Alastair Cook has warned his England colleagues that they face a thorough examination of their character if they are to avoid the humiliation of a 3-0 series whitewash against Pakistan
Six more wickets tumbled on the second morning of the third Test, with England removing both Pakistan openers by lunch after scraping a first-innings lead of 42
The frenetic fall of wickets and early finshes to the first two Tests in the UAE will have done little for the bank balances of the Pakistan Cricket Board or the local organising authorities, but the golf clubs of Dubai have probably done all right out of them, with the travelling supporters finding plenty of time to kill, writes Paul Radley in the National. Is someone sat on the fast-forward button? This Test series was always supposed to be brief, with three matches to be played back to back, and…
The Pakistan Cricket Board will conduct a rehabilitation programme for talented teenage bowler Mohammad Aamer under the anti-corruption code, an official said on Friday.
India finally claimed a first victory on their tour of Australia courtesy of an eight-wicket success to ensure the two-game Twenty20 series ended 1-1.
Rob Nicol claimed four wickets to help a new-look New Zealand to a 90-run victory over Zimbabwe in the first one-day international of three in Dunedin.
Scoreboard at lunch on the opening day of the third and final test between England and Pakistan at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Friday.
Pakistan began the third Test in Dubai imagining their first whitewash in a Test series against England. They reached lunch with such ambitions no longer uttered. By drinks on the first morning, England had five Pakistan wickets, by lunch they had seven.
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Misbah-ul-Haq, in pursuit of Pakistan’s first clean sweep away from home, chose to bat in the third Test in Dubai
