Lahore, Apr. 11: Pakistan is banking upon its spinners to tackle the new but exceptionally talented Australian batting line-up in the forthcoming UAE one day international series.

Coach Intikhab Alam said he would be relying more on spinners in the series as the Kangaroos are not great players of spin bowling.

"I noticed them going down to spin against South Africa and luckily we have three quality spinners, which we could use against them," The Nation quoted Alam, as saying.

Lahore, Apr 10 : Pakistan on Friday claimed that it has credible evidence of Indian involvement in the terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team last month.

"With the help of intelligence agencies, there has been considerable progress in this case. One thing is for sure that there is an Indian hand behind the attack. I must tell you that there is credible evidence of Indian involvement in the attack," Lahore police chief Pervez Rathore told reporters here.

Lahore, Apr. 10 : Malaysia, Ireland and Scotland may emerge as host venues to hold Pakistan's future `home' series.

Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ijaz Butt has confirmed that those nations, apart from England and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), can become Pakistan's foreign bases as long as domestic security risk remains high.

Butt said PCB would announce the names of neutral venues for impending international series during the next month.

Lahore, Apr. 10 : Middle order batsman Mohammad Yousuf may have not been included in the initial list of probables for the Twenty 20 World Championship, but Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ijaz Butt still considers him a big asset for the nation in other forms of the game.

The Daily Times quoted Butt, as saying that though Yousuf is not in the selectors' scheme of things for Twenty20 cricket, he is an important player for the team in other two longer version of the game.

Lahore, Apr. 10 : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is expecting to earn a massive four million dollars from the UAE one day international series against Australia.

The board, which is facing a grim financial situation due to a series of tour cancellations, is expecting the forthcoming series to improve its bank account figures, as it has sold the title sponsorship rights to a Dubai builder for 440,000 dollars while co-sponsorship rights have been sold 225,000 dollars to a bank and 160,000 dollars to a cellular company.

Lahore, Apr. 10 : The Swat-Taliban has agreed to leave Buner District without any condition after a peace jirga persuaded them to do so.

The Daily Times quoted Malakand Commissioner Syed Muhammad Javed as saying that the Taliban had agreed to leave Buner and would completely vacate the area by Friday.

The Taliban had made no demands for vacating the area, he added.

Earlier, the local jirga held talks with the Taliban under the supervision of the commissioner Javed.