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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 n

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

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

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