Source: AFP
DHAKA (AFP) — Pakistan’s 16-day cricket tour of Bangladesh starting next weekend will go ahead despite last week’s mutiny in Dhaka, when scores of senior army officers were gunned down, an official said on Monday.
Bangladesh Cricket Board spokesman Jalal Ahmed told AFP the Pakistani team would arrive in Dhaka on March 7 as planned.
“As […]

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Source: Reuters
NEW DELHI, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif was granted a release from his Indian Twenty20 league contract on Monday, a week before his appeal against a positive dope test.
The bowler was suspended by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) after testing positive for a banned substance in the inaugural Indian Premier […]

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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: 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: 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: 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 […]

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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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