Yasir Arafat

Rain meant that only 31 overs were possible on the first day of the first unofficial Test between West Indies A and Pakistan A at the Arnos Vale Ground in St Vincent

Sussex have virtually wrapped up the County Championship Second Division title after completing an innings win over Northamptonshire at Hove

Sussex have won promotion back to Division One of the County Championship at the first time of asking after securing four batting points on the second day of their clash against Northamptonshire at Hove

Sussex put themselves in a great position to win promotion with a game to spare by dominating Northamptonshire on day one of their match at Hove

Sussex remained on course for an immediate return to County Championship Division One after comfortably securing a draw against Glamorgan at Hove

Two late wickets for Stuart Meaker gave Surrey an outside chance of toppling second division leaders Sussex with a day to go of their County Championship tussle at Guildford

Corey Collymore bagged six wickets as top-of-the-table Sussex sent Leicestershire crashing to defeat by an innings and 19 runs with a day and a half to spare in their County Championship Division Two clash at Grace Road

A career-best innings of 184 by Chris Nash and some hostile bowling from Corey Collymore and Yasir Arafat put Sussex in sight of their sixth win of the season at the end of the second day of the County Championship clash with Leicestershire at Grace Road

Worcestershire's hopes of forcing victory over Sussex were frustrated by a combination of rain and an unbeaten half-century from Robin Martin-Jenkins at Hove

Pakistan's selectors have recommended that Mohammad Sami and Abdul Rehman replace the injured Umar Gul and Yasir Arafat in the World Twenty20 squad

Defending champions Pakistan suffered a major blow less than a fortnight from the World Twenty20 in the Caribbean when Umar Gul and Yasir Arafat were both officially ruled out of the tournament

Pakistan allrounder Yasir Arafat has been ruled out of the ICC World Twenty20 in the West Indies later this month due to a calf injury, the captain Shahid Afridi has confirmed

A round-up of the action from round seven of the 2009-10 New Zealand Cricket one-day competition

A round-up of the final day's action from the fourth round of matches from the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

The Pakistan and Sussex allrounder has been signed by Otago for the 2009-10 New Zealand domestic season

Yasir Arafat has been retained by Sussex as their overseas player for the 2010 season

Yasir Arafat has the distinction of being the first Pakistan cricketer to play in India after the 26/11 terrorist attacks last year in Mumbai escalated the tension between both countries

Yasir Arafat, the Pakistan allrounder, is determined to win his place back in the Pakistan team after being excluded from the squad picked for the Champions Trophy

A round-up from the latest Pro40 matches as Sussex go top of Division One, while Tom Maynard and Owais Shah both strike powerful hundreds but can't help their teams to victory