Hondo returns after injury lay-off
Douglas Hondo: back in action © AFP Zimbabwe pace bowler Douglas Hondo returned to action in club cricket this week after a long lay off due to a back stress-fracture injury, which has kept him…
Johnson ready to bowl faster
Mitchell Johnson: "I want to try to get around that 150. I'm always trying to bowl quick" © Getty Images First it was Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar in Malaysia. Then it was Kevin Pietersen…
New South Wales bowlers run through the Bulls
ScorecardA superb team bowling performance led by Matthew Nicholson pushed New South Wales to a satisfying 74-run success over Queensland. Set an intimidating total of 325, the Bulls started strongly but were regularly pegged back…
Revenge not on Ponting's mind
Ricky Ponting: 'It didn't have anything to do with the last series' © Getty Images Ricky Ponting doesn't want anybody to look too deeply into the exuberant celebration for his 32nd Test century. His wife…
Sialkot favourites to defend Quaid trophy
'Look ma, it's a whopping, great big trophy!' Sialkot begin the defense of their title with a tough match against Faisalabad © AFP The premier domestic competition in the land, the Quaid-e-Azam trophy, begins tomorrow…
Pakistan fightback leaves Test in the balance
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsHow they were out - PakistanHow they were out - South Africa Jacques Kallis took four wickets as Pakistan fell for 157 © Getty Images This has been a series of fast…
No player to go to World Cup without dope testing – Altaf
'The absence of Mohammad Asif and Shoaib Akhtar from the dope testing, held over the weekend in Karachi and Lahore by the PCB, had led to raised eyebrows' © Getty Images No player in the…
Afridi banned for four ODIs
Shahid Afridi uses his bat for what it was made for © AFP Shahid Afridi will miss Pakistan's first two World Cup matches after being handed a four-match ODI ban for brandishing his bat at…
Utseya targets West Indies and Pakistan
Zimbabwe have been written off, but believe there are chinks in the armour of West Indies and Pakistan © AFP Prosper Utseya, Zimbabwe's captain, firmly believes that West Indies' inconsistencies and Pakistan's pre-World Cup woes…
Broad called up for Lewis
Lewis is returning home to be with his wife © Getty Images Jon Lewis, the England bowler, has flown home to attend to his wife, who is experiencing complications in the latter stages of pregnancy,…