Source: Cricinfo

The ICC will hold a teleconference on Thursday to decide on whether the Champions Trophy should go ahead as scheduled in Pakistan or be shifted out to in case countries are not satisfied with the security situation there.
A teleconference of the ICC executive board “will take place on Thursday to take a decision […]

Source:Reuters

 A rescue helicopter has spotted two Italian mountaineers stranded on one of the world’s deadliest peaks in northern Pakistan, the Italian embassy said on Saturday.
The two climbers — Simon Kehrer and Walter Nones — had been stranded on Nanga Parbat, also known as Killer Mountain, since early this week when their colleague, Karl Unterkircher, fell […]

Source: AP
Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar Saturday moved to dispel any suggestion he was running away from dope tests ahead of the Champions Trophy, saying he will be the first to give a sample.
Pakistan will conduct dope tests on its 30-man preliminary Champions Trophy squad on Sunday to avoid any further embarrassment following paceman Mohammad Asif’s […]

Source: Cricket 365.com
Sri Lanka Cricket Interim Committee chief Arjuna Ranatunga on Friday backed Pakistan as hosts of the Champions Trophy despite ongoing security concerns.
The tournament is scheduled to be held in Pakistan from September 11 to 28, but several Australian and New Zealand players have said they would not tour despite assurances on safety from […]

Source: CNN

Pakistan pace bowler Mohammed Asif has become embroiled in another drug controversy after being identified as the player who failed a doping test during the inaugural Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament.
“The IPL can now confirm that Mohammed Asif is under scrutiny for a doping violation,” the Indian Premier League said in a statement Monday.
The […]

Source: Express Cricket
Joining the chorus against the ICC’s decision to turn the controversial Oval Test into a draw, former Pakistan coach Mushtaq Mohammad said the game’s governing body had set a bad precedent.
“I fear they have set a bad precedent here. Whenever there is unpleasantness in future, teams will make a challenge after this decision,” […]

Source: radio Australia

The International Cricket Council has indicated it could pull September’s Champions Trophy out of Pakistan because of safety concerns.
A suicide blast killed 19 people in the capital Islamabad yesterday, and players from Australia, New Zealand and England have expressed concerns about the tournament.
Sri Lanka is the designated alternative venue but is also […]

Source: Cric info
by : Osman Samiuddin
For Pakistan, this is not so much do-or-die as do-or-don’t be around. The equation is now simple: beat India, hope Sri Lanka beat India, beat Bangladesh, all the while with an eye on a better net run-rate. It will not solve the ills currently plaguing Pakistan cricket, but it will […]

Source: The Hindu

Sri Lankan opener Kumar Sangakkara notched up his ninth ODI century to guide his team to a big total of 302 for seven against Pakistan in a crucial Super Four match in the Asia Cup at the National Stadium here on Sunday. (Replying, Pakistan were 72 for 2 in 16.5 overs, when […]

Source: Herald Tribune

Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik won the toss Tuesday and opted to bat first against Hong Kong in the opening Group A match of the Asia Cup limited overs cricket tournament at National Stadium.
Pakistan fielded its first choice XI and included three fast bowlers — Umar Gul, Sohail Tanvir and Rao Iftikhar.
Unfancied Hong […]

Source: Australian News.Net

Clouds of uncertainty loomed large over the Champions Trophy in Pakistan as New Zealand Cricket Players’ Association (NZCPA) joined voices with its Australian counterpart in strongly objecting to the holding of the event in September, the month of Ramadan, due to concerns over safety and security of players.
NZCPA said death threats were made […]

Source : Hindustan Times

By G.Krishnan
Praveen Kumar continues to impress with the new ball in one-dayers.
Man of the Match in the last ODI India played — against Australia — Kumar produced another outstanding performance to bowl India to a 140-run rout over Pakistan in the Kitply Cup here on Tuesday. This was India’s biggest margin of […]

Source: Cricinfo

The Pakistan Cricket Board is hoping to bring Mohammad Asif back to Pakistan as soon as possible from Dubai where he is detained, though they admit they are still in the dark about the case.
Asif was detained by officials at the airport Sunday morning, according to Nadeem Akram, a senior PCB official, for possessing […]

