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Pakistan’s Yasir Shah suspended after failed drugs test

29 December 2015 0 comments

PAKISTAN bowler Yasir Shah has been provisionally suspended by the ICC after failing a drugs test. The leg-spinner tested positive for banned substance chlortalidone following the second ODI against England…

Marcus North column

21 December 2015 1 comment

…only two groups, there won’t be easy games. India and Pakistan will enjoy the sub-continent conditions, but there are players that are experienced in those conditions. Australia haven’t really played…

Where are they now? Warwickshire – County Championship runners-up 1971

18 December 2015 0 comments

…bowler who returned to his native North-east where he ran a Bishop Auckland sports shop for 35 years. His son Darren played for Durham. SEATED: Billy Ibadulla: Pakistan all-rounder became…

World T20 schedule announced

11 December 2015 2 comments

…Sat, March 19 – India v Pakistan (W) (PM), New Delhi; India v Pakistan (M) (Eve.), Dharamsala Sun, March 20 – South Africa v Q1B (M) (PM), Mumbai; West Indies…

Ireland to host Sri Lanka and Pakistan series

11 December 2015 0 comments

Sri Lanka and Pakistan will both travel to Ireland for one-day series next summer. Malahide will host Sri Lanka on and June 16 and June 18, and Pakistan will be…

Six reasons why we should all lament end of the toss…

8 December 2015 0 comments

…flip… Mumble In the 1st test of 1993/4 between Pakistan and New Zealand, Salim Malik’s call was an indistinct mutter, and quite possibly in Urdu for good measure. When the…

England women to play Pakistan in 2016

1 December 2015 0 comments

ENGLAND women are set to play three ODIs and three twenty20s against Pakistan next summer, with Sky Sports showing all matches live. The action will get underway with the ODIs,…

Looking back – Curtly Ambrose

1 December 2015 0 comments

…had 35 wickets to his name from five games. The great Malcolm Marshall was next on 27. Pakistan were down to visit the Caribbean shortly afterwards and everyone who followed…

Alison Mitchell looks back at Pakistan 2005

24 November 2015 0 comments

Alison Mitchell remembers the sights and sounds of Pakistan 2005 The recent terrorist attacks in Paris reminded us that we may never truly be safe, wherever we are in the…

Where are they now? Durham – Minor Counties champions 1980

24 November 2015 0 comments

…contingent. We could have two overseas players at a time. “In 1980 we had New Zealand all-rounder Lance Cairns and Pakistan international Wasim Raja playing for us. That accounted for…

Warner has defied the doubters in style

18 November 2015 0 comments

…Morne Morkel and Vernon Philander could not stem his flow of runs then it was hard to see what combination of bowlers could. Since then, Pakistan and India have had…

My life in cricket – Andy Lloyd

10 November 2015 1 comment

…Australia that winter and I knew basically I was next in line for an England call-up. A couple of other guys went to Pakistan and New Zealand and didn’t do…

England Test series ratings

10 November 2015 0 comments

With a 2-0 defeat in the Tests series against Pakistan, Chris Stocks gives his ratings on the England squad Alastair Cook (c) Immense with the bat at the top of…

Yasir Shah – a look at his early days

3 November 2015 0 comments

…leggie, then 24, had arrived in the North-east as a virtual unknown outside his native Pakistan, within a matter of months, though, the leg-spinner was the talk of the town….

Big names get behind bid for cricket to join the Olympics

3 November 2015 0 comments

…Pakistan, before Pakistan play two ODIs against Ireland. That’s without the travel and acclimatisation time before and after the event, which would eat into more of the international season. It…

Where are they now? Kent – Joint County Championship winners 1977

3 November 2015 1 comment

…in Tunbridge Wells, December 1990, aged 60. FRONT ROW: Bob Woolmer: England all-rounder was a teacher in Kent and South Africa. Was coach of Pakistan at the time of his…

Pakistan v England: Tourists’ options may be confusing but it’s time for change

28 October 2015 0 comments

By Matthew Harris For a series that had threatened to plumb new depths of tedium, Pakistan and England have produced two tense finishes thus far but it’s the hosts who…

Cricket must learn from rugby’s brave new world

27 October 2015 0 comments

…Bangladesh and Ireland, England and the West Indies and Afghanistan and Pakistan. The group stages would not meander as in 2015, when two groups of seven were used, but this…

Students on learning curve in bid to top world

20 October 2015 0 comments

By Francis Kelly While the national team do battle with Pakistan in tricky foreign conditions, another English side will be venturing to the Sub-continent this week intent on victory in…

Where are they now? Surrey – Benson & Hedges Cup runners-up 1979

20 October 2015 0 comments

…Alam: Leg-spinner and hard-hitting batsman who was Pakistan’s first ODI captain. He went into coaching, helping his country win the 1992 World Cup final against England in Melbourne and has…

Looking back – England v Pakistan series 1992

12 October 2015 0 comments

…England and Pakistan. Chasing 203 for victory, Graham Gooch’s side have reached 140-4, easing towards their target in a game that started more than 24 hours earlier; carrying over a…

Where are they now? Nottinghamshire – 2004 Division Two champions

12 October 2015 0 comments

…to do.” BACK ROW (left-right): Samit Patel: All rounder who is currently in the UAE with England for their Test series against Pakistan and still plays for Notts. Garth Clough:…

Looking back – England’s victory over Pakistan in Karachi in 2000

6 October 2015 0 comments

Tim Wigmore reveals how England upset the odds in a stirring series win away to Pakistan in 2000… As dusk engulfed Karachi at 5:52pm on a December night in 2000,…

Where are they now? Gloucestershire – Treble winners 2000

22 September 2015 1 comment

…teacher at King’s School, Gloucester. Imraan Mohammad: Batsman who is the nephew of Pakistan batting legend Hanif and son of Sadiq. He is now a senior investment manager with Bamboo…

England team to tour UAE announced

15 September 2015 0 comments

ALEX Hales and Zafar Ansari have both been included in England’s Test squad to tour UAE next month to face Pakistan. Nottinghamshire batsman Hales has been in fine form for…