"Pakistan shouldn't play QFs in India" Shahid Afridi is right in saying that the team should top the group to avoid playing its quarter-final match in India, feels Wasim Akram. "I agree with what Afridi and coach Waqar Younis have said that they would not like to play their quarter-final in...

Pakistan beat Canada by 46 runs in a one-sided match in Colombo. Pakistan won the toss and set a total of 184 which was too good for Canada as Shahid Afridi took five wickets.

The people that travelled through the hills to watch the first one-day international in Pallekele witnessed a Pakistan team in shambles: they saw a glut of extras, three dropped catches, the worst possible display of end-over bowling, and a batting implosion from a shell-shocked team. They also...

Pakistan broke Australia's 34-match winning streak after edging them out by four wickets in the ICC Cricket World Cup in Colombo on Saturday. It was Pakistan who had last inflicted a World Cup defeat on the defending champions - 12 years ago at Headingley - and they required 41 overs to...

Enigmatic fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar is unlikely to play any further role for Pakistan in the ongoing ICC Cricket World Cup. Shoaib, 35, announced on Thursday that he will retire after the tournament. The bowler seems to have lost favour with the team management, including skipper Shahid Afridi,...

Pakistan stormed into the semi-finals after crushing the West Indies by 10 wickets at the Sher-E-Bangla Stadium. Pakistan needed just 20.5 overs to reach their paltry target of 113 as Mohammad Hafeez made 61 off 64 balls and Kamran Akmal 47 off 61. Their spinners had done the damage earlier in...

Pakistan beat West Indies by 10 wickets in the first quarterfinal of the 2011 ICC World Cup. West Indies were bundled out for 112 courtesy a great bowling performance from Pakistan. The sub-continent team chased down the target in 20.5 overs.

Intikhab Alam has rubbished reports that Shoaib Akhtar was not ready for the ICC CWC semi-final against India because of fitness problems. "Shoaib has been fully involved in match practice, and is available for selection. He's very much part of the squad and there is no question about...

Sachin Tendulkar will play an ICC Cricket World Cup final in his home town of Mumbai after helping India beat Pakistan by 29 runs in Mohali. Tendulkar was named Man-of-the-Match for his top score of 85 in India's 260 for nine, a total they duly defended in Wednesday's semi-final....

Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been selected by Peter Roebuck in his squad of 12 players, which also has Sachin Tendulkar. Apart from Dhoni and Tendulkar, Man-of-the-tournament Yuvraj Singh and joint highest-wicket taker Zaheer Khan are the two other Indians in Roebuck's World Cup squad. The...