 
Source: The Hindu
Karachi (PTI): The entire Asian Cricket Council would be in Pakistan when it organises the 25th anniversary celebrations of the ACC during the Asia Cup from June 24 to July 6.
A senior official of the board, who attended the Executive Council meeting of the ACC in Colombo, said ICC members would also be […]

 
Source: Goal
Pakistan Football Federation (PFF)’s President Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat has approved 37 players in the build up for the National team to appear in SAFF Championship 2008 next month. The camp will continue until 2 June when the Male-bound team will leave for the Maldives.
Goal-keeper Iltaf Ahmed is one of the four British-based […]

Source: AFP
By Shahid Hashmi
 Polio withered Salim Karim’s right leg when he was a child and a motorbike accident in his teens seriously damaged his left but though he can barely walk, he is the driving force behind disabled cricket in Pakistan.
Karim, 42, set up a team for physically impaired people with two friends in 2006 […]

Source: Cricinfo
Pakistan batsman Faisal Iqbal wants to “be part of the Pakistan team in all forms of the game” despite being overlooked for one-day selection and only being included in Pakistan’s Test squad in recent times.
Iqbal, the nephew of former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad, played his last one-day international against West Indies in 2006 and […]

Source: Rediff News
India thwarted a series of late charges from Pakistan to notch a stunning 2-1 victory over their arch-rivals and stay in contention in the Azlan Shah hockey tournament in Ipoh, Malaysia, on Thursday.
Indian drag-flickers Sandeep Singh (sixth minute) and Diwakar Ram (20th) lived up to expectations, scoring a goal apiece, while veteran Pakistani […]

Source: Telegraph
After speculation that the England and Wales Cricket Board might investigate the possibility of setting up a league to rival the money-spinning Indian Premier League, it has emerged that the Pakistan Cricket Board are also hoping to climb aboard the Twenty20 league bandwagon.
Taking a cue from the IPL, the Pakistan Cricket Board met yesterday […]

Source: Daily Times
LAHORE: The newly appointed ad hoc committee of the Indian Hockey Federation is keen to hold home and away series between Pakistan and India after the Olympic Games in Beijing concludes. Last series between the two countries were held in 2006. A spokesman for the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) told Daily Times on […]

Source: Cricdb 
Hong Kong National Cricket Team is visiting Pakistan from 8th May, 2008 to 18th May, 2008 to play five One Day practice matches in preparation for Asia Cup.
Fixtures
May 08: Arrival at Lahore
May 10: Hong Kong vs LCCA at Race Course Park, Lahore
May 12: Hong Kong vs Sheikhupura at Lahore Country Club, Muridke
May 14: Hong […]

Source: International Herald Tribune
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Shoaib Akhtar’s five-year ban was lifted for one month on Sunday, allowing the Pakistan paceman to play in the lucrative Indian Premier League.
Akhtar’s lawyers asked a Pakistan Cricket Board tribunal to temporarily lift the ban, because the IPL was refusing to allow him to take part in its competition while […]

Source: Cricinfo
Shoaib Akhtar will not be allowed to play in the Indian Premier League despite being cleared by the Pakistan Cricket board, IPL chairman Lalit Modi has said, putting to rest all the speculation over the fast bowler’s participation in the tournament.
Shoaib had been banned by the Pakistan Cricket Board for five years on charges […]

Source: Guardian
‘Shoaib can play anywhere in the world outside Pakistan’
The Pakistan Cricket Board has rejected Shoaib Akhtar’s appeal against the five-year ban imposed on him for repeated disciplinary breaches, but confirmed that he is free to resume his career overseas. The decision means Shoaib is free to compete in the Indian Premier League while remaining […]

Source: Bloomberg
April 28 (Bloomberg) — Darrell Hair will officiate in a cricket Test next month for the first time since he ordered Pakistan to forfeit a match against England in 2006.
The International Cricket Council said today that the 55- year-old Australian and Simon Taufel will umpire the second Test between England and New Zealand in […]