London: Former Sri Lanka assistant coach Paul Farbrace is not surprised to learn about the spot-fixing scandal and said the recent controversy has clouded his mind with suspicion about the fairness of some of the results that his ex-team had achieved against Pakistan earlier.

Pakistan's experienced pace bowler Umar Gul is racing against time to get fit for the fourth and final cricket Test against England commencing at Lord's from Thursday.

London: Pakistan paceman Umar Gul will miss the remainder of the Test series against England because of a torn hamstring, the team's management said on Tuesday.

Karachi: The down and out Pakistan side received a huge blow on Sunday when their star-performer pacer Umar Gul was ruled out for the remainder of the series against England.

Nottingham: Pakistan tail - led by Umar Gul - successfully warded off the follow-on scare on the third morning of the Trent Bridge Test, as English bowlers continued to toil hard to dislodge the last Pakistani wicket. Gul kept piling on the agony for Andrew Strauss, as he went past his fifty, and took Pakistan to 182 in able support of Mohammad Asif.

Pakistan have called up fast bowler Mohammad Sami and left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman to replace injured pair Umar Gul and Yasir Arafat.

Experienced pair Umar Gul and Yasir Arafat have been ruled out of playing for reigning champions Pakistan in the ICC World Twenty20.

Johannesburg: Pakistani and New Zealand batsmen are expected to face a stiff pace test in the Champions Trophy semi-final here on Saturday. Four of the six matches played at the Wanderers here were low-scoring affairs, with fast bowlers calling the shots on lively pitches having both pace and bounce.

Seventeen days just wasn't long enough, was it? Or maybe that question proves it was just right: the World Twenty20 has left us wanting more,

Favourite South Africa meets the dangerous Pakistan in the first semifinal of the ICC World Twenty20 at Trent Bridge on Thursday.