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Asia Cup will test bowlers' readiness for 50-overs cricket: Wasim Akram

NEW DELHI: Pakistan bowling legend Wasim Akram on Sunday said that the Asia Cup would serve as a crucial examination of the preparedness of subcontinental bowlers for the 50-over cricket format, especially considering the impending ODI World Cup.

The Times of India

Akram criticizes Pakistan Cricket Board for leaving Imran Khan out of Independence Day video

The Pakistan Cricket Board has received severe backlash for leaving World Cup-winning captain and former prime minister Imran Khan out of a video showing the country's cricketing achievements

The Independent UK

Pakistan's 18-year-old cricketer Ayesha Naseem announces retirement due to religious reasons

NEW DELHI: Pakistan's talented young cricketer Ayesha Naseem has made the decision to retire from all forms of cricket at the age of 18.

The Times of India

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Australia favourites on paper but Indian players have edge in terms of match fitness: Shastri

The Australian team on paper holds slight advantage on a bouncy Oval track but both Ravi Shastri and Ricky Ponting feel that the Indians are better prepared for the World Test Championship final beginning Wednesday with IPL game-time under their belt.

The Hindu

Sachin Tendulkar Stats: A man of hundreds, India's milestone man lists his best ODI 50s

Sachin Tendulkar’s gluttonous appetite and romance for three-figure milestones began when he was still only 12. But, today, as he turns 50, TOI contacted the Maestro to ask him if he could list his five favourite 50s in ODIs to mark the occasion.

The Times of India

Arshdeep Singh: Indian cricket's new 'Yorker King'

MUMBAI: How many times have you seen a bowler break the middle stump twice in two balls? Arshadeep Singh's incisive Yorkers, which dislodged the middle sticks of Mumbai Indians' batters Tilak Varma and Nihal Wadehera in the final over at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday night not only helped the…

The Times of India

EXCLUSIVE: Hardik Pandya is very strong mentally and physically, my earlier statement on him was taken the wrong way, says Abdul Razzaq

NEW DELHI: Who is the better batsman - Virat Kohli or Babar Azam? The debate raged on for a while and ultimately most experts rated Virat higher than Babar, thanks largely to the fact that Virat just has the better numbers and is way ahead of Babar on most of…

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Digested week: Sunak loses his nerve on Brexit deal as Johnson hints at trouble

Plus, Liz Truss returns, uproar over Roald Dahl rewrites and why everything is too much trouble for Thérèse Coffey

The Guardian - UK

James Anderson and Stuart Broad, the history-making English pace pair

Anderson and Broad have taken 1,005 wickets together.

The Independent UK

How James Anderson and Stuart Broad’s numbers stack up after 1,001 Test wickets

The pair need just one more between them to go out on their own

The Independent UK

Never considered coaching Pakistan team because of hate and abuse: Wasim Akram

KARACHI: Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram has said he has never considered coaching the national team because of the criticism, abuse and hate that are directed at coaches and captains in the country.

The Times of India

Twenty years of Jimmy Anderson: from frosted tips to statistical marvel

England’s greatest fast bowler made his international debut in a one-day hammering – two decades on he is closing in on 1,000 all-format wickets

The Guardian - UK

Saleem Malik was negative, selfish and treated me like a servant: Wasim Akram

NEW DELHI: Pace legend Wasim Akram in his biography 'Sultan: A Memoir' has accused his former Pakistan teammate Saleem Malik of being selfish and negative.

The Times of India

Australia seal series as Starc and Zampa stall England run chase in second ODI

Mitchell Starc and Adam Zampa took four wickets each as Australia took an unassailable 2-0 series lead in Sydney

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Wasim Akram, Sanath Jayasuriya roped in as brand ambassadors for Lanka Premier League

NEW DELHI: Legendary cricketers Sanath Jayasuriya and Wasim Akram have been roped in as brand ambassadors for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) to be held from December 6 to 23.

The Guardian - UK

Wasim Akram: ‘The match-fixing rumours were like a trauma … no one trusted each other’

The former Pakistan captain tells Ali Martin about World Cup glory in 1992, fractious relations with his teammates and life at Lancashire

The Times of India

Former and current Pakistan cricketers condemn assassination attempt on Imran Khan

KARACHI: Ex and current Pakistan cricketers on Thursday condemned the the assassination attempt on former prime minister Imran Khan, a World Cup-winning captain, by an unidentified gunman during a protest march in the eastern city of Wazirabad.

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Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan was shot: What, where and why?

Khan was wounded when his anti-government protest convoy was shot in the east of Pakistan.

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Shooting of former Pakistani PM Imran Khan sparks outrage

Violence doesn’t belong in politics or protests, Pakistani and foreign leaders say after Khan wounded in leg.

The Times of India

Are elite sports persons preparing enough for life post retirement? Wasim Akram's case shows they need to

NEW DELHI: Wasim Akram's startling revelation about his cocaine addiction has shown that even the best of the athletes are vulnerable to drug abuse, even more so when they don't plan for life post retirement.

Daily Mirror

Pakistan icon Wasim Akram on his cocaine addiction and how wife's death made him quit

Wasim Akram has opened up about his struggles with cocaine following his retirement from cricket, with the Pakistan legend revealing he became addicted to the drug

The Times of India

Wasim Akram reveals he got addicted to cocaine after retirement

NEW DELHI: Pakistan pace great Wasim Akram has revealed he developed a cocaine addiction after his retirement from the game but quit following the death of his first wife in 2009. The 1992 World Cup-winner, who took more than 900 international wickets before retiring in 2003, began using cocaine while…

The Times of India

T20 World Cup: Pakistan greats wonder if Shaheen Afridi was rushed into action

KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board and its medical panel is facing numerous questions on whether premier fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi has recovered enough from a knee injury to be match fit for the ongoing T20 World Cup.

The Times of India

T20 World Cup India vs Pakistan: Shaheen Afridi the man who can make the difference

If there's one realm of cricket where Pakistan has always been blessed with 'gold-standard' material, it is fast bowling. From the days of Fazal Mahmood in the 1950s to Imran Khan and Sarfaraz Nawaz in the 70s; Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Shoaib Akhtar in the 90s and 2000s to…

The Times of India

Asia Cup: Akram, Shastri, Gambhir question Pant's shot selection against Pakistan

NEW DELHI: Former cricketers Ravi Shastri, Wasim Akram and Gautam Gambhir have criticised Rishabh Pant for his poor shot selection during India's five-wicket loss to Pakistan in the Asia Cup.

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