Shahid Nazir

Cricinfo previous the ICL semi-final between Chennai Superstars and Lahore Badshahs

Lahore Badshahs needed to avoid a big loss to stay on in top four, but a power-packed performancesealed their place in the semi-finals

A convincing display with both bat and ball helped the ICL Pakistan XI pull off a comfortable win over the ICL World XI in their opening game of the tournament

Even a battling 91 from Lance Klusener couldn't halt the undefeated run of the Lahore Badshahs

Eight Pakistani players, including former international fast bowlers Mohammad Sami and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, have signed up to play in the Indian Cricket League (ICL), an informal initiative from Essel Group

Cricinfo's report card on Pakistan's performance

About the only guarantee when South Africa take on Pakistan in the third and final Test at Cape Town is that both sides should have eleven players, the pitch will be 22 yards long and each end will have three stumps and a couple of bails

Osman Samiuddin's verdict from the fourth day between South Africa and Pakistan

After three intriguing days' cricket, the fourth could so easily have swung heavily in the favour of one side. Fortunately, it was the most stimulating so far owing to an unlikely yet thrilling flick of the Pakistani tail which helped set South Africa 199

Shahid Nazir took 5 for 61, and there were hundreds for Morne van Wyk and Arno Jacobs, as Pakistan's warm-up match against a Rest of South Africa XI petered out into a draw at Kimberley

If conditions remain similar overnight, a result might not be far away either as Pakistan and West Indies begin the second Test on Sunday

Brian Lara's brilliance shone brightly at the Gaddafi Stadium, but as has happened so often in his career, the final outcome was yet another Test defeat for West Indies, as Pakistan eased to a nine-wicket win to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series

Two contrasting questions thus remained of Pakistan's latest new-ball pair: what might be, with Umar Gul, and what might have been with Shahid Nazir

Shahid Nazir staked his claim for a spot in Pakistan's injury-hit attack for the second Test at Old Trafford with an impressive burst against Northamptonshire

Rana Naved-ul-Hasan's groin injury is more serious than was originally thought and it may rule him out of Pakistan's tour to England

Comeback medium pacer Shahid Nazir is aware he doesn't have the pace of Shoaib Akhtar but promises that Pakistan can expect him to live up to expectations in England this summer.

Pakistan's selectors have reacted to Shoaib Akhtar's latest injury setback by recalling the forgotten paceman, Shahid Nazir, in a 16-man squad for next month's Test series in England

A round-up of the second day's play of the fourth-round matches of the Pentangular Cup