Source: AFP
KARACHI (AFP) — Pakistan’s new cricket chief Ejaz Butt Thursday vowed to restore the health of the sport in the nation, plagued by security concerns and disciplinary problems.
Butt, a former secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan, now the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), was appointed as chairman on Tuesday, replacing Nasim […]

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Source: Cricket Next
Mumbai: Several changes in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) set-up are likely to take place under the chairmanship of former Pakistan Test player Ijaz Butt.
“I am yet to receive the government notification (about my appointment as new chairman) which may be delivered to me sometime tomorrow. But yes, I am being told about […]

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Source: Sky Sports
Shoaib Akhtar has been included in Pakistan’s 15-man squad for this week’s Twenty20 tournament in Canada.
However, star batsman Mohammad Yousuf has been left out by selectors for the tournament, which also features Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka and the host nation.
The inclusion of Shoaib came after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) apparently softened its […]

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Source: NDTV
Indian batsman Virender Sehwag who is a resident of Delhi, has urged the Australians to go ahead with the tour.
“Delhi is not like Pakistan. For us it is back to normal routine today. There is no place in the world that is completely safe, not even the US. I think the Aussies should tour […]

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Source: Hindustan Times
Pakistan will retain the right to host the International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy even though it has been postponed from September 2008 to about a year later.
“Pakistan retains the hosting rights and we will continue to review the safety and security situation,” ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat told reporters here Thursday after […]

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Source: Daily Times
LAHORE: Pakistan’s cricket drought will come to an end when they take part in a four-nation Twenty20 torunament in Toronto, Canada next month. Other three teams – hosts Canada, West Indies and Sri Lanka– have confirmed their particiaption in the event that was postponed in August this year due to the unavailability of […]

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Source: The Canadian Press
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The Pakistan Cricket Board will allow fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar to play in the English County Championship.
“He (Akhtar) had requested for a No Objection Certificate, which we have issued to him, and we have no problems if he wants to play in county cricket,” PCB chief operating officer Shafqat […]

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Source: The Statesman
NEW DELHI, Sept.1: “I hope Pakistan host the Champions Trophy next year,” said Wasim Akram (Photo right) at a Press conference at Feroz Shah Kotla stadium here today. Akram was in the city for the week long coaching camp for school children.
Asked how the postponement of the Champions Trophy will affect Pakistani cricket, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Source: Rediff News
The Pakistan Cricket Board will launch a new look Twenty20 domestic tournament next year on the lines of the Indian Premier League, offering franchises of city-based teams to sponsors and companies.
A senior official of the board said that this year’s Twenty20 competition, which has been delayed until August 10, would be the last […]

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image courtesy of www.bhavane.com
In the world of cricket, getting ’smacked’, ‘hammered’, or ’slapped’ around for boundries is often heard of. What is NOT heard of that often is LITERALLY crossing over the ethical boundries and norms of professional behaviour to an extent that you ACTUALLY slap another player!
Indian’s hot-headed Harbhajan Singh, commonly known as ‘Turbanator’ has recently done just that. […]

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Up until yesterday, I had the feeling that Afridi was a lone ranger out in India having shouted out loud against the ‘unnecessary’ inclusion cheerleaders in the ongoing Indian Premier League and deeming it ‘distracting’. But not any more.
It seems like the Maharashtra government has indirectly joined the ‘Afridi-cause’ by condemning the ‘vulgar’ acts on […]

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Shahid Afridi has done it again! He has made a name for himself in the ongoing Indian Premier League but in the wrong books! The dynamic ‘boom boom Afridi’ from Pakistan who is playing for the Deccan Chargers has called for the removal of cheerleaders from the IPL tournament saying that they cause too much of […]

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Source: RTÉ Sport
Pakistan remain on course for a series whitewash of Bangladesh after they cruised to a seven-wicket win in the fourth one-day international at Multan.
The hosts had been set 211 for victory thanks largely to a second ODI century from Shakib Al Hasan, who rescued the tourists’ hopes after they were 16 for four.
However, […]

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Source: Cricdb
Playing against Bangladesh is a dull contest but playing in dark is more horrible than playing against any weaker side. It was although a day and night game between Pakistan and Bangladesh at Lahore, but night factor was more illustrated due to three time power failure.
While chasing down a healthy target of 323 posted […]

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It looks like Lahore Badshah is still playing like the old Pakistani old style, the reason they are not progressing in International cricket, the physique is still very defensive. Performance like of Taufiq Umar in the first final played a crucial role in loosing the match against Hyderabad Heroes, yet nobody pointed out at him. […]

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Source: The Statesman
KARACHI, April 5: The Senate’s standing committee on sports and culture has summoned Pakistan Cricket Board officials and Shoaib Akhtar, banned for five years, to a hearing to make sure no injustice is done to the cricketer.
The panel’s chairman, Mr Zafar Iqbal Chaudhry, summoned the officials - inclusive of the head of the […]

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Source: This is London
Pakistani paceman Shoaib Akhtar says he was offered money to under-perform in games in South Africa and India but rejected them for the sake of his country.
Shoaib has been banned for five years by the Pakistan Cricket Board for disciplinary reasons but is planning an appeal.
He said: ‘This sort of ban has […]

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Source: Telegraph
Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar says he will fight the five-year ban imposed yesterday by the Pakistan Cricket Board, which would almost certainly end his international career.
Shoaib received the penalty after he voiced critical remarks about the Board’s decision to downgrade his central contract. He was already serving a two-year probation period after striking […]

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Source: The Hindu
Karachi: The Pakistan cricket authorities have increased the financial rewards for the players in the new central contracts by linking good performances with special bonus.
Under the new central contract, if a senior player like Mohammad Yousuf plays in a one-day international against India and any of the top three teams in the ICC […]

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Source: Reuters
KARACHI (Reuters) - Pakistan selectors have left senior fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Muhammad Asif out of the squad for the first two one-day internationals against Bangladesh to be played next month.
Shoaib was not considered as he faced a disciplinary hearing while Asif had yet to recover fully from an elbow injury that had […]

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SOURCE: Reuters
KARACHI  - Pakistan’s leading fast bowler Mohammad Asif has been ruled out of next month’s one-day series against Bangladesh.
Coach Geoff Lawson told reporters that Asif was not ready to play in the five-match series starting on April 8 because he has not completed his rehabilitation following elbow surgery in Australia two months ago.
“Everybody else […]

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Source: Rediff News
Tuesday, March 18, marks the first death anniversary of former England batsman and South Africa and Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer, who died under mysterious circumstances, a day after Pakistan’s surprise and early exit from the 2007 World Cup in Jamaica.
Pakistan were sent crashing out of the World Cup after losing to minnows Ireland […]

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