The Pakistan Cricket Board has decided to take some prompt actions following team's shameful 354-run defeat in a Test match against England at Trent Bridge. Mohammad Yosuf has been asked to join the team for their remaining matches in England. Also, Danish Kaneria who had been struggling with

The sports committee of the Pakistan's Parliament is back into action. After the apparent complaints about the selection of the Pakistani squad for the tour of UK, the sports committee has decided to probe the allegations about the same. The selectors and the other officials have been called u

Some things never change and the habit of flip-flopping at the drop of the hat continues to ail Pakistani cricket. The PCB has cried foul over their exclusion from the Champions League T20 after the chairman, Ijaz Butt had spoken against participating in the tournament in a previous interviews

Only a day after the Pakistani cricketer Abdul Razzaq was linked to the IPL, the cricket board from Pakistan has revoked all the NOCs it had doled out to its players. It has also said that none of the Pakistani players will be representing in the 2010 edition of the IPL. The chairman of the

The Pakistan Cricket Board has not attended a meeting that was organised by the organising committee of the 2011 world cup which ruled that the original ruling on Pakistan not hosting the tournament will stand. The ruling also said that the matches will now be redistributed amongst the other t

There seems to be absolutely no let up in the pressure that the PCB seems to be mounting on the ICC. The latest salvo came in the form of a Pakistan Court issuing a stay order, until June 2, 2009, on the relocation of the World Cup 2011 secretariat from Lahore to Mumbai. Post the attack on the

Pakistan's aggressive stance, after it was decided that the country wouldn't host any of the 2011 World Cup matches, continued uninhibited as their Board President Ijaz Butt met with his counterpart and other officials in Sri Lanka. On offer were two proposals; Either the Asian Bloc agree to a

The already tense atmosphere within the Asian Bloc post ICC's decision to strip Pakistan from co-hosting the 2011 World Cup took an even uglier turn. Former ICC President, Ehsan Mani came out with statements that his country could have been manoeuvred out of its hosting rights due to a split w

The PCB seems to be in no mood to give in easily to the ICC's decision to strip the nation from co-hosting the 2011 World Cup. Days after the chief cricketing body was issued a notice by the PCB in which it stated that the decision seemed 'legally flawed,' it has now raised the ante. The board

In an interesting development, the four Pakistani players who were suspended from participating in this year's IPL have planned to travel to South Africa to meet the tournament commissioner, Lalit Modi. The statement came from last year's purple cap holder Sohail Tanvir that the players would

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

Pakistan cricket authorities have nominated their former Test captain and Board Chief Executive Majid Jahangir Khan to head the influential International Cricket Council's Cricket Committee after the resignation of Sunil Gavaskar of India. Gavaskar stepped down as the chairman of the Commit

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 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

As Shoaib Malik feels the heat for his "uninspiring" leadership in the ongoing series against India, he has found support from former Pakistan teammate Imran Farhat who thinks the young captain has it in him to steer the unpredictable side. "At 25, I think Malik is very youn

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

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

Miffed with the PCB for dropping him from the Twenty20 World Championship squad, all-rounder Abdul Razzaq has quit international cricket in protest. "I have decided to retire because I am hurt and disappointed at the way the authorities have treated me for the last few weeks," Razz

Pakistan cricket authorities today announced signing up an Australian rugby trainer David Dwyer to improve the fitness and fielding standards in the national cricket team. Dwyer has been appointed on an initial two-year contract on the recommendation of chief coach Geoff Lawson which would

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

Alcohol abuse by some of the South African cricketers was a cause of their poor performance during the recent ICC World Cup in the West Indies, observes Adrian le Roux, the former fitness trainer of the team. "In my opinion, the use of alcohol within the national team is a problem. Th

With Australia and South Africa raising concerns over touring Pakistan in the wake of an escalation in violence, cricket board Chairman Nasim Ashraf said the situation had not reached such levels where international teams cannot play. Pakistan after playing in the Twenty20 World Cup hosts

Pakistan has expressed its inability to play a Twenty20 match against India to raise funds for their former coach Bob Woolmer's cricket academy in South Africa because of a packed international schedule. Widow of Bob Woolmer, Gill had written to the cricket Board's of Pakistan and Indian t

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

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

After surprisingly failing to remain in contention for team India's coach, former Bangladesh coach Dav Whatmore has now responded positively to Pakistan's job offer, PCB sources claimed today. The source said that former Pakistan captain, Wasim Akram had also been consulted on the appoint

Issuing a gag order, the Pakistan cricket authorities have warned the players that they could face stiff penalties, including match bans, if they speak to the media without prior permission from the team management. A member of the Pakistan side said they had been told verbally by board off

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 Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan has rubbished allegations of ex-captain Inzamam ul Haq being a dictator during his tenure. Khan, who served as PCB Chairman from December 2003 to last October, was accused by a PCB appointed probe committee of pampering Inzamam and

Former Pakistan captain and coach Javed Miandad is ready to give a serious thought to coaching the national team again if the Cricket Board offered him the job. Miandad, who has coached senior team on three separate terms but was removed acrimoniously on all occasions, said he had always k