Inzamam confident of playing at Karachi
Inzamam-ul-Haq has said his sore back has been troubling him for a while but is hopeful of playing in the final Test at Karachi, beginning in three days' time. On course to his third successive hundred at Faisalabad, Inzamam first retired hurt and then batted with a runner on the third day. He didn't take the field for the final two.. [more]

'Not good for India-Pakistan cricket'
Statistical milestones apart, the first two Tests of this series will probably be forgotten before too long and Rahul Dravid felt that it wasn't a good advertisement for India-Pakistan cricket. [more]

Kotak guides Saurashtra to safety after early strikes
Shitanshu Kotak led the way with a dogged 95 not-out as Saurashtra finished on 226 for 6 on day one of their Ranji Trophy Plate Group semi-final against Madhya Pradesh at Rajkot. [more]

Gill and Pankaj Singh rout Orissa for 94
Sanjay Gill and Pankaj Singh shared ten wickets between them as Rajasthan knocked Orissa over for a paltry 94 and then took a first-innings lead - albeit with the loss of five wickets - on the opening of the Ranji Trophy Plate Group semi-finals at Jaipur. [more]

Bereaved Malik leaves camp
Shoaib Malik, the Pakistan allrounder, has gone back to Sialkot following the death of his father on Tuesday night. [more]

India bat out a draw after Younis special
Runs continued to flow at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad as Pakistan, unrelenting in their approach, stretched their lead to 391 and ensured that the game petered towards a tedious draw. [more]

Faisal Iqbal and Gul included for Karachi Test
Faisal Iqbal, the middle-order batsman, and Umar Gul, the fast bowler, have been included in Pakistan's squad for the third and final Test against India starting at Karachi on Sunday. [more]

"It's my best innings in Test cricket" - Dhoni
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who orchestrated a quite astonishing 148 under pressure, received that accolade and he admitted that it was the "best message" he had got till now. Kapil would have probably identified with his swagger and daring. Several Indian batting masters would have probably brought off those juddering pull shots off bowlers in the Shoaib Akhtar class, but few might have achieved it with such ferocity.. [more]

ACC hopes to hold Asia Cup in September
The Asian Cricket Council has asked the region's four Test-playing countries to advise it of their availability for the Asia Cup which is now provisionally scheduled for September. [more]

Bengal head to the finals
A face-saving hundred from Connor Williams only delayed the inevitable as Bengal drew with Baroda and made their way into the Ranji Trophy finals for the first time since the 1993-94 season. [more]

Pathan misses ton as Pakistan march on
Plucky contributions from the lower order helped India gain a slender lead before Pakistan responded in kind, confidently moving to 152 for 1 at stumps . [more]

Heated exchanges as Test hots up
It's been a series crying out for a genuine combat between bat and ball, rather than the batsmen having it all their way, and, barring a brief spell between lunch and tea, the third day of the Faisalabad Test took a similar course. [more]

Dravid and Khan warned against verbal volleys
India captain Rahul Dravid and Pakistan's stand-in captain Younis Khan were summoned by Ranjan Madugalle, the match referee, over the verbal volleys exchanged by the players on the third day of the second Test at Faisalabad. [more]

'It's one of the best innings I have seen' - Dravid
That Mahendra Singh Dhoni shredded a bowling attack is no surprise; that he did so in just his fourth Test against the ferocity of Shoaib Akhtar, with his side skidding into disaster-zone, was what caught Pakistan unaware. Rahul Dravid had no qualms in admitting that Dhoni's was "one of the best counterattacking innings" he had seen in a long time, and warned that he could only get better after this. [more]

'At the moment its looking like a draw' - Woolmer
"I suppose we need to get five quick wickets and India need to think the other way. Those two batted really well. At the moment it's looking like a draw and the pitch doesn't look to be breaking up. Yesterday I thought the wicket was more uneven but today it looked pretty flat." . [more]

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