Source: Daily Times
LAHORE: The ‘unceremonious removal’ of Pakistan cricket coach Geoff Lawson before the expiry of his contract has not only battered the image of Pakistan cricket but also that of the country. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed former Pakistan Test captain Intikhab Alam as the new coach. Intikhab will take the helm […]

[Read more →]

Source: CNN
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Former Pakistan test captain Salim Malik is free to resume his involvement in cricket after a court lifted a life ban on Thursday.
“I have served cricket for 19 years and today I feel vindicated,” 45-year-old Malik told reporters outside session court in the eastern city of Lahore.
Civil judge Malik Mohammad […]

[Read more →]

Source: Reuters
KARACHI (Reuters) - England have offered to stage some of Pakistan’s international matches if foreign teams continue to be anxious about the security situation there, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ejaz Butt said on Monday.
“I had some positive discussions with Giles Clarke during the International Cricket Council (ICC) meeting in Dubai last week. And he […]

[Read more →]

 
Source: The Canadian Press
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan may not host the Champions Trophy tournament next year due to security concerns, a top official of the Pakistan Cricket Board said Wednesday.
“Everybody knows about the present security situation in Pakistan,” PCB chairman PCB Ijaz Butt told reporters in the eastern city of Lahore. “We have to look […]

[Read more →]

Source: International Herald Tribune
KARACHI: Former Pakistan captains Ramiz Raja and Intikhab Alam have urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to review its rules to make sure countries do not pick and choose tours.
Their demand follows Australia’s decision on government advice to go ahead with their tour of India despite last week’s bomb blasts in New […]

[Read more →]

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 […]

[Read more →]

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 […]

[Read more →]

Source: Press Trust of India

Miffed with the ICC for retaining Pakistan as the venue for this year’s Champions Trophy, the Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA) today called on Ricky Ponting’s men to pull out of the tournament.
“If it continues in Pakistan at this volatile time, unfortunately many of the world’s best players won’t participate, which is […]

[Read more →]

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 […]

[Read more →]

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,” […]

[Read more →]

 
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 […]

[Read more →]

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 […]

[Read more →]