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Pakistan’s magical off-spinner Saeed Ajmal has claimed the second position in ICC Test ranking of bowlers. Australia skipper Michael Clarke has taken over Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara as No.1 Test batsman.

South Africa pacer Vernon Philander’s ordinary performance in the ongoing Test series in Australia became the reason of the elevation of Saeed Ajmal, who is the currently the top-ranked ODI and T20 bowler.

Philander arrived in Australia as No.2 Test bowler but failed to claim a single wicket in the drawn first Test in Brisbane. He missed the second Test in Adelaide due to back strain.

Though both Saeed Ajmal and Philander have equal 132 rating points but the former was ahead with a few frictional points. No other Pakistani bowler has been included in top-ten. South Africa’s Dale Styen is still present at the summit with 858 rating points.

Clarke retrieved his No.1 Test ranking after his record breaking 230 in the second Test against South Africa in Adelaide. It was Clarke’s fourth double hundred of the year, a feat which has been recorded for the first time.

Clarke, who had started the year in 20th position, moved past Sangakkara and South African duo Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis to claim the top-spot with 890 points.

Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who slammed a double century and unbeaten 150 in the recently-concluded Test series in Bangladesh, has moved up to third place after rising two places.

England’s Alastair Cook and Kevin Pietersen have clinched the 6^th and 7^th positions respectively after slamming centuries in England’s series-leveling 10-wicket victory over India in second Test in Mumbai.

Pakistan squad against Australia has been announce from official site of PCB (Pakistan Cricket Board). This time senior players show their faces for playing T20 series against australia in UAE (United Arab Emirates) and few in Sharjah.

Few Changes In Pakistani Team under The Meeting By Zaka Ashraf .

1: PCB Take Decision That Muhammad Haeez will be the Captain of Twenty-20 Cricket till 31st December 2012.
2: Abdul Razzaq, Kamran Akmal, Imran Nazir, Yasir Arafat, and Raza Hassan replaced by Ahmed Shehzad, Abdul Rehman, Shakil Unsar, and Khalid Latif against theAustralia series 2012.

Many changes accrue in current squad but captain still their and that was a great sign for the Pakistani cricket.Muhammad Hafeez leading in Twenty-20 matches and he was also known as PROFESSOR in team mates.

Here below you can see the squad of both teams but Australia not yet announce the players names for the tour of Dubai.

Is it good squad or normal squad we want your suggestions on this step taking by PCB. here you can also see the

NEW DEHLI: Cricketing ties between Pakistan and India have resumed as Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) has announced that Pakistan team will tour India in December this year to play three one-day internationals (ODIs), Geo News reported.

According to Indian media, the BCCI has agreed in principle to invite the Pakistan cricket team. The bilateral series will be the first after five years severed after the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.

The report about the series comes after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) put forward three proposals to their Indian counterparts in a bid to resume bilateral cricket ties between India and Pakistan.

The PCB proposed that either India could tour Pakistan or play them in a neutral venue. The third proposal was PCB hosting their home series in India.

The process received the boost this month when the foreign secretaries of the two countries decided to promote the sporting contacts. The joint statement issued after the two-day talks stated: "The Foreign Secretaries also emphasized the need to promote media and sports contacts".

Also, PCB chief Zaka Ashraf had several meetings with BCCI President N Srinivasan.

The BCCI has also invited Pakistan's national T20 champion Sialkot Stallions to participate in the Qualifying Tournament of Champions League Twenty20 to be held in South Africa later this year.

While commenting on the development Zaka Ashraf said that the two boards and governments were working hard to normalise the situation and now the ties between the two countries are much better than before.

Reverting to Islam is something that has always been part of cultural exchange that takes place between Muslims and non-Muslims. Bob Woolmer was no stranger to Pakistan. Being the coach of Pakistan’s cricket team at the time of his death, he was very familiar with the religion of Islam and Muslims. He had seen cricketers pray, some of them five times a day. It was a disciplinary act, which was ritualistically done, that he must have been touched by besides other things about Islam and Muslims.

In a recent interview, Shahid Khan Afridi revealed for the first time that Bob Woolmer wanted to revert to Islam. Reversion means going back to the former way or the former correct path. Since in Islam, it is believed that every soul that has been born on this earth is pure and hence a Muslim – a believer in one true God – it is the environment and parental heritage that makes a child naturally adopt a religion of his or her parents in most obvious cases. It is later that the Light of Truth is seen by them that they revert back to their original Path, known as the Straight Path to God.

Bob Woolmer suddenly died of a heart attack while on a Cricket World Cup tour in Jamaica in 2007 at the age of 58. His sudden death raised suspicion amongst the law-enforcement agencies and the Pakistani cricketers had to go under a test to get their names cleared of any mischievous involvement in what at the point in time seemed a possible murder.

