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An umpire has died after being struck on the head by a ball in a freak accident during a local cricket match. Alcwyn Jenkins was officiating a game at the St Helen’s ground in Swansea yesterday afternoon when he collapsed after the blow. The 72-year-old from the Sketty area of the city was airlifted to hospital but died shortly afterwards. The game between Swansea and Llangennech in Division One of the Antur Insurance South Wales Association was later abandoned. Witnesses said a batsmen hit the ball to a boundary where a fielder threw it back to the wicket. But Mr...

Mumbai Indians vs New York Yankees, anyone? The oft-projected dream of big time cricket returning to the United States is being cranked up again with plans for an American Premier League (APL) on the lines of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL). If that happens, the game could even have a new celebrity fan - US President Barack Obama. On a visit to Trinidad this past weekend, Obama wielded the bat under the tutelage of the great Brian Lara, essaying a left-handed cover drive after dropping in at the stadium named after the country's national hero. The US President, who...

Pakistan came under new criticism about its security forces Thursday as dramatic footage emerged of the cricket attackers making a leisurely getaway from the scene of their deadly assault. The images of the gunmen calmly walking off, without police or security forces chasing them, will add to speculation swirling around Tuesday's brazen daytime attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team that left eight people dead. Pakistan is steeped in political violence, and suspicion has fallen mainly on Islamic militants linked to Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Police have brought in around two dozen people for questioning but so far have no...

Five-minute gap fuels conspiracy theory over Lahore terror attack Jeremy Page in Lahore and Anne Barrowclough in Sydney An unexplained five-minute delay in the Pakistani cricket team schedule has fuelled speculation that the gunmen who launched a terror attack against the Sri Lankan Test team this week were acting on inside information. After a furious tirade by the English match referee, Chris Broad, yesterday, both an Australian umpire and Sri Lanka's star spin bowler fed the conspiracy theory today, questioning the level of security and the timing of events. "You tell me why supposedly 20 armed commandos were in our...

Former England cricketer Chris Broad has been hailed a hero of the terrorist ambush in Lahore after throwing himself on top of a critically injured umpire Ahsan Raza during the attack. The 51-year-old former batsman was travelling in a motorcade carrying players and officials which came under fire outside the Gaddafi Stadium. Eight people were killed and seven members of the Sri Lankan squad, including its English assistant coach Paul Farbrace were wounded. The attack cast the future of the game in Pakistan, one of the co-hosts for the 2011 World Cup, into serious doubt. Mr Broad, who was to...

In a commando-style operation, a dozen gunmen attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team in the heart of Lahore, Pakistan's cultural and political hub, at 8:45 Tuesday morning. The attackers fired rockets, grenades and multiple rounds of ammunition at the team's bus and the police escorting it, killing eight people and injuring six. To some eyewitnesses, it was last November's Mumbai attacks replayed on Pakistani soil. Amid thick morning traffic in Lahore's Liberty Square, the gunmen ambushed the bus as it approached the Gaddaffi cricket stadium. "I heard the attack and spun around," recalls Abdul Ghani Butt, 30, a foreign-currency dealer...

Sorry for the vanity- I am just monitoring the news Channels here in India and this is on all of them - The Sri Lankan Cricket team, playing a test series against Pakistan has just been attacked by terrorists with assault weapons and grenades. At least 6 of their players have been injured in the chest and leg, 5 guards killed in the attack near the Qaddafi stadium. The Sri lamkan team replaced India who refused to tour after the Mumbai carnage.

Middlesex County Cricket Club has announced that the Middlesex Crusaders will play next season as The Panthers. Vinny Codrington, Middlesex chief executive, confirmed that the club had received "one or two" complaints from Muslim and Jewish communities concerned that the name was a reference to the medieval Christian crusades against other faiths. He said some people found the name "rather upsetting" but denied that the change was being made for reasons of political correctness. He added: "For example, one of our former presidents was Jewish and he didn't particularly like the name, although he just got on with it. "We...

