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Karachi, Sep.16 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has expressed hope that the drought of international tournaments for the national squad would soon be over with several foreign tours and multi nation events scheduled for the next few months.

“The dry spell is finally over and that’s a good sign for our cricket,” PCB’s Chief Operating [...]

Lahore, Sep 14 (ANI): Pakistan Cricket Board chief Ijaz Butt has said that he has had constructive talks with Emirates Cricket Board officials about holding a proposed ODI series against New Zealand there later this year.

Butt, who is in London, said that he would officially announce the venues for the four One-day Internationals and two [...]

Lahore, Sep.4 (ANI): Another Pakistan batsman Imran Farhat has parted ways with the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL).

Farhat has handed over a No Objection Certificate (NOC) to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), saying he longer is affiliated with the ICL.

“Imran Farhat came to me to give ICL’s NOC and the PCB will adopt the same [...]

Lahore, July 3 (ANI): Pakistan all rounder Shahid Afridi has said that Sri Lanka Test series would be challenging for the players, as they would have to change gear from the Twenty20 format of the game to the five-day mode.

Afridi said players would also have to make adjustments due to the different and challenging weather [...]

Karachi, June, 25 (ANI): Joyous by his team’s brilliant performance to win the ICC World Twenty20 Championship, Pakistan cricket coach Intikhab Alam has expressed the hope that the win would propel Pakistan on the international stage, and mark the start [...]

Karachi, Mar 24 (ANI): Pakistan is likely to name its 15-man squad for the one-day series against Australia after the conclusion of the National One-day Championship on April 1.

Coach Intikhab Alam said that after mutual consent it has been [...]

Karachi, Mar.2o (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has said the team for the Dubai series against Australia would only be announced after consulting captain Younis Khan.

“Younis is our captain and we will give his views due importance before finalising the squad,” The News [...]

Melbourne, Mar 5 (ANI): Less than 24 hours after world cricket descended into chaos in Lahore, Australian fast bowler Brett Lee defiantly said he would not bow to terrorism by withdrawing from the Indian Premier League.

Lee spent time relaxing in Sydney with son Preston on Wednesday, telling that he will not be scared off by [...]

Sudan will free 24 Darfur prisoners as part of a goodwill agreement with rebels, Sudan’s justice minister said on Saturday.
Abdel Basit Sabderat said the release was linked to a deal signed in Qatar this week between Khartoum and the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), which is designed to pave the way to peace talks.
JEM [...]

Colombo, Feb.11 (ANI): Sri Lanka’s cricket captain Mahela Jayawardene resigned from the post on Wednesday.

The Sri Lanka Cricket Board sources said Jayawardene decided to quit the captaincy from both forms of cricket after the Test series against Pakistan.

Sri Lanka was handed a 4-1 drubbing by India in the recently concluded One-day series during which Jayawardene’s [...]

Lahore, Feb.10 (ANI): The Sri Lankan cricket team will return to Pakistan on February 14 to participate in the two match Test series starting February 21.

The islanders would be playing a two-day practice game from February 17 before taking on the home side in Karachi.

The second Test match scheduled to start on March 1 will [...]

Karachi, Jan 27 (ANI): Pakistan batsman Younis Khan has emerged as the front-runner to replace Shoaib Malik as skipper ahead of the two-Test series against Sri Lanka after they were thrashed badly by the Lankans in the just concluded ODI series.

Shoaib Malik’s is in the line of fire after being retained as Pakistan captain in [...]

Karachi, Jan.18 (ANI): Pakistan is fully prepared and raring to face Sri Lanka in the upcoming series, Captain Shoaib Malik has said.

Malik said the team has a definite strategy in place for the islanders for the nextthree-match One-day tournament commencing next week.

Commenting on the world-class spin duo of Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis, he [...]

Karachi.Jan.14 (ANI): The itinerary of the Sri Lanka tour to Pakistan has been revised again.
According to the new schedule of the two – phased tour, the first two of the three one-day internationals will now be played in Karachi on January 20 and 21.
The third one-day will be in Lahore on January 24.
“The change has [...]

Karachi, Jan 12 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was forced to review its central contracts’ list by including young fast bowler Abdul Rauf in it after the pacer complained in various television interviews that he was treated in an unjust manner.
A PCB spokesman said on Sunday that chief selector Abdul Qadir recommended a C-category [...]

Melbourne, Jan 9 (ANI): Out of form Australian opener Matthew Hayden has vowed that he will not be pushed into retirement, despite selectors appearing to have made the decision for him.
On a dramatic day when Hayden was dropped from the one-day team, chief selector Andrew Hilditch backtracked on an earlier pledge to take the batting [...]

Dubai, Jan 9 (ANI): New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori has made a superb start to 2009 by becoming the number-one ranked ODI bowler in the world again.

The left-arm spinner, who turns 30 later this month, has taken six wickets in the first three matches of the current series against the West Indies at an impressive [...]

London, Jan.8 (ANI): Ex-England cricket captain Kevin Pietersen has arrived back home following a winter holiday in South Africa.
Greeted by photographers and reporters, Pietersen refused to make a comment on the current crisis in England cricket, and was escorted to a waiting car by police.
Pietersen quit as England skipper after only five months on Wednesday [...]

Sydney, Jan.8 (ANI): Forgotten Australian opener Phil Jaques has declared that he is available to return for next month’’s tour of South Africa.
With Hayden showing no signs of retirement, Jaques, 29, declared his availability for the crunch tour as he tries to return from back surgery on a bulging disc.
According to the Daily Telegraph, the [...]

London, Jan 8 (ANI): Kevin Pietersen was forced into resigning as England Test and one-day captain after all rounder Andrew Flintoff and new skipper Andrew Strauss refused to back him and ECB’s Managing Director Hugh Morris hinted at divisions in the team.
The England and Wales Cricket Board could not forgive Pietersen who was demanding Moores [...]