My school did a cricket trip to Barbados in 6th form and they came back with three semi-pro national players who were promptly incorporated into the school team at the expense of my innocuous medium pace bowling and 'enthusiastic' batting.See a…
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Pakistan bowler Mohammad Amir will be offered psychological treatment following his release from prison – ahead of a possible Test return. Amir, 19, served half of a six-month jail sentence for his part in a spot-fixing scam against England in 2010.See…
Feb 042012
Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Zaka Ashraf has urged other Test nations to aid the sport's fight against terrorism by resuming tours to the country. The United Arab Emirates is hosting Pakistan's home series against England.See all stories on …
I feel this Pakistan team are inexperienced and could fold under pressure. England will try to get them panicking an making some poor judgments." That was quick. I was still picking the lumps of porridge from my teeth. Anyway, England lead by 70, …
By Sam Sheringham From Toby, London, TMS inbox: "My dad once sat next to Mick Jagger on a flight to the West Indies in the 1970s, they talked about English cricket and the upcoming tour, it was only when they arrived at their destination and Mr Ja…
There are many thousands of Pakistanis here who I'm sure would love to be at the cricket, but they are often working in the service industry and can't get away. It is disappointing but the important thing is that Pakistan have somewhere to play…
Pakistan team manager Col Naveed Akram Cheema calls on his side to "play positive cricket" and uphold the spirit of the team with a "gentleman's approach" to the game ahead of the first Test against England in Dubai. Cheema want…
But while shiny new stadiums may await Andrew Strauss in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, will anybody be there to watch them in a part of the world hardly associated with being a hotbed of cricket? Barmy Army co-founder Paul Burnham admits: "You don't fe…
Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has said that he may quit Test cricket if he is to play in the 2015 World Cup. He said he would take a decision not before the end of 2013, by which time he would be 32. Dhoni took over as the captain of …S…
By Matt Slater England cricket coach Andy Flower was the big winner at the 2011 UK Coaching Awards in London on Tuesday. Flower was named UK Coach of the Year and High-Performance Coach of the Year for leading England to the top of the Test rankings …..