MELBOURNE: It is possible that cricket, a game venerated all over the Commonwealth, is older than currently thought. In fact, Jesus may have played the game (or a similar bat-and-ball combination) as a child, according to an ancient Armenian manuscript. Long before the English launched cricket some 300 years ago, similar games were being played as early as the 8th century in the Punjab region, Derek Birley writes in his Social History of English Cricket. But an Armenian scholar says there is good reason to believe that similar games were played in the Middle East long before that time. Dr...

IN the blink of an eye, India has gone from faith, prudence and chastity to ... Brittany, Courtney and Tiffani. On Sunday, a team of Washington Redskins cheerleaders landed in Bangalore to help create India’s first cheerleading squad. According to the Redskins’ Web site, the cheerleaders will “conduct a national audition of Indian women.” The aim of the exercise is to set up a squad of indigenous pompom wielders for the Bangalore Royal Challengers, one of eight teams that will play in the Indian Premier League, a rich new Indian cricket league. “Cheerleading is a unique American spirit and the...

Since when did monkey become a bad word? Gautam Sheth Bhajji’s alleged slur of calling Symmo a ‘big monkey’ is no big deal if we look in the past what other Aussie players have uttered. Gautam Sheth brings to your notice the not so famous words from down under. Hard-hitting headlines like “Umpires give Oz 2-0 lead”, “Team India: c Benson b Bucknor,” “Umpires beat India” have ruled the roost in Indian media after dim-witted umpiring errors from Jamaican Steve Bucknor and English Mark Benson. But what has become the point of controversy is the word ‘big monkey’ which apparently...

'Bitter' Australia-India Test leaves sour taste: media 6 hours ago SYDNEY (AFP) — Australian and Indian media Monday panned the umpires for their performance in the crucial Sydney Test, urging the skippers to pull their teams into line after bitter rows over racism and sportsmanship. Tensions boiled over in the aftermath of the hard-fought match between Australia and India, with Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh banned by the International Cricket Council for three Tests for racially abusing Andrew Symonds, while Kumble accused Australia of unsporting behaviour. The match, which ended Sunday, will be remembered for the bitter disputes rather than Australia's...

Muslims should be proud to support England's cricket team, says first Islamic MinisterBy JANE MERRICK - More by this author » Last updated at 00:29am on 28th December 2007  Muslims living in England should be proud to support the national cricket team and should celebrate the country they belong to, Britain's first Muslim Minister said last night.  Shahid Malik issued a call to the Islamic community to embrace, not reject, Englishness as part of their identity. The International Development Minister said he did not endorse the "cricket test" proposed by former Tory Cabinet Minister Norman Tebbit. But he said...

The tactic that tore apart an empire Murray Hedgcock | December 08, 2007 BODYLINE, three-quarters of a century on, is a scar on the body of Australia - long since healed but a distinctive, identifying mark. And like an old war wound, it may occasionally throb or tingle. It is Old Australia that is still scarred: of today's country of 21million people (it had fewer than 7million in 1932), one in four trace their origin outside the Commonwealth and find little meaning in cricket. And young Australia, whether or not British by background, is much more interested in today and...

Pakistan's Imran Khan on hunger strike: spokesman 4 hours ago ISLAMABAD (AFP) — Pakistani cricket hero Imran Khan began a hunger strike Monday in the prison where he was sent last week for protesting against emergency rule, his spokesman told AFP. He said Khan, who now heads his own opposition party, wanted restoration of the constitution and reinstatement of judges sacked when Persident Pervez Musharraf imposed the emergency just over two weeks ago. "Imran Khan has gone on hunger strike for an indefinite period," spokesman Saifullah Niazi said. "He is demanding the restoration of the judiciary and restoration of the...

Four Indian cricket fans have been charged for allegedly racially abusing Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds by making monkey gestures, police say. The four fans were evicted from a one-day international match in Mumbai (Bombay) on Wednesday. Symonds is the only mixed race player in the Australian side, having made his international debut in 1998. He frequently clashed with Indian players during the one-day series, which Australia won 4-2. Cricket officials say that photographs of fans making offensive gestures to Symonds as he came in to bat have been handed over to police. Police say that the four fans, including a...

