With cricket boards placing several restrictions on where the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) can train, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has shown some leniency by allowing one of its ICL recruits, fast bowler Shabbir Ahmed, to train at the National

Danish Kaneria, the Pakistan legspinner, will be out of action for six weeks after undergoing a finger surgery. Kaneria, contracted to Essex, will miss their remaining matches of the season. Kaneria fractured his finger in Essex's County Championship

The PCB is expected to organise a triangular ODI series in South Africa next month to help fill the gap created by the postponement of the Champions Trophy which was scheduled to begin from September 11. The tournament, tentatively scheduled for

The fifth ICC Awards will be held in Dubai on September 10, after plans to stage the event in Lahore fell through with the postponement of the Champions Trophy. The tournament, originally scheduled to be held in September, has been deferred to 2009 after

Mohammad Asif has asked that his preliminary hearing for testing positive for nandrolone, a banned anabolic steroid, to be pushed back from August 30, the scheduled date, to the middle of September. Asif will not be able to reach India to appear before

Mushtaq Ahmed, the former Pakistan legspinner, has announced his retirement from county cricket due to persistent knee trouble. For the last six years, Mushtaq has been an integral member of the English county side Sussex, during which they won

Younis Khan has revealed he would have taken up Pakistan's captaincy had it not been for the sudden death of Bob Woolmer, the former South Africa and Pakistan coach. Woolmer died during the World Cup in the West Indies last year

Zimbabwe Board XI delayed the inevitable for a while before the Pakistan Academy sealed a 202-run win with 30 minutes to go before tea on the final day. Resuming on 34 for 2 in their