Pakistan news

Qadir steps down as chief selector

Jun 8, 2009: Abdul Qadir has stepped down as Pakistan's chief selector barely six months after taking over the post

Andrew Symonds

Symonds eyes role as global Twenty20 freelancer

Jun 8, 2009: The allrounder could reinvent himself as the world's first freelance Twenty20 player

Australia v Sri Lanka

World Twenty20, Day Four

Jun 8, 2009: Featuring Cricinfo's UK editor Andrew Miller and associate editor Dileep Premachandran

Carlton Forbes 1936-2009

Allrounder Carlton Forbes dies aged 72

Jun 8, 2009: Carlton Forbes, who led the Nottinghamshire attack with his left-arm seamers for much of the 1960s, has died at his home in Jamaica

Cold comfort

Jun 8, 2009: More wretched weather, but the satellite navigation on the way to Loughborough almost makes up

New Zealand v South Africa, World Twenty20, Group D, Lord's

Preparing for the business end

Jun 8, 2009: Both South Africa and New Zealand have qualified for the next phase so this contest is a warm-up for the Super Eights

The fishnet

Jun 8, 2009:

The key to momentum

Jun 8, 2009: How one well-padded Englishman has proved a huge positive for his team - in more ways than one

Passion wears an anorak

Jun 8, 2009: KP and England get it right finally, and the fans are lapping it up. If only the ECB could tap into their enthusiasm better

Now that's what I call music

Jun 8, 2009: Spiffing national anthems, that catch, and the cliffhanger that wasn't

Wright and Kallis put Chappell on top

Jun 8, 2009: A string of solid performances by his picks allows Ian Chappell to wrest the top from Sambit Bal

Ashes 2009

Flintoff takes first step towards Ashes return

Jun 8, 2009: Flintoff hopes to assess match fitness by playing a few games for Lancashire

Just you wait

Jun 8, 2009: Why cricket is like a doctor's anteroom, and the rise and fall of Dada

Courage, desire and gritted teeth

Jun 8, 2009: Three months after the horrific attack that nearly crippled him, Thilan Samaraweera is ready to play top-flight cricket again

Curtly Ambrose

'Pride is essential'

Jun 8, 2009: His Highness was fast, he was tall, he was proud, he didn't care for the batsman's well-being

England v Pakistan, ICC World Twenty20, The Oval

Chastened England progress in style

Jun 7, 2009: England are now guaranteed their slot in the Super Eights, thanks to a net run-rate that will keep them afloat whatever the result of Tuesday's clash between Netherlands and Pakistan

England v Pakistan, ICC World Twenty20, The Oval

Younis perplexed at shoddy Pakistan display

Jun 7, 2009: Pakistan's aura of unpredictability, something that made watching them so fascinating, has come to an end

England v Pakistan, ICC World Twenty20, The Oval

By jove, it's a six from England

Jun 7, 2009: Andrew Miller selects the plays of the day from England's clash against Pakistan

County Championship round-up, 2nd day

Chapple rescues Lancashire

Jun 7, 2009: Durham rolled Hampshire over for 105 and then looked to take a good lead by finishing with on 84 for 2

Durham v Hampshire, Chester-le-Street, 2nd day

Durham strong despite Tahir

Jun 7, 2009: Durham's main priority for the second day was to build for themselves a really good platform to win this match, and this they achieved satisfactorily