Outrage in India over Pak skipper's Muslim remark Published on Tuesday , September 25, 2007 at 18:19 in Sports section New Delhi: Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik's statement at the ICC World Twenty20 award ceremony after the final has sparked off controversy and outrage among viewers who were glued to their television sets on Monday. In the midst of celebrations in the Indian camp, what ruffled feathers was Malik's comment, which was not seen by many as being in good taste. At the award ceremony, Malik thanked Muslims all over for their support to the team on a day when two...

Pakistan reacts to defeat with anger Minutes after Shoaib Malik's team lost the Twenty20 World Cup final to India in Johannesburg, angry Pakistani cricket lovers burnt effigies of Younis Khan and Shahid Afridi to vent their anger. In yet another incident that revealed that people in Pakistan can be very unforgiving when it comes to conceding defeat against India, the incident occurred at a stadium in Lahore [Images] where the Asian Football Confederation tournament was being played. In Karachi too, mobs gathered to raise slogans against the Pakistani players, particularly Afridi and Younis. "What the hell! This is the second...

CANBERRA, Australia - Prime Minister John Howard said Sunday the Australian government has banned the country's cricket team from touring Zimbabwe in September because he does not want to support the regime of a "grubby dictator." Howard told Australian Broadcasting Corp. television that his foreign minister has written to the organization of Cricket Australia calling off the tour for the World-Cup champions. "We don't do this lightly, but we are convinced that for the tour to go ahead, there would be an enormous propaganda boost to the Mugabe regime," he said of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe. "The Mugabe regime is...

England may be heading for an ignominious defeat in the second Test against India today, but there is only one issue on the minds of cricketing fans across the country - the great jelly bean mystery. Sticky wicket: Zaheer Khan points out the alleged jelly beans to umpire Ian Howell on Sunday evening An already sour contest between two giants of the Test arena at Trent Bridge in Nottingham was ignited after the tiny nugget of confectionery appeared at the short leg fielding position - infuriating India's tail-end batsman Zaheer Khan and sparking an extraordinary bat-waving bust-up. Just why the...

TORONTO (CP) — A Muslim journalist beaten with a cricket bat outside a Toronto-area home fears for his life after facing repeated death threats apparently because someone has deemed his writing to be anti-Islam. Jawaad Faizi, a columnist for the weekly Urdu-language Pakistan Post based in New York, suffered cuts and bruises in the attack, which has alarmed his wife and three children and drew the condemnation Thursday of free-press advocates. “I’m really very, very scared,� Faizi said in an interview on Thursday. “I’m scared especially for my kids.� The Pakistan Post, North America’s largest Urdu-language newspaper with an office...

THE Federal Government will meet cricket authorities to try to prevent the national team from touring Zimbabwe. The Foreign Affairs Minister, Alexander Downer, will discuss the issue with Cricket Australia after the team returns from the World Cup in the West Indies. There are growing calls for Australia to boycott the tour in September as the Zimbabwean President, Robert Mugabe, becomes an international pariah. Mr Mugabe has been condemned for presiding over increasing political and economic turmoil, including state-sanctioned violence against opposition leaders. Australia are scheduled to play three one-day internationals in the country. Mr Downer warned that a tour...

Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas has sought the advice of a team of Scotland Yard detectives, who were expected to arrive in the island between last night and this morning, to assist with the Bob Woolmer murder investigation. A senior officer of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) who confirmed the information said the commissioner made the request through the Ministry of National Security. "We have invited four senior Scotland Yard detectives to come and look at what we have done so far and to see if we are on the right track. We are making the investigations as transparent as possible,"...

A MATCH-fixer said to have connections with an al-Qaeda fundraiser was last night linked to the murder of Bob Woolmer. The Pakistan-based bookie was the man turfed out of the coach’s room after a blazing row, sources claimed. They said the man, who disappeared after 58-year-old Bob’s killing, is an associate of Dawood Ibrahim, one of the world’s most feared gangsters who has terrorist links. Ibrahim is wanted over al-Qaeda funding and a series of bomb attacks which left 250 dead in Bombay in 1993

The other day Pakistan's Gen. Musharraf took time off from his hectic schedule of trying to survive assassination attempts to pay tribute to someone who, alas, had been less successful at dodging killers: A week ago, during the cricket World Cup, Bob Woolmer, the coach of the Pakistani national cricket team, was murdered in the Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica, in what Scotland Yard's lead investigator called "extraordinary and evil circumstances." "This nation will always remember him for the joys he brought into the lives of millions of Pakistanis," said Gen. Musharraf, awarding Woolmer posthumously the Star of Excellence. "The...

