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| Champions Trophy will not be moved out of Pakistan says Nasim Ashraf
The International Cricket Council has assured the Pakistan Cricket Board
that 2008 Champions Trophy would be held in Pakistan as scheduled from September
10, PCB Chairman Nasim Ashraf said today.
Ashraf, who returned after a meeting with ICC officials including acting Chief
Executive Dave R
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Shoaib Akhtar will find Indian Premier League tough to handle
Shoaib Akhtar may have been cleared to play in the Indian Premier League
but former players say the maverick pacer will find it tough to make an impact
in the twenty20 league as months of absence from the cricket field has robbed
him of match fitness.
The beleaguered pacer, whose five-year
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| PCB on sticky wicket for allowing Misbah ul Haq to play in Royal Challengers Bangalore
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is in a fix after allowing Misbah-ul-Haq
to play for liquor baron Vijay Mallya-owned Royal Challengers Bangalore
in the IPL as it is in conflict with its policy of discouraging players
from associating themselves with alcohol brands.
Mallya owns the United B
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Bangladesh V Pakistan live online
The recent developments in Pakistan have led various
cricketing nations across the globe to boycott the country at large. An appropriate
example of this is the fact that Australia has cancelled their tour of
Pakistan. The Pakistan Cricket Board, in the wake of such events has organized
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| Pakistan Cricket Board stands by Mohammad Yousuf in ICL vs IPL dispute
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
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Pakistan Cricket Board not to encourage county cricket for players
The Pakistan cricket Board has made it clear it would not give a free hand to
players to sign county contracts in the near future.
A senior board official said that recently the board had not permitted pacer Rao
Iftikhar to accept a contract offered by Gloucestershire for 2008.
"We kno
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| Pakistan Cricket Board to post mortem Pakistan defeats against India
Captain Shoaib Malik will be grilled by the officials of Pakistan Cricket
Board at a meeting in Lahore less than 24 hours after returning from
India following humiliating series defeats in one-dayers as well as Tests.
Malik and team manager Talat Ali Malik will attend the meeting to be
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BCCI Secretary Niranjan Shah said that No request from PCB for T20 tie
The BCCI today declined that it has received any request from the
Pakistan Cricket Board to accommodate a one-off Twenty20 international during the series
against the arch-rivals starting next month.
"Where's the question? We have not received any request from the PCB on the
issue,&qu
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| Skipper Shoaib Malik does not want Inzamam ul haq back in Pakistan team
Even as Pakistan Cricket Board chief Nasim Ashraf meets Inzamam-ul
Haq to discuss his future, skipper Shoaib Malik reportedly does not want
him back in the team which may become a crucial factor in deciding the former
captain's fate.
The selection committee is facing a dilemma as they feel
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Mohammad Yousuf ditches Indian Cricket League signs Pakistan Cricket Board contract
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
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| Pakistan Cricket Board announces cash prize for cricket team
Pakistan Cricket Board has announced a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh for each player
of its team for making the summit clash of the ongoing Twenty20 World Cup.
"The PCB Chairman has announced 500,000 each for the players for winning
the semi-final. Obviously if we win the final there will be
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Pakistan Cricket Board introduces fresh selection policy
Pakistan Cricket Board today announced its new selection policy, which gives the
team manager 'power' to finalise the final eleven on away tours with the selection
committee having the final say in a home series.
"On away tours like in the Twenty20 World Cup, the manager, coach and capt
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| Pakistan cricket club invites Indian Cricket League to play matches
A local cricket club has invited the unofficial Indian Cricket League to
organise its matches in Pakistan and Kapil Dev, the Chairman of
ICL Executive Board, promised to consider the proposal.
Arif Abbasi, a former senior official of the Pakistan Cricket Board,
who is now Chief Executive o
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PCB says Australia A tour on despite blasts in Rawalpindi
The Australia A cricket team would continue with their tour as per the
schedule despite the twin blast that rocked the city of Rawalpindi today, Board
officials said.
Shafqat Naghmi, chief executive of the Pakistan Cricket Board, said
the Australians had not expressed any concerns and were
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| Geoff Lawson says absence of Mohammad Yousuf will be felt
Pakistan's new coach Geoff Lawson has said experienced middle-order batsman
Mohammad Yousuf's absence would be felt after he decided to join the rebel Indian
Cricket League.
