Mohammad Hafeez to represent Lahore Lions

By Aftab Tabee

LAHORE, Pakistan (TheSportsNEXT) November 20, 2012: Pakistan’s Twenty20 skipper Mohammad Hafeez has decided to play for Lahore Lions in the upcoming National Twenty20 Cricket Tournament 2012 which will be played from December 2-10, 2012.

Match-fixing issue was reported to ICC: Ed Hawkins

By Bipin Dani

MUMBAI, India (TheSportsNEXT) November 18, 2012: The Indian cricket board may have rubbished his claims on match-fixing (2011 World Cup semi-final between India and Pakistan at Mohali was fixed), however, the UK-based journalist, Ed Hawkins insists he had brought the issue to the notice of the ICC.

ICC World Cup 2011: Was Pakistan vs India Semi-Final FIXED?

By Sports Encounter Desk

KARACHI, Pakistan (TheSportsEncounter) April 2, 2011: British journalist Ed Hawkins claimed in his book that Pakistan-India Semi-Final in the ICC World Cup 2011 at Mohali was a fixed affair but www.sportsencounter.com had unleashed the truth only a day after the match was played.

Zaheer Abbas applies for Pakistan batting coach job

By Ubaid Awan

KARACHI, Pakistan (TheSportsNEXT) November 4, 2012: After former captain Salim Malik expressed his keen interest in joining the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) as batting coach, Asian Bradman Zaheer Khan also jumped into the reckoning on Saturday when he applied for the job with the cricket board, TheSportsNEXT.com has learnt.

Shikhar Dhawan misses cricket on his wedding day

By Bipin Dani

Shikhar Dhawan to get married to Eesha Mukherjee on October 29

MUMBAI, India (TheSportsNEXT) October 25, 2012: India's 27-year-old top order batsman Shikhar Dhawan is "sad" on missing the match on his wedding day.