MUSHARRAF CAUGHT IN A STICKY WICKET March 25, 2007 BY MARK STEYN Sun-Times Columnist The other day Pakistan's Gen. Pervez Musharraf took time off from his hectic schedule of trying to survive assassination attempts to pay tribute to someone who, alas, had been less successful at dodging the attentions of his killers: A week ago, during the cricket World Cup, Bob Woolmer, the coach of the Pakistani national cricket team, was murdered in the Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica, in what Mark Shields (not the American TV pundit but the veteran Scotland Yard man leading the police investigation) called ?extraordinary...

Pakistan in turmoil over Woolmer murder By Derek Pringle in Gros Islet, St Lucia Last Updated: 10:57am GMT 23/03/2007 In urdu, Pakistan means "Land of the Pure," not a description you readily attach to the country's cricket team, who have long courted controversy. Yet the murder of their coach, Bob Woolmer, is the most shocking association yet for a team who have found themselves near to the scene of many of the major cricketing scandals of the past 15 years. Jamaican police last night launched a murder investigation after announcing that Woolmer, 58, had been strangled in his hotel room...

KINGSTON, Jamaica (Reuters) - Jamaican police launched a murder inquiry on Thursday into the death of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer at the World Cup, saying he was strangled. The death on Sunday was "due to asphyxia as a result of manual strangulation", according to a police statement read to a news conference at the Pegasus Hotel in Kingston where Woolmer was found unconscious before he died on Sunday. "Bob was a large man -- it would have taken some force," deputy commissioner Mark Shields said. "Hopefully we will bring the killers to justice as soon as possible. We will...

Pakistan trades pizzazz for piety Bruce Loudon, South Asia correspondent March 24, 2007 IN the political and religious hothouse that is Pakistan, it is unwise to say or do anything that might be construed as criticism of the Muslim faith and the way the country's teeming millions express their devotion to it. But increasing numbers of commentators are doing just that as they search for an explanation for the crisis in the Pakistan cricket team. Their suggestion is that members of the team, led by the heavily bearded Inzamam-ul-Haq, have been spending far too much time being devout Muslims and...

Police in Jamaica have launched a murder investigation into the death of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer. Following the results of a post mortem examination, police said Mr Woolmer had died of asphyxia as a result of manual strangulation. The chief police commissioner appealed for anyone with information to come forward. Woolmer, 58, was found in his hotel room on Sunday, the day after his team lost to Ireland in the World Cup. Police spokesman Karl Angell said: "The pathologist's report states that Mr Woolmer's death was due to asphyxia as a result of manual strangulation. "In these circumstances, the...

The death of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer is being treated as suspicious, a Jamaican police spokesman has said. Woolmer, 58, died on Sunday after collapsing at his hotel hours after Pakistan's World Cup loss to Ireland. Deputy commissioner Mark Shields said there was "now sufficient information to continue a full investigation". That investigation will be "into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr Woolmer which we are now treating as suspicious," added Shields.

"Furious Indian cricket fans stormed the home of national wicketkeeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni to protest a five-wicket rout by Bangladesh in their opening World Cup match, police said. Some 200 fans Sunday brought down walls and pillars of Dhoni's house, which is under construction, in the eastern city of Ranchi to protest the 26-year-old player's performance in India's shocking defeat in Port of Spain, Trinidad." " "Dhoni die, die," protesters chanted, burning effigies of the long-maned player, who has scored 1,958 runs in 68 one-day international matches and is counted among India's most aggressive batsmen, an AFP reporter at the...

Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan coach, died in hospital in Jamaica on Sunday after being found unconscious on the floor of his World Cup hotel room earlier in the day. He was 58. Pervez Mir, Pakistan's media manager, said: "Bob Woolmer has passed away. I am speaking from the hospital and all the team management is also at the hospital. Doctors have pronounced him dead. Bob has passed away and it is very shocking news to all of the team and the team management. "Bob's family and wife were informed by the management about his condition when he was brought to...

