realised that he needs to control his urge to go hard at the ball. That is not going to stop him from playing his strokes though

Fast bowlers Riaz Afridi and Waqar Ahmed took four wickets apiece to keep Peshawar in control

Bangladesh had an opportunity to end a losing streak against Pakistan that has lasted 12 years, but the visiting spinners were good enough to put the target of 178 far out of their reach

For the second time in two matches, Bangladesh's top-order batsmen collapsed quickly, this time playing rash shots on an easier pitch, and Pakistan secured the three-match series 2-0

Given his talent, he ought to be the next in Pakistan's batting pantheon, but he has flattered to deceive, producing flashy shots and the occasional match-winning fifty

A four-wicket haul from Sohail Tanvir and a fluent stand between captain Misbah-ul-Haq and Umar Akmal were the stand-out features of Pakistan's convincing win in the dead rubber played on a slow pitch

The ICC's latest fiddle with the rules was primarily responsible for the intrigue in Dubai, where the tale of two batting Powerplays decided the course of the second ODI, and allowed Sri Lanka level the series