The Pakistan selectors have selected Mohammad Yousuf for the ODIs and the T20Is that the side will play in England. The ODI and the T20I series will begin after the current Test series, which England leads 2-1. It is a five-ODI two Twenty20 series that will be played in September. However, You

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

Former Pakistan captain Younis Khan, who was one of the seven Pakistani players to have received a penalty by the PCB after the tour of Australia and was banned indefinitely by the PCB has said that he was not at fault and that he was banned without a second chance. Younis also said that he wa

A video that was recorded during the investigative probe around why Pakistan lost all their games in Australia, has been leaked and found its way to a Pakistani TV channel. The video reveals the kind of discontentment that there was in the Pakistan team on the tour. Shoaib Malik has been accus

Shahid Afridi has requested the Pakistan cricket board to re-look into the fine that was imposed on him by the PCB. Afridi was fined Rs. 3 million along with a few other Pakistani cricketers for ball-tampering. The other cricketers who were penalised were Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf, b

Shahid Afridi has been appointed as the captain of the Pakistan side which will play in the ICC World T20 this year in the West Indies. Pakistan is the defending champions in the ICC World T20 after having lifted the trophy under the captaincy of Younis Khan last year, by beating Sri Lanka in

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

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

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 second test match between Australia and Pakistan will be played at the Sydney Cricket Ground from the 3rd of January next year. Australia had easily disposed off the Pakistanis in the first game at Melbourne and will look to win the series at Sydney itself, whereas the visitors would need

Pakistan will play New Zealand in the first match of the three test match series at Dunedin on Tuesday. This series comes closely on the heels of the three ODIs and the two T20Is that had been played between the two sides in the Middle East. The ODI series had been won by the Kiwis, whereas th

So while the decision of Younis Khan to step down as the captain of the Pakistani side and take a break from the international cricket for some time gets debated in the international circles, the PCB chief, Ejaz Butt has already come out with a statement saying that Younis Khan will continue t

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 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

Pakistan and Sri Lanka will renew their battle in the first test match that both teams will play after that unfortunate, terror-afflicted, abandoned game in Lahore. The first of the three test match series will be played at the Galle from Saturday. Pakistan will go into the series on a high

Yet another series that almost did not happen for Pakistan now seems to be interestingly poised at. Despite the indifferent ODI form of the world Champions Australia, they were expected to comfortably beat Pakistan, a side that's woefully short on international match practice. But

Pakistan will be hoping to register a strong victory over Bangladesh that would all but secure them a place in the finals of the 2008 Asia Cup. Pakistan has been among the most competitive sides in recent years and based on their strong performance against India last time around, Pakistan are

The stage is set for an epic battle between two of Asian cricket's stalwarts when Pakistan take on Sri Lanka in a Super four encounter of the Asia Cup in Karachi on the 29th of June 2008. Both these sides have had their own worries both on and off the field and with India looking the arch favo

India will be hoping to win their second major international trophy in the past year when they come up against archrivals in the finals of the Kitply Cup this coming Saturday 14th of June 2008 at Dhaka. The Men in blue are in rip-roaring form and expect a full blow battle when these two Asian

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

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

His penchant for bizarre dismissals notwithstanding, Misbah ul Haq has excelled in both forms of the game and is an ideal candidate to take over as Pakistan's Test captain, believes former captain Rameez Raja. With the Pakistan Cricket Board deciding to review the performance of skipper

India may have been forced to settle for a draw in the second Test against Pakistan but the trio of Wasim Jaffer, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly can take heart from the fact that the Kolkata runfeast has pushed them up in the ICC Players Rankings. Thanks to his double century in the f

India failed to finish the job after pushing Pakistan to the wall as stand-in skipper Younis Khan struck a chanceless century under pressure to salvage a draw on the final day of the second cricket Test here today. Set a winning target of 345, Pakistan were struggling at 78/4 in the post

He gave up vice-captaincy to focus on his batting and now Pakistani opener Salman Butt is hoping to emerge as a star player during his team's cricket series against India starting next week. "I stepped down as vice-captain because I think I still need a lot of time with me before I tak

Shahid Afridi leads the race for the Player of the Tournament award but tomorrow's final of the Twenty20 World Cup gives Yuvraj Singh, lone Indian in hot pursuit, yet another chance to pip the Pakistani to the honour. Afridi has so far polled seven votes to top the table, but there are s

Explosive half centuries by skipper Shoaib Malik and Younis Khan and a splendid bowling performance by Shahid Afridi helped Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 33 runs in their Super Eight match of the Twenty20 cricket World Cup here on Monday. After posting a formidable total of 189 for six wicket

Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Naseem Ashraf has lauded the country's players for showing patriotism by turning down lucrative offers to join a break-away Indian league. "I am pleased to know players' sentiments and they proved they only want to play for Pakistan. The league is only s

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