Ireland produced one of the greatest victories in cricket's rich history by beating Pakistan on St Patrick's Day amid unbelievable tension in Jamaica. Led by their brilliant wicket-keeper batsman Niall O'Brien, they reached a rain-adjusted target of 128 with three wickets remaining in near darkness. Ireland's fans, who had been there to witness the tie against Zimbabwe, could barely contain themselves afterwards. The result means Pakistan, ranked fourth in the world, are already out. Wicket-keeper O'Brien, axed by Kent in 2006 because they rate Geraint Jones above him, hit a brilliant 72, easily the best effort by any of the...

West Indies v Pakistan, Group D, Jamaica Smith and Bravo come to the fore The Bulletin by Will Luke March 13, 2007 West Indies 241 for 9 (Samuels 63, Sarwan 49) beat Pakistan 187 (Malik 62, Smith 3-36, Bravo 3-42) by 54 runs The West Indies shrugged off any early-tournament nerves with a convincing 54-run win over Pakistan in the opening match of the World Cup at Kingston in Jamaica, with a notable allround performance from Dwayne Smith. It was an impressive win, not least for their ability to absorb the expectation of hosting their first World Cup. Furthermore, the...

(New Delhi): India's dismal show in the second ODI against South Africa at Durban on Wednesday has evoked sharp reactions from the country's politicians with some terming the loss as "heartbreaking" and others seeking Greg Chappell's ouster. "It was heartbreaking, every Indian wishes that his country performs well. But in sports, sometimes we win, sometimes we lose," said Ambika Soni, Congress leader. Samajwadi Party MP, Mohan Singh was less forgiving and said the Indian coach should be sacked. "When our key batsmen returned to the pavillion, I switched off the TV in shame. Chappell is deliberately trying to weaken the...

AUSTRALIA has won the fifth Test in Sydney by 10 wickets after crushing England today, completing the first Ashes series whitewash in 86 years. The win closes the careers of Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne and Justin Langer. Set 46 to win, Langer and Matthew Hayden reached the total without fuss. Langer finished not out 20 and Hayden, who smashed a six to level the scores and then hit the winning run, was unbeaten on 23. The two players spent several moments hugging delighted teammates, who walked on to the ground after the match was won. England's team walked over to...

Those of you who were around in the summer of 2005 may recall quite a few threads about the exciting Ashes series between England and Australia. This time around, lets confine everything to this one thread. We will likely not follow the matches live, as they will be taking place in Australia, and most of us will be asleep while they are taking place. I plan to listen live to ABC Radio (that is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, of course) via the Internet. Anyone who would like to listen to the matches via ABC Radio online can go to http://www.cricket.com.au/...

THE London Tube bombers plotted to kill the Australian cricket team by spraying sarin gas into their change rooms during last year's Ashes series, a friend of the terrorists claims. Al-Qaida commanders allegedly ordered the suicide bombers to get jobs at Edgbaston Cricket Ground and wipe out the Australian and England players. They were instructed to release sarin gas, a highly toxic nerve agent that is one of the world's most dangerous chemical weapons. But cricket-loving terrorist Shehzad Tanweer apparently objected and instead the terrorist cell perpetrated the July 7 underground Tube and bus bombings that killed 56 people and...

AL-QAEDA plotted to murder the entire Australian cricket team in their change rooms during last year's Ashes tour of Britain using sarin nerve gas sprayed by the men who bombed the London Underground. A friend of one of the four bombers who killed 52 people when they bombed trains and buses in the British capital on July 7 last year told The Sunday Times newspaper that the al-Qaeda cell was initially ordered to kill the England and Australian cricket teams during the Edgbaston Test in Birmingham. The claim was made by a family friend of bus bomber Hasib Hussain, who...

Four-match ban on disrepute charge Inzamam cleared of ball tampering Cricinfo staff September 28, 2006 Inzamam-ul-Haq has been cleared of charges of ball tampering after an ICC Code of Conduct hearing at The Oval, but has been found guilty of the charge of bring the game into disrepute and banned for four ODIs. "I have considered their evidence honestly and fairly given very carefully," the spokesman said, reading out the findings of Ranjan Madugalle, the senior ICC referee. "My duty is to call and give my own judgment. On the second charge - bringing the game into disrepute by refusing...

