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Cricket: Hair stylist grooms budding Pakistan bowlers

Agence France-PresseApril 29, 2013 11:15

The tough-guy fast bowlers of yesteryear might not approve, but Pakistan's budding young quicks were coached on their appearance at a training camp this week -- by a hair stylist. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) organised the 10-day camp led by legendary paceman Wasim Akram after concerns were raised over the standard of fast bowlers coming through from the youth ranks. As well as being drilled in technique and fitness, the players were also given a lecture by top Pakistani stylist Nabila Ahmed on how to look good off the field.

Cricket: Root to lead Lions against New Zealand - ECB

Agence France-PresseApril 29, 2013 09:00

Yorkshire batsman Joe Root has been selected to captain the England Lions in their tour match against New Zealand next month, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Monday. The 23-year-old right-hander is expected to feature for the senior England side in the Test series against New Zealand in May but is also viewed as a potential future England captain and the selectors are keen to give him leadership experience.

Cricket: Pakistan unearth new speed hope

Agence France-PresseApril 29, 2013 08:15

Little-known bowler Ahmed Jamal has vowed to make a name for himself after winning a nationwide "King of Speed" competition launched by cricket chiefs to unearth a new Pakistani quick. Pakistan boast a proud history of pacemen including the likes of Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Shoaib Akhtar, and Jamal showed he has the pace to frighten batsmen with a fastest delivery of 143 kilometres (89 miles) an hour.

Cricket: Pakistan unearth new speed hope

Agence France-PresseApril 29, 2013 06:45

Little-known bowler Ahmed Jamal has vowed to make a name for himself after winning a nationwide "King of Speed" competition launched by cricket chiefs to unearth a new Pakistani quick. Pakistan boast a proud history of pacemen including the likes of Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis and Shoaib Akhtar and Jamal showed he has the pace to frighten batsmen with a fastest delivery of 143 kilometres (88 miles) an hour.

Critically wounded Indian spy fights for survival

Agence France-PresseApril 27, 2013 08:45

An Indian national on death row in Pakistan who was attacked by fellow inmates armed with bricks has been put on a ventilator as he fights for his life, officials said on Saturday. Sarabjit Singh, who was sentenced to death 16 years ago on espionage charges, was rushed to hospital on Friday with multiple wounds, including a severe head injury, after an argument in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Jail.

Pakistan to send vigilance officer to Champions Trophy

Thomson ReutersApril 26, 2013 08:16

KARACHI (Reuters) - The Pakistan Cricket Board will send a vigilance officer with the team for this year's Champions Trophy in England in a bid to avoid a repeat of the 2010 spot-fixing scandal. PCB Chairman Zaka Ashraf told Reuters on Friday that steps were being taken to ensure the image of Pakistan cricket did not suffer again as it did when the spot-fixing scandal broke on Pakistan's tour of England three years ago.

Cricket: Pakistan vows fixing vigil in England

Agence France-PresseApril 26, 2013 07:16

Pakistan vowed Friday to keep its cricketers under a strict vigil in England to avoid any repeat of a 2010 spot-fixing scandal that resulted in bans and jail for three players. An undercover reporter of the now defunct News of the World exposed former captain Salman Butt along with pacemen Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer in a scandal that shook the cricket world during Pakistan's tour of England.

Cricket: Pakistan's Junaid confident about Champions Trophy

Agence France-PresseApril 25, 2013 06:16

Fast-rising Pakistan paceman Junaid Khan said Thursday he was confident that a county stint with Lancashire would help him perform in the June Champions Trophy in England. The 23-year-old left-armer will spearhead Pakistan's attack in the absence of injured Umar Gul in the eight-nation event to be held June 6-23. Khan said his 2011 Lancashire stint introduced him to the conditions in England.

Cricket: Key figure in Pakistan fixing scandal dies

Agence France-PresseApril 24, 2013 08:46

Former international opener Salim Pervez, a key figure in a Pakistan match-fixing inquiry, died after suffering fatal injuries in a road accident, family and friends said Wednesday. "Pervez was riding a motorcycle when he was hit by a bigger vehicle on Sunday and could not recover from fatal injuries and died early Wednesday," a friend of Pervez told AFP. Pervez, 65, told a match-fixing inquiry conducted by judge Malik Mohammad Qayyum in the late 1990s that he acted as a middleman between some Pakistani players and bookies.

Cricket: Banned Butt ready for anti-corruption rehab

Agence France-PresseApril 24, 2013 04:46

Pakistan's former captain Salman Butt said Wednesday he had offered to take part in anti-corruption rehab a week after an international court threw out his appeal against a spot-fixing ban. The 28-year-old, along with team-mates Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer, was banned for contriving deliberate no-balls for cash during the 2010 Lord's Test against England. The International Cricket Council (ICC) in 2011 banned Butt for 10 years, with five suspended on the condition that he commits no further offences and takes part in a programme of anti-corruption education.