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Mohsin Khan to form separate T-20 team
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Pakistan Cricket Team Chief Selector Mohsin Khan said he’s operating to create a separate specialized team’ for the Twenty-20 cricket.
“I wish 70-80% of the Twenty20 squad for next year’s World Cup to be created from twenty over specialists,” Mohsin said.
“I’ve continually been keen on having a “separate team” for the Twenty over format which there are...
Wicketkeeper Zulqarnain fined Rs 500,000
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PCB on Friday fined runaway wicket-keeper Zulqarnain Haider Rs five hundred,000 ($5,800) and place him on a year’s probation for abandoning the team in Dubai over alleged death threats.
The 25-year-old created a stir in Pakistan cricket by fleeing the team hotel and flying to London last November, saying he had received death threats from unknown individuals to repair...
Afridi fined Rs 45 lakh, cleared to play abroad
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The disciplinary committee of the Pakistan Cricket Board has fined Shahid Afridi four.5 million rupees for violating its code of conduct and restored his eligibility to play abroad.
PCB legal adviser Taffazul Rizvi announced the judgment of the committee on Thursday and said Afridi has accepted the decision. Rizvi said Afridi had "pleaded guilty and failed to wish to contest."...
Court upholds Afridi cricket ban
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Sindh High Court on Thursday upheld Pakistan Cricket Board call to revoke permission for former captain Shahid Afridi to play abroad, adjourning till June sixteen the hearing of his petition against the Cricket Board.
PCB suspended Afridi’s central contract, revoked all his no-objection certificates (NOCs) which might have allowed him to play in England and Sri Lanka and...
Shahid Afridi won’t attend Pakistan summons
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Retired cricket star Shahid Afridi won’t seem as summoned before a Pakistani disciplinary committee on June eight to face charges of violating a code of conduct, his lawyer said Monday.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) told Afridi to seem before a three-man disciplinary committee when the previous one-day captain abruptly determined to retire from international cricket...
Pakistan again beats West Indies in 3rd ODI to win series
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Misbah-ul-Haq stroked an unbeaten sixty two to pilot Pakistan to a nervy three-wicket win over West Indies within the third cricket one-day international at Kensington Oval on Thursday.
The victory gave the guests a triumphant 3-0 lead within the five-match series.
Misbah’s innings, spiced with four fours and 2 sixes off 109 balls, revived a stuttering chase and guided...
Pakistan beat West Indies by seven wickets
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Ahmed Shehzad hit an excellent 102 as Pakistan beat West Indies by seven wickets within the second one-day international in St Lucia.
Pakistan won the toss and selected to bowl initial and solely Lendl Simmons offered any real resistance because the hosts were dismissed for 220 from their fifty overs.
In reply, Shehzad created his 102 from solely 148 balls because the tourists...
Cricket team depart for West Indies
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Pakistan cricket team left for West Indies on Thursday. Talking to media at Allama Iqbal International Airport here team manager Intikhab Alam said the Caribbean tour can offer a chance to young players to indicate their performance. He hoped the team can win the West Indies series. National cricket team would play a T-20 and a series of one-day international matches and 2 take...
Sri Lanka vice captain Mahela Jayawardene and selector resign
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Sri Lanka vice-captain Mahela Jayawardene and also the country’s four selectors have reisgned following the globe Cup final defeat by India.
They follow Kumar Sangakkara, who quit as one-day and Twenty20 captain on Tuesday, however remains as take a look at captain.
Ex-captain Jayawardene said the time was right to "move on".
The selectors, headed by former...
India players appreciate Shahid Afridi remarks
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Indian cricket stars Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh have hit out at Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi for his comments that Indians don’t have "big clean hearts" like Pakistani Muslims.
Afridi additionally praised Pakistan’s media for being "100 times better" than India’s in an exceedingly Pakistani TV show aired Sunday that has caused hurt...