Pakistan has become the first country to announce their 15-member squad for the ICC World T20 to be played in West Indies late in April. They had only recently announced their 30-member preliminary squad, and now, with not a lot of cricket leading up to the start of that tournament announced t

The Pakistan Cricket Board has taken in the recommendations of the probe that was conducted by the enquiry committee and has banned the two former captains of the Pakistan team, Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf for life. The probe had been headed by former Pakistani cricketer and now COO of the

Pakistan will play England in the first of the two T20Is at Dubai from next Friday. And despite been the world T20 champions, it will be very difficult to call them favourites for the games. The issue with the Pakistan team came to the fore during their recent tour to Australia when they l

Former Indian coach, Greg Chappell has said no to the job of coaching of the Pakistani side. Pakistan is currently coached by former Pakistani cricketer Intikhab Alam, but with the shoddy display on the tour of Australia, there are rumours that the coach's position is untenable in the side.

The only T20I between Australia and Pakistan, at the end of the long, gruelling tour will be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday. The Pakistanis have yet to win a single game on tour, having lost the Test series 0-3 and the ODI series 0-5 to their more strong opposition in Austral

Pakistan cricket continues to remain in news. And it continues to be surrounded by controversies. After losing the ODI series 5-0, the news filtered in that the chief of selectors, Iqbal Qasim has put in his papers. This means that the Pakistani cricket board will now look to hunt for a suit

The fifth and the final ODI of the series between Australia and Pakistan will be played on Sunday at Perth. The Pakistanis have already lost four games in a row, after having been defeated in the Tests as well. This means that in the seven games that they have played on tour, they have lost al

Australia will face Pakistan in the first of the five ODIs that will be played at Gabba in Brisbane. And after a 3-0 whitewash of the visitors, the Aussies will be looking at continuing with their good ODI form - that has already seen them beat England 6-1, India 4-2 and win the Champions Tr

Pakistani cricket is potentially running into another controversy over the selection of their wicket-keeper for the third and the final Test match against Australia. Kamran Akmal and Sarfraz Ahmed are the two wicket-keepers in running for a place in the final game, and both have been given the

Pakistan's current captain Mohammad Yousuf has said that the excess of T20 cricket has caused issues with the team's performances in the test matches. He has said that the side should not indulge themselves in the format or test cricket "could be finished" Pakistan has been struggl

The third and the final test match between New Zealand and Pakistan will be played in Napier on Friday. The series is tied at 1-1 and is a long standing one in the list of ties between the two countries which have gone right down to the wire. However, with the McLean Park in Napier having alre

The second test match of Pakistan's 'home' test series against New Zealand will be played in Wellington. New Zealand leads the series 1-0 after beating Pakistan in the first game at Dunedin in a close and a thrilling game that would augur well for all those who fear that test match cricket is

Younis Khan has changed directions again and decided to resign from the role of a captain of the Pakistani cricket team. He spoke with the head of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Ejaz Butt, and handed him over his resignation. The official reason that he gave was that he thought that he had lost the

The second semi-finals of the Champions Trophy will see the Pakistanis take on New Zealand at Wanderers in Johannesburg. Pakistan had finished second in their group after their loss to Australia, whereas New Zealand and England had tied on points in their group but the Kiwis went marginally ah

The first game on the final day of the league stage for the Champions Trophy will see Pakistan take on Australia. The match will be played at Centurion, and the equation for the Aussies is rather simple; they only need to beat the Pakistanis to get through to the semi-finals of the Champions T

The second game of the Champions Trophy will witness Johannesburg host Pakistan and West Indies in a day night game. West Indies has come into the competition with a long standing tiff with the West Indies Cricket Board. Hence, the WICB ensured that the main side did not go to the tourna

Another game, another loss! That is what Pakistan must be thinking on this tour of Sri Lanka, where they have six matches - three ODIs and three test matches - and have yet to win a game, while losing five matches! So when the action shifts to Colombo for the day-night games between the two co

The action will continue at Dambulla with the third ODI between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at the same venue to be played on Monday. With Sri Lanka up 2-0, Pakistan will need to come up with something special to stop the rampaging Sri Lankans. Click for Live Score Card of Sri Lanka vs Pakistan

Sri Lanka will look to make a clean sweep of the three-test match series against Pakistan when the duo meets at the SSC stadium in Colombo on Monday. Sri Lanka have already won the series 2-0, their first ever win against Pakistan at home, but will look to drill home the advantage of playing a

After months legal wrangle with the Indian Cricket League, senior Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf may finally end up joining the rebel Twenty20 series, thus ending his international career. Sources close to the batsman have confirmed to PTI that Yousuf has conveyed to the ICL organisers th

One of the most anticipated and eagerly waited battles in World cricket will go through in Bangladesh when India take on Pakistan in the third match of the Kitply cup. Both these teams are already through to the final and the match is geared up to be a fascinating encounter between bat a

Pakistan will look to complete a 5-0 rout over Zimbabwe when the fifth one dayer gets underway in Sheikhupura in three days time. Pakistan have taken a 4-0 lead in a horribly one sided Mobilink cup and will be looking to finish the demotion over a hapless Zimbabwe outfit in the fifth one

Pakistan Cricket Board has vowed to provide all possible legal help to senior batsman Mohammad Yousuf after an Indian arbitration panel barred him from playing in next year's Indian Premier League. "Legal experts will be consulted to finalise a strategy to help Yousuf," who

Australian spin legend Shane Warne will be the highest paid cricketer in the BCCI-sponsored Indian Premier League (IPL) with a staggering USD 400,000 in his kitty. The BCCI managing committee announced the names of 34 cricketers including Warne, who have signed the contract and w

Despite Sachin Tendulkar being a doubtful starter and a depleted pace attack, India will try hard to pull off a series win against Pakistan, which just managed to come out of a leadership crisis ahead of the crucial third and final cricket Test beginning here tomorrow. That Tendulkar has h

Despite the 2-3 reversal in the one-day series, Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar believes his team can give India a run for its money in the three-Test series starting in Delhi tomorrow. The flamboyant paceman said the hosts were the better outfit in the ODI rubber, but Pakistan would make

Pakistan's flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi said he is keen to take on his old role of opening the innings in the one-day series against South Africa. Afridi has been sent into bat lower down the order for the last few months and opened only once against Bangladesh in the Twenty20

Pakistan Cricket Board today said the rebel Indian Cricket League cannot prevent Mohammad Yousuf from playing for the country during the upcoming series against India by serving the player with a legal notice. PCB Chairman Naseem Ashraf said the Board was prepared to offer the best possibl

Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik has welcomed the inclusion of senior batsmen Inzamam-ul-Haq and Mohammad Yousuf in the team for the second cricket Test against South Africa starting tomorrow in Lahore. He said Inzamam's return to the Test was a morale booster for him as well as for

The Indian Cricket League suffered a major setback even before its takeoff when Pakistan's run machine, Mohammad Yousuf broke ranks to sign a central contract with his cricket board here today. Yousuf and Nasim Ashraf, Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, told a joint press confer