The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has handed life bans to Younus Khan and Mohammad Yousuf, also banning Shoaib Malik and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan for a year and fining three other players

MICHAEL Clarke declared the "Wild Thing" is back after Shaun Tait bowled the fastest delivery ever recorded in Australia during a devastating spell which snatched Australia a Twenty20 victory over Pakistan in Melbourne last night.

Australia thrilled a full house at the MCG by defending 127 to beat Pakistan by two runs in a pulsating Twenty20 International encounter.

Dubai: Australian middle-order batsman Michael Hussey dethroned Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni from the top spot in the ICC ODI batsmen chart updated on Monday.

Pitch invader David James Fraser is removed by security staff at the Waca.

Karachi: A defiant Shahid Afridi on Monday made a startling allegation that every team indulges in ball-tampering even though felt he should not have done it.

Michael Hussey was unbeaten on 40 as Australia beat Pakistan by two wickets with four balls to spare in the fifth and final One-Day International in Perth.

PAKISTAN skipper Mohammad Yousuf has been ruled out of the fifth one-dayer against Australia at the WACA Ground with a knee injury.

THE remarkable rise of fast bowler Ryan Harris continues apace after he decimated Pakistan for the second time in four days.

Fed up with Pakistan cricket team's ongoing dismal performance in Australia, irate fans staged demonstrations on Friday in several parts of the city and burnt effigies of players and PCB chairman Ejaz Butt.