Islamabad, Jan.3 (ANI): Twenty-six Pakistani cricketers, including the teenage bowling sensation Mohammed Aamer and young middle order batsmen Umar Akmal, have registered their names for auction for the third edition of the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL).
Total 97 cricketers have sent their names for the auction, which is scheduled to take place on January 19.
The [...]
Lahore, Dec.31 (ANI): After obtaining a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) 12 Pakistani cricketers have sent their names for auction for the third edition of the Indian Premier League’s (IPL).
The players name have not [...]
Islamabad, Dec. 18 (ANI) : Pakistan National Assembly Standing Committee on Sports has urged President Asif Ali Zardari, as the patron of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), to remove board chairman Ijaz Butt, Chief Operation Officer (COO) Wasim Bari and coach Intikhab Alam after they failed to attend the recent NA meeting.
“They [...]
Karachi, Dec 15 (IANS) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was Tuesday planning to lodge a formal complaint with the International Cricket Council (ICC) claiming the national team was racially abused on the final day of the third and final Test against New Zealand in Napier.
PCB chairman Ijaz Butt said he is yet to receive any [...]
Islamabad, Dec. 13 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has allowed all non-contracted cricketers to take part in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
The PCB statement has asked all non-contracted players to write to IPL Chairman Lalit Modi and indicate their availability for the auction.
The last date of submission of application with supportive documents [...]
Mumbai, Dec 11 (ANI): Indian Premier League (IPL) Commissioner Lalit Modi has said that Pakistan players under contract with IPL clubs need to go through the auction process, to play in the 2010 season.
Talking to reporters here on Thursday, Modi said: “There is an auction coming up on January 19. If there are spots [...]
Mumbai/Karachi, Dec 10 (IANS) The prospects of Pakistani cricketers playing in the third edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) received a boost after four players, Sohail Tanvir, Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Gul and Kamran Akmal, were given visas by India’s home ministry. They will now have to go through the auction that is slated for Jan [...]
Karachi, Dec 10 (IANS) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is hopeful about the participation of their players in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
A PCB spokesman said there are hopes that Pakistani cricketers will feature in the cash-rich league as reports came in that the Indian home ministry has cleared visas of four players.
‘We have been [...]
Lahore, Dec. 10 (ANI) : Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt is still hopeful that the issue of participation of Pakistani cricketers in the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) third edition would be resolved in the next two to three days.
Talking to media persons here, Butt said the board has not given up [...]
Karachi, Dec. 9 (ANI): Swashbuckling Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi has said that he is not disappointed to miss the lucrative India Premier League (IPL) for the second consecutive time.
IPL chairman Lalit Modi had ruled out the participation of Pakistani players in IPL’s third edition beginning March 2010 due to an ongoing Visa problem.
Afridi said he [...]
Karachi, Dec 2 (IANS) Pakistan’s cricketers cleared the final hurdle in their way to feature in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Wednesday when the country’s interior ministry Wednesday gave them a clearance to play in India.
A Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) spokesman told IANS that the board has received intimation from the interior ministry that it [...]
Karachi, Nov 24 (IANS) Pakistan’s cricket authorities have sought the government’s permission for players’ participation in the next edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), but sports minister Aftab Jilani fears that it might be too late.
Jilani said in an interview Tuesday that the sports ministry has received a request from the Pakistan Cricket Board [...]
Karachi, Oct.7 (ANI): Adding fuel to the match-fixing allegations, former Pakistan cricket captain Imran Khan has said that the Indian lobby along with the officiating umpires might have fixed Pakistan’s semi-final tie against New Zealand in the ICC Champions Trophy.
While rebutting the National Assembly’s Sports Committee’s allegations, Khan said the poor level of umpiring during [...]
Islamabad, Sep.25 (ANI): The Pakistani cricket team management has clarified that middle order batsman Umar Akmal’s hand injury that he sustained during the match against West Indies is not serious, [...]
Lahore, Aug.27 (ANI): After middle order batsman Mohammad Yousuf and bowling all-rounders Abdul Razzaq and Rana Nave-ul-Hassan parted ways from the Indian Cricket League (ICL) to represent their country once again, several other Pakistani cricketers are also thinking about ending their ties with the rebel league.
Hasan Raza, one of the 22 Pakistani players in [...]
Karachi, Aug.16 (ANI): After its disastrous tour of Sri Lanka, the Pakistan cricket team is once again looking for help from a sports psychologist to repeat its T20 World Cup triumph in the ICC Champions Trophy scheduled to be held in South Africa later this year.
It [...]
Lahore, Aug.13 (ANI): Accepting responsibility for humiliating defeats both in the Test and One-Day series in Sri Lanka, Pakistan captain Younis Khan has said he would not succumb to pressure to resign.
“I accept the responsibility of defeat, but will not apologise to anyone nor will I resign as captain because it’s part of the game [...]
Lahore, Aug.13 (ANI): Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja has asked some of the senior players of the current team to bid adieu to international cricket in order to give youngsters more chances to perform.
Raja said senior players should step down themselves rather than being axed from the squad after [...]
Lahore, Aug. 13 (ANI): Pakistan cricket captain Younis Khan has stepped in support of middle order batsman Mohammad Yousuf, saying he needs time to settle down after staging a comeback following a long lay-off from international cricket.
“He is back in [...]
