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Sohail Tanvir, the Pakistan fast bowler, has joined Worcestershire for this season’s Friends Life t20, taking the place of offspinner Saeed Ajmal

The ECB disciplinary panel hearing into the case against Danish Kaneria, the former Pakistan spinner, Mervyn Westfield has been put back until the week beginning June 18

Kamran Akmal expressed disappointment after he failed to find a place in any of Pakistan’s three squads for the tour of Sri Lanka

LAHORE, Pakistan, May 11, 2012 (AFP) – Snubbed Pakistan wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal and allrounder Abdul Razzaq Friday expressed disappointment at being continuously left out of the national team, asking selectors for their reasons.

Australia bowling coach Craig McDermott has stepped down from his role, just a year after taking up the position with the national team.

Fast bowler Mohammad Sami and middle-order batsman Faisal Iqbal, neither of whom have played for Pakistan since 2010, have been recalled for the Sri Lanka series

Misbah-ul-Haq has stepped down as Pakistan’s Twenty20 captain

Cricket Canada has said that it is looking at a tour of Pakistan by its national team later this year

LAHORE, Pakistan, May 10, 2012 (AFP) – Pakistan on Thursday dropped captain Misbah-ul Haq from the Twenty20 squad and made all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez the new skipper after the series defeat to England.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has named Mohammad Hafeez new captain of the national Twenty20 team, but retained Misbah-ul-Haq as skipper for tests and one-day internationals.