Karachi, May 22 (ANI): Pakistan cricket team coach Dav Whatmore has backed captain Misbah-ul-Haq's batting skills.

Karachi, May 17 (ANI): The Pakistani media has said that the key to the success of the team lies in getting the correct combination for the team before they head into serious cricket, including the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy.

Karachi, May 9 (ANI): Pakistan's cricketers are reportedly focussing on improving their fitness and batting skills at a training camp in Abbottabad in the run-up to the ICC Champions Trophy tournament that is to be played in England in June.

Sydney, May 8 (ANI): Australia's Cullen Bailey is hoping to recast himself as a batting all rounder in a bid to return to first-class ranks.

Karachi, May 6 (ANI): Vice captain of Pakistan national cricket team Mohammed Hafeez is not worried that his poor batting form has not served the team too well in the recent past, ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy.

Islamabad, May 5 (ANI): The Pakistan squad for the next month's ICC Champions Trophy have spent the second day of their conditioning camp in Abbottabad focusing on their batting under the guidance of former player Javed Miandad.

Karachi, May 4 (ANI): Former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad has expressed his dissatisfaction at the appointment of Trent Woodhill as the national team's batting coach, terming it a mistake on the part of those who recommended the Australian.

Johannesburg, May 3 (ANI): South African coach Gary Kirsten has said that continuity and flair were the key considerations which the selectors kept in mind while deciding the 15-man ODI squad for the ICC Champions Trophy in England and Wales, starting on June 6.

Sydney, May 2 (ANI): The appointment of former Australian cricketer as Pakistan's batting coach for the ICC Champions Trophy has been met with bafflement in the country, with former greats saying that they have never even heard of the Australian.

Sydney, Apr 30 (ANI): Former Australian coach Trent Woodhill has been appointed as the batting coach for Pakistan's national cricket team to help solve their perennial batting problems during June's ICC Champions Trophy in England.

Karachi, Apr.29 (ANI): Former wicket-keeper and Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has said that his predecessor Javed Miandad should be appointed as the national team's batting coach.

Johannesburg, Apr 28 (ANI): South African top-order batting star Herschelle Gibbs has become the latest international player to sign up for this year's Caribbean Premier league (CPL).

Sydney, Apr 28 (ANI): Australian batsmen have lost the art of making centuries and needs to follow legendary batsman Steve Waugh's example as he embodies the lost art of marathon batting they are seeking to channel, ahead of the Ashes, according to the Australian media.

Karachi, Apr 27 (ANI): A former Pakistan Test cricketer has said that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) needed to hire a local batting coach instead of an international expert to overcome the batting woes of the country.

Sydney, Apr 26 (ANI): Australian bowlers have reportedly selected England captain Alastair Cook as their main target in the back-to-back Ashes series, as they believe that the loss of England's top batsman can see the their batting order stumble.

Sydney, Apr 25 (ANI): Former Australian cricketer Mark Taylor has said that he believed that Twenty20 cricket is to blame for the impoverished state of batting in Australian cricket, adding that the existing players have to stand up if the visitors are going to have any chance in the Ashes.

Karachi, Apr 14 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has dismissed reports that it was in talks with former Zimbabwean batsman Grant Flower to appoint him as batting coach of the national team.

Islamabad, Apr 13 (ANI): Former Zimbabwe Test batsman Grant Flower has been considered for the position of batting coach by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

Sydney, Apr 10 (ANI): Former Australian Test paceman Jason Gillespie has said that he believes that Australia will face a tough time in England during the Ashes, adding that the uncertainty and confusion surrounding Australia's batting line-up is a serious problem for the squad.

Sydney, Apr 5 (ANI): Former England batting enigma Graeme Hick will be mentoring emerging Australian batsmen from this winter and teach them the lost art of playing marathon innings.

Islamabad, Apr 4 (ANI): Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) chief selector Iqbal Qasim has admitted that there is a need to improve the middle-order batting following the team's recent whitewash in South Africa.

Islamabad, Apr. 04 (ANI): Batting coach must be Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) top priority if they wanted to get desired and satisfactory results in upcoming events, former Test cricketer Younas Ahmad has said.

Sydney, Apr 4 (ANI): National chairman of selectors John Inverarity has admitted that Australia's batting level has plunged down into worrying levels after only six batsmen were awarded the Cricket Australia (CA) contracts for the 2013-14 season.

Islamabad, Apr 2 (ANI): Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq has slammed his critics, saying that they were being unjust in questioning his new approach to captaincy and batting following his domestic Twenty20 team Faisalabad Wolves win in the National Super Eight Twenty20 Cup.

London, April 1 (ANI): Loughborough University researchers have teamed up with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to improve batting techniques against the short ball and to encourage spinners to spin the ball more.