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

Two days after the police closed the three-month investigation into Bob Woolmer's death, the Jamaican government has announced appointment of a committee to "review" the high-profile probe. National Security Minister Peter Phillips has appointed former president of the Court of Ap

Former captain Imran Khan has said that Pakistan Cricket Board should take legal action against West Indian authorities over their handling of Bob Woolmer's death. Imran Khan said the country's reputation has been substantially damaged by the situation and somebody should be made answerable

A bitter row between the Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board and a sitting Senator escalated today when the former was again summoned by a Senate committee and told to respond to some very tough and confidential questions regarding the country's cricket set-up. Although no date has been

Senior Pakistan batsman Younis Khan has made himself available for the upcoming one-dayers against India and Scotland in the United Kingdom. The national selectors contacted Younis, who relented after refusing initially, sources close to the batsman said. The selectors, however, will make

In its efforts to do better on foreign tours regularly, Pakistan Cricket Board has decided to provide challenging surfaces to its batsmen at home by laying as many as 90 bouncy pitches across the country by October this year. A PCB official said the project was aimed at preparing batsmen, wh

Less than a month before the new central contracts are put into place, differences between the Pakistan Cricket Board and players over the terms and conditions have come to the fore. After a meeting held in Lahore yesterday to discuss the new format for the contracts, PCB and captain Shoai

Former captain Inzamam ul Haq's fate hangs in balance as the Pakistan Cricket Board has asked the national selection committee to submit a shortlist of 30 players, 20 of whom will get the new central contracts by July 1. Chief operating officer of the board Shafqat Naqmi said Inzamam would get

The Cricket Board has promised to arrange special flights to cart the players around if the schedule is tight during the visit by Pakistan later this year, but maintained the venues of the matches would be decided by its own rotation system. "We have played in small centres in Pakista

Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) President Sharad Pawar is likely to be named as chairman of the 2011 World Cup organising committee when it is constituted formally next month. The board officials of the four Asian Test playing nations - India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh - are to meet i

Pakistan cricket authorities have trimmed down their shortlist of candidates for the post of national team coach to five foreign coaches. Dr Naseem Ashraf, the Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board confirmed that five candidates were under consideration but did not give their names. "

The International Cricket Council officials have been forced to look into their constitution and regulations to find out who will automatically succeed President, Percy Sonn who has fallen seriously ill in Cape Town. According to South African newspapers his personal assistant George Hector

The coach of Bangladesh cricket team, Dav Whatmore has turned down an offer from the Pakistan Cricket Board to consider coaching its national team. A Pakistan Cricket Board official confirmed that negotiations with Whatmore had failed to come through. "He has rejected our offer to h

Dope-tainted Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar was today dropped from the Asian XI team for the Afro Asia Cricket Cup due to lack of fitness. Asian Cricket Council selection committee member Mohsin Khan said the express bowler was dropped as he had not recovered from his knee injury. "The P

Stressing on the importance of teamwork, Pakistan Cricket Board today called upon senior players of the team to provide complete support to new captain Shoaib Malik. In a meeting with the Abu Dhabi-bound squad today, PCB chairman Naseem Ashraf said he hoped the players had learnt their lessons

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has given advertisement for a new national coach, a post lying vacant since Bob Woolmer's murder on March 18. The PCB said in a statement that the advertisement had been forwarded to the ICC, cricket boards and other International Cricket websites. &quo

The International Cricket Council has asked the Pakistan team management to avoid holding press conferences in the Urdu language as it consumes a lot of time.A source in the Pakistan team based in Kingston disclosed that media manager Pervez Mir and manager Talat Ali had been told to hold thei

The dispute between the Pakistan Cricket Board and the England and Wales Cricket Board over the payment of compensation amount for the forfeited Oval Test last year is still unresolved and will be discussed at a meeting in London later this month. A well-placed source said that contrary to

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Nasim Ashraf today strongly dismissed suggestions that pacers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif were pulled out of the World Cup after they failed a secret dope test in London. The announcement came just hours after the International Cricket Counci

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has said that players at the upcoming World Cup will be target tested for drugs. In addition to the already announced four random tests at each match, the International Cricket Council says that 17 of the scheduled 51 games in the Caribbean will b

Pakistan's World Cup prospects suffered a jolt with all-rounder Abdul Razzaq likely to be ruled out for the mega cricket event due to injury in his left knee. Razzaq was hurt on his left knee and possibly fractured it during the nets in Lahore today, a Pakistan Cricket Board offici

Pakistan team manager Talat Ali has not reported any incident of racial abuse by coach Bob Woolmer against any member of the team, including temperamental fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar during the recent tour of South Africa. A PCB official confirmed to PTI that Talat, in his tour report file

Pakistan completed dope tests on all but three of their World Cup 15-man squad and five reserves, but tests on Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif were deferred, an official said. Asif is in England for a reassessment of his elbow injury and on his return will give a test, in the next few day