His death however was ruled out to be completely natural and due to heart conditions he was facing. He was an atheist, but before passing from this world, Bob started reading Quran with an understanding toward it. After all, finally he realized the Way to the Lord, and his realization would be accepted if God be-Willing.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has been working on the proposal to launch an international Twenty20 league in Pakistan since 2007.

Director International PCB, Intikhab Alam told Geo News that 4-5 companies are interested in the PPL and we have invited them for a presentation next week to discuss modalities of the tournament.

'It could be held anytime after the T20 World Cup later this year.'

COO PCB Subhan Ahmed noted that the Board is very serious in organizing the league and working hard to attract huge investment.

Pakistan has been unable to host international cricket since March 2009, when Sri Lanka's was attacked while going towards stadium.

Pakistan is ready to host international cricket matches once again after a three-year break, authorities said Monday after the successful staging of a domestic Twenty20 event.

International cricket has been suspended in Pakistan since gunmen opened fire on the Sri Lanka team bus on its way to the Lahore Test in March 2009, leaving eight people dead and several players and officials injured.

Tens of thousands of cricket-starved fans thronged the Rawalpindi Stadium during the week-long Super Eight Twenty20 tournament, which ended on Sunday and was marked by tight security.

Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik said fans were desperate to see foreign teams come and play -- and the country was ready for it.

"The discipline shown by the fans prove that we deserve international cricket and the successful event with immaculate security proves that we can host international cricket," said Malik, whose Sialkot team won the final on Sunday.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has invited Bangladesh for a limited-overs series later this month, but is still waiting for an answer.

Javed Miandad, Pakistan s all-time leading Test run-scorer and a PCB board member, said the success of the Super Eight showed the appetite for international cricket was enormous.

"This event sends a big message to the world," he said. "We don t have to say anything, 22,000 people on Sunday night demanded the return of international cricket in Pakistan and we can host that in near future."

Since the Lahore attack Pakistan have had to play all their "home" matches on foreign soil, mostly in the United Arab Emirates, and their share of 2011 World Cup games was moved out of the country for security reasons.

Pakistan also played "home" matches in New Zealand and England in 2009 and 2010. The PCB and police put stringent security arrangements in place for last week s Twenty20 tournament, hoping they would serve as a model for matches against visiting foreign teams.

"We deployed 1,300 policemen and each and every fan entering the stadium was thoroughly body-searched, and the successful event proves that we can also stage international cricket," senior police officer Malik Matloob said.

Shoaib Malik said that Pakistan badly needed international cricket. "We have been playing on foreign venues, which not only deprives the fans but also young players who want to improve their skills in the game, they can t do that when they don t see their stars play before them," he said.

The PCB said it was also looking at the option of staging a Pakistan Premier League (PPL) along the lines of the lucrative Indian Twenty20 league, with foreign players involved.

"We are doing our best to bring international cricket back to Pakistan," said PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf. "We are quite positive about that and are also planning to host the PPL so that we can take the first step."

Just after Sialkot Stallion crushed Karachi Dolphins in the Super eight T20 tournament on Sunday at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium and Shoaib was declared player of the match, Sania on her twitter wall wrote: "The only captain who's gonna lift the trophy 7 times..HATERS not sure if one should feel sorry for u or laugh at u..keep the whining goin"

Just a few minutes later her another tweet appeared on the wall saying, "I stand corrected..Shoaib LIFTS trophy 6th time but its 7 for Stallions Happy everyone??"

RAWALPINDI: Sialkot Stallions crushed Peshawar Panthers by 40 runs to reach the final of the Faysal Bank Super Eight Twenty20 Cup here at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Saturday.

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In an effort to continue building community blocks, wi-tribe Pakistan shares its latest CSR initiative that is comprised of a partnership with the Islamabad Deaf Cricket Association (IDCA).

The IDCA will be participating in the 1^stNational Deaf Cricket Tournament, with 32 Deaf Cricket teams representing different cities throughout Pakistan.

wi-tribe is supporting the team members’ uniforms, travel, accommodation and sports kits for two major gaming events, among others.

The team has played one game as hosts in Islamabad and is currently participating in the 2012 National Championship Tournament, being held in Lahore.

“At wi-tribe, we hold an unequivocal belief that each member of the society should be given equal opportunities and platforms to discover and build upon their strengths. We remind ourselves that each and every human is special in their own way, and our nation will prosper only if we focus on enriching strengths and helping our communities realize their dreams. This is a continuing philosophy for all of us at wi-tribe and we wish our team great success and sporting satisfaction in all their future games,” said Zohare Haider, Manager of Corporate & Digital Communications at wi-tribe Pakistan.