Pacer Ehsan Adil has been ruled out of the Bangladesh tour due to a hamstring injury. Adil's injury is the fourth setback for Pakistan after batsman Sohaib Maqsood (arm fracture), fast bowler Sohail Khan (back injury) and leg-spinner Yasir Shah (thumb injury).
Live cricket score and ball-by-ball commentary from the second day of the second Test match between Pakistan and New Zealand at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai on Tuesday.
Adil played his first Test while still a teenager -- in February against South Africa in Centurion -- after playing only 12 first-class matches.
Hafeez also heaped praise on Pakistan's Test captain, Misbah-ul-Haq for the team's consistent show in this format in the last two years despite some tough situations. Insisting that the players deserved credit for adjusting well to all formats of the game, Hafeez said, "The good thing is our players have been playing international cricket and lot of four-day domes...
Three cricketers have been reprimanded for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during their teams' quarter-finals in the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2012 in Townsville on Monday.
India scraped past Pakistan by one wicket in their quarterfinal of the Under-19 World Cup. The narrow, one-wicket victory in a low-scoring match at the Tony Ireland Stadium in Townsville, took India into the semifinal, but it was almost not to be.