"He (Yousuf) is a great player and his absence will surely be felt,"
Lawson said at his first news confere
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Imran Farhat declared sign up with Indian Cricket League
Speculation about Imran Farhat's aligning with the Indian Cricket League
ended today when the Pakistani opener admitted that he has joined the rebel body.
Farhat's announcement came hours after experienced allrounder Abdul Razzaq's quitting
international cricket in protest against "the
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| Fresh tantrums could land pakistani cricketer Shoaib Akhtar in panic
Fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar could find himself in more trouble after throwing
a trantrum at the Pakistan Cricket Board headquarters in Lahore
last evening.
Akhtar was earlier fined a total of 300,000 rupees and docked points from his
new central contract for indiscipline.
The paceman had l
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Pakistan fines indisciplined fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar
The Pakistan Cricket Board came down hard on enigmatic fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar
today, fining him 300,000 rupees and also docking points from his central
contract for leaving the national training camp here without permission.
"He left the camp without informing the team manager on Augu
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| Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Akhtar fined for indiscipline
The Pakistan Cricket Board came down hard on enigmatic fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar
today, fining him 300,000 rupees and also docking points from his central
contract for leaving the national training camp here without permission.
"He left the camp without informing the team manager on Augu
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Cricket council not to interfere in cricket board and Cricket League argument
The International Cricket Council has taken a policy decision to let the
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) independently handle the threat posed
by rebel Indian Cricket League.
According to sources in the Pakistan Cricket Board who are privy to the
last ICC executive board meeti
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| PCB says Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif clear dope tests
Fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif, who returned positive
for banned substance nandrolone last year, have cleared the dope tests held last
week, the Pakistan Cricket Board said today.
The tests were conducted on 26 players during the training camp and practice matches
held here i
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Pakistan Cricket Board conducts dope tests for the Twenty20 World Cup 07
The Pakistan Cricket Board has started conducting dope tests on the probables
for the Twenty20 World Cup including fast bowlers, Shoaib Akhtar
and Mohammad Asif who last year had tested positive for a banned substance.
"The tests are nearly completed and we have a doctor and a local repre
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| Pakistan Cricket Board sets tough target for new cricket coach
Nothing less than a major Test series win or one-day title and a place among the
top three in ICC rankings during new coach Geoff Lawson's two-year contract would
be acceptable to the Pakistan Cricket Board.
PCB Chairman Naseem Ashraf said Lawson would be given certain targets to
meet duri
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Pakistan Cricket Board puts on advertisement for assistant cricket coach
Pakistan Cricket Board has advertised for the post of assistant coach of the national
team despite a failed experimentation with this method while searching for the
chief coach.
The advertisement, placed on websites, has the same condition that interested
candidates must be Test cricketers
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| Bob Woolmer family members are demanding for charity cricket match
Although willing to aid the planned Bob Woolmer Academy in every possible
way, some officials of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) feel the late coach's
family is being too demanding by asking for a special charity match.
Woolmer's widow Gill had written to both the PCB and the Indian Cricket
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South African cricket board worried with security in Pakistan
Scheduled to visit Pakistan for a Test and ODI series later this year,
South Africa has expressed its concern over the brewing political scenario
in the country.
A six-member security delegation of the United Cricket Board of South Africa (UCBSA)
is visiting the country to assess the secur
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| 2 Pakistani players asked to rope in cricketers for Indian Cricket League
Two Pakistani cricketers have reportedly been entrusted with the job of roping
in players for the lucrative Indian Cricket League (ICL).
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), however, said it was not worried about
any possible exodus of players signing up for the league which at present does
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PCB says It would be difficult to convince touring cricket teams
After insisting that the Australian security delegation's visit was a routine
affair, the Pakistan Cricket Board now admits that it would be hard to
convince the touring teams for playing here in the wake of Red Mosque operation
in Islamabad.
"It would not be wrong to say we are a bit
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| Security tightened of India vs Pakistan cricket match in Scotland
Security has been beefed up for tomorrow's India versus Pakistan cricket
one-dayer here following Saturday's foiled terrorist attack at the airport here.
A senior Pakistan Cricket Board official today said that though the security
for the Pakistan team remained normal, it had been stepped up fo
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Dav Whatmore praises Pakistan cricket team
Dav Whatmore until a month ago was more interested in coaching the Indian team
than any other side.
Having snubbed initial overtures from the Pakistan Cricket Board in the
hope that he would get the coveted coaching position with the Indian team after
the World Cup, Whatmore is now keen to
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