Commentator handed lifeline after 'terrorist' gaffe Dean Jones returns to the microphone Cricinfo staff September 26, 2006 Dean Jones, the former Australia batsman turned commentator, will return to the microphone after being sacked last month for an offensive remark he made while commentating on the second Test between Sri Lanka and South Africa in August. When South Africa's Hashim Amla, a devout Muslim, took the catch to dismiss Kumar Sangakkara, Jones was heard to say "the terrorist has got another wicket" although he maintained that it was an off-air jest to his fellow commentators. He was subsequently dismissed by Ten...

HO CHI MINH CITY (Reuters) - Would you like your crickets deep fried and crispy? Peppered and presented in a neat circle on a bed of green leaves? Breeders of crickets say the insects have become "finger food for beer drinkers" in an age of increasing prosperity in Vietnam compared with the recent past when they might have been food for the hungry or for wartime soldiers surviving in the jungle. Businessman Le Thanh Tung raises hundreds of thousands of the flying insects in barrels and sells them to restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City, the Southeast Asian country's largest...

One of the fastest-growing games in the United States is, surprisingly, cricket. The game flourished there for a while in the 19th century, but a combination of war and baseball sent it into decline. That is, until now. Atlanta, Georgia is not a place you normally associate with cricket. It is famous for a fizzy drink and a baseball team called The Braves. So I was pleasantly surprised, on a recent visit, to hear the distinctive "thock" of leather on willow. "Shot, Mouse!" shouted the tall, silver-haired West Indian standing next to me, as a batsman lofted a ball over...

Here are the ICC articles from the weekend's play: Bermuda v USA - No Result leaves title in the balance ICC Development (Americas) Media Release August 26, 2006 After a serious of weather related interruptions, the eagerly awaited key clash between Bermuda and the United States was abandoned as a no result at the Maple Leaf CC in Toronto, Canada. With the final round of fixtures scheduled for tomorrow, Bermuda hold the edge with a four point advantage over the USA, but with a superior net run rate, a USA win over Canada will see them snatch the title away...

ICC World Cricket League Americas Region Division One, 2006 USA set up Bermuda showdown ICC Development (Americas) Media Release August 24, 2006 The United States cruised to a comfortable 7 wicket win over Argentina on the third day of the Americas Championship at Maple Leaf CC in Toronto, Canada, and in doing so set up a potential championship decider with Bermuda on Friday. Sent in to bat, Argentina started disastrously, losing their first two wickets in the very first over to paceman Imran Awan. It was a continued uphill struggle from then for the Argentine batsmen against a sharp USA...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – For many in this impoverished Muslim nation, the most important thing – after God – is the gentlemanly English game of cricket. That reverence turned to fury yesterday when Pakistanis burned pictures of an authoritarian Australian umpire and dubbed him a “mini Hitler” for his role in the sport's first international forfeit, which awarded to England a game that Pakistan was winning. The result angered millions across Pakistan, ranging from sports icons to schoolchildren. To make matters worse, the dispute – which centered on allegations that Pakistan's pitcher-like bowlers had tampered with the ball – took on...

ICC World Cricket League Americas Region Division One, 2006, Day 1 Game 2 - Two tons seal USA win ICC Development (Americas) Media Release August 22, 2006 S. Massiah 136 not out © ICC Superb centuries from USA captain Steve Massiah and opening bat Sushil Nadkarni steered a new-look United States team to a comfortable 106 win over the Cayman Islands on the opening day of the 2006 Americas Championship in Toronto, Canada. After being put in to bat at the Maple Leaf Cricket Club, Massiah and Nadkarni came together in the 6th over with the score on 32, and...

England were awarded the fourth and final test on Sunday after Pakistan forfeited the match on a day of high farce and bitter recriminations following a ball-tampering storm. Pakistan refused to return to the field after tea on day four at The Oval after Darrell Hair and fellow umpire Billy Doctrove had earlier imposed a five-run penalty against them for ball-tampering and changedthe ball. When Pakistan did later take to the field, the umpires did not appear, leading to extensive negotiations that ended with the abandonment almost six hours after the drama began. England win the four-test series 3-0. Pakistan's...