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Salman Butt overcame a bout of cramps to hammer an unbeaten maiden century as Pakistan beat India by six wickets in a thrilling day-night match at Eden Gardens in Calcutta on Saturday. The left-handed opener, 20, smashed 13 fours in his aggressive 108 not out to help Pakistan surpass a big Indian total of 292 [...]

Pakistan’s cricketers arrived in India on Wednesday for their first visit in more than five years for a ground-breaking one-day international with political overtones. The two teams will meet on Saturday at Calcutta’s Eden Gardens in front of a capacity crowd of 120,000 to celebrate the Indian cricket board’s 75th anniversary. The last test there [...]

Nearly a year into his tenure as the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Shaharyar Khan talks to Wisden Cricinfo about his time in charge, the domestic game, Bob Woolmer and the future of Pakistan cricket. Next month, you will complete a year as Board Chairman. How have you found the experience so far? It’s [...]

Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq cracked a powerful unbeaten half century to keep his team’s perfect record intact in the triangular one-day series with a comprehensive six-wicket win over sluggish Sri Lanka in the last league match Thursday. Inzamam overshadowed Marvan Atapattu’s (111) century earlier in the day and remained unbeaten on 76 off 58 balls with [...]

Sporting links between India and Pakistan have hit a new high with achievements that were unthinkable just months ago – winning national titles across each other’s borders. Pakistani tennis player Aqeel Khan clinched India’s national championship here at the weekend while Indian woman golfer Shruti Khanna did the same in Lahore on Monday. The pair [...]

Surrey are just one brick away from completing their rebuilding process under Steve Rixon after Pakistani pair Azhar Mahmood and Mohammad Akram signed deals on Thursday. Australian Rixon, who led New South Wales to four Sheffield Shields and a handful of one-day titles as coach, will now try to finalise the county’s second overseas signing [...]

A cracking hundred by Yousuf Youhana and an all-round display by Shoaib Malik led Pakistan into the tri-series final with a comfortable eight-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the southern city of Karachi yesterday. Youhana finished on an unbeaten 107 and Malik was 86 not out as Pakistan put their Asia Cup defeat against Sri [...]

Shoaib Malik and Younis Khan hit magnificent half centuries to help Pakistan beat Zimbabwe in the second tri-series match here on Sunday. Malik blasted a crafty 80 while Younis scored a fighting 77 to help Pakistan reach the victory target in reply to Zimbabwe’s 252-4 in their 50 overs despite the home team resting some [...]

Abdul Razzaq and Shahid Afridi produced brilliant all-round performances Thursday to earn Pakistan an easy 144-run win over a young Zimbabwe in their opening limited-overs international of the three-country series. Razzaq struck an unbeaten 107 while Afridi hit a whirlwind 58 off 26 balls to help Pakistan raise a strong total of 292 for seven [...]

Sunday in leafy Edgbaston was less tranquil than usual yesterday. The first rays of the September sun were barely filtering through the trees when the bugles and whistles, drums and airhorns, which day long were to fill the air with the noise of a million bees, began. By the end, as Pakistan steered their way [...]