LONDON: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) included experienced fast bowlers Wahab Riaz and Mohammad Amir and hard-hitting batsman Asif Ali in the Pakistan’s final World Cup squad following a loss to England in the one-day series. Hard-hitting batsman Asif Ali also made the World Cup team – at the expense of ...
Read More »ECB, CA to help Pakistan in int’l cricket revival: Wasim Khan
LONDON: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Managing Director Wasim Khan looks highly positive about his meetings with different English Counties and England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Chief Executive Officer Tom Harrison and says cricket-mad Pakistani fans will soon hear a number of good news and witness great international cricketing activities ...
Read More »ICC, PCB congratulate Aleem Dar on completing 200 ODIs
DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have congratulated Aleem Dar of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Umpires for completing 200 One-Day Internationals (ODIs) in the second match of the Ireland tri-series between Bangladesh and the West Indies in Dublin on Tuesday. The 50-year-old Dar ...
Read More »PCB MD to hold talks for English team’s tour to Pakistan
LONDON: Pakistan Cricket Board Managing Director (MD) Waseem Khan will leave for UK in the wee hours of Sunday morning to hold important discussions with England and Wales Cricket Board and discuss highly important issues related to Pakistan cricket future. Waseem said: “I will stay there till May 15th. I ...
Read More »India’s hosting rights for T20, 50-over World Cups linked to visas for Pakistan players
DUBAI: Pakistan has requested the International Cricket Council (ICC) to strip India of their hosting rights for the T20 and 50-over World Cup if India does not assure the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) of issuing visas to its players. According to sources, the PCB has told the cricket’s governing body ...
Read More »PCB appoints new live production partner for PSL 4
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board on Tuesday announced the consortium of Blitz and Trans Group as the new live production partner for the HBL Pakistan Super League 2019 (PSL). Blitz are the PCB’s broadcast partners in Pakistan, while Trans Group are the event management partners. Blitz and Trans Group will ...
Read More »PCB to retain Sarfraz Ahmed as Pakistan captain
LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ehsan Mani announced to retain Sarfraz Ahmed as captain for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. Mani, who made the announcement during a joint press conference with Sarfraz at the PCB headquarters, threw his unequivocal support behind the skipper saying he will captain Pakistan ...
Read More »PCB chairman hits out at ICC for suspending Sarfraz Ahmed
LONDON: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ehsan Mani has lashed out at the International Cricket Council (ICC) over its decision to suspend Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed. Mani was of the view that the board has already ‘cleared the air’ after Sarfraz publicly apologize for the incident and the apology ...
Read More »Asif was the best fast bowler I ever faced, says Hashim Amla
CAPE TOWN: South Africa’s top batsman Hashim Amla considers Pakistan’s former fast bowler Mohammad Asif as the best bowler he ever faced. During an interview, while answering a question, the right-handed batsman said that Asif was not quick with 135km/h speed. “But his accuracy was great because when he used ...
Read More »Sarfaraz gets four-match suspension for racist comment
DURBAN: Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed has been suspended for four matches after accepting that he was in breach of the ICC’s Anti-Racism Code for Participants following an incident that occurred during the second ODI against South Africa in Durban. Sarfaraz aimed a comment at South Africa all-rounder Andile Phehlukwayo which ...
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