SYDNEY: Hopes of Pakistani nation dealt a extreme-level blow as right-handed opening batsman, a right-arm off-spin bowler and a former captain of Pakistan cricket team Mohammad Hafeez ruled out of the World Cup 2015 following a knee injury on Sunday. … read more
LAHORE: The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) technical committee on Sunday approved Nasir Jamshed as Muhammad Hafeez’s replacement who will be unable to play the World Cup 2015 on account of a foot injury. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had approached … read more
NEW DELHI: Loaded with free-stroking batsmen but missing match-winning bowlers, Mahendra Singh Dhoni´s India will look to chase down — rather than defend — the World Cup title they won four years ago. But a miserable bilateral tour of Australia … read more
NEW DELHI: India go into the World Cup without the reassuring presence of retired batting superstar Sachin Tendulkar for the first time since 1992, which surely must bring relief to arch-rivals Pakistan. Pakistan have lost all their five World Cup … read more
LAHORE: Pakistan left-arm fast-medium bowler Rahat Ali is to replace injured Junaid Khan for the World Cup 2015 squad, sources said on Thursday. Rahat Ali made his debut with the one-day squad for the tour of Sri Lanka in 2012. … read more