Sydney, Mar. 21: International Cricket Council President David Morgan has assured that the Pakistani cricket team will receive great support in England if they play their "home" matches there.

"Pakistan seem to want to play in England and there will be a great deal of support if they want to play in England or Wales with a large number of Pakistani spectators residing in both these countries," The News quoted, Morgan, as saying.

Lahore, Mar. 21 : Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif's tribulations seem to be far from over as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has asked him to pay 6.6 million rupees for the money spent on him during his detention in Dubai.

According to the Dawn newspaper, the PCB claims that it paid 5.7 million rupees to a Dubai based lawyer to help the disgraced bowler when he was detained by Dubai airport officials on charges of carrying a banned substance.

New York, March 21: Real-life wrestler Chris Jericho has said that he will give ‘The Wrestler’ Oscar nominee Mickey Rourke the bitch slap that will be heard “round the world”, when the latter attends this year’s Wrestlemania.

“I will get out of the ring, walk over to Mickey, and slap him in the face,” the New York Daily News quoted Jericho as saying.

Washington, Mar 21 : Vitamin D deficiency might worsen the condition of people suffering from chronic pain, according to a new study.

The research from Mayo Clinic has found a link between inadequate vitamin D levels and the amount of narcotic medication taken by patients who have chronic pain.

The researchers found that patients who required narcotic pain medication, and who also had inadequate levels of vitamin D, were taking much higher doses of pain medication - nearly twice as much - as those who had adequate levels.

Guyana (West Indies), Mar. 21 : West Indies cricket team coach John Dyson denied his team an almost certain win here on Friday by miscalculating on regulations that govern shortened matches.

In utterly bizarre circumstances England won the match last night by a run at Guyana's Providence Stadium.

Cape Town (South Africa), Mar. 21: Fans at Cape Town''s Newlands ground have given Bryce McGain a new nickname and it''s not a welcome one - Mick Lewis.

McGain''s fellow Victorian infamously took 0-113 in the one-day international in Johannesburg three years ago when South Africa scored 9-438 to win.

Lewis holds the world record for most runs conceded in a one-day innings and McGain''s Test debut was shaping up like a similar shocker after Friday''s second day of the third Test against South Africa.