Pakistan will launch its Premier League Twenty20 tournament in March as it bids to lure more international cricketers back to the country.
The Pakistan Cricket Board has no immediate plans to make any changes in the national team management and Misbah-ul-Haq and Mohammad Hafeez will continue as captains of the Test, ODI and T20 teams respectively.
The selectors on Wednesday recalled Shahid Afridi in the Pakistan squad for the One-day series against Sri Lanka, hours after the former captain had a meeting with the new PCB Chairman Zaka Ashraf.
Former Pakistan cricket captain Shahid Afridi was on Wednesday given a hearing by the newly appointed PCB chief, Zaka Ashraf, at his Gaddafi Stadium office in Lahore but there is no clarity, yet, on the all-rounder's return to the international cricket.
Former Test captain Zaheer Abbas is likely to secure the important position of Chief Operating Officer in the Pakistan Cricket Board.
Former PCB chairman Ijaz Butt has welcomed the planned revival of bilateral cricket ties with India, but has asked the BCCI to compensate it financially for the cancelled series of 2009.
The PCB has signed an agreement with Sri Lanka Cricket under which the two boards have agreed to allow their players to take part in the domestic T20 premier leagues of both countries.
Pakistan has dominated the ODI format over the last year. In 2022, they whitewashed West Indies and Netherlands 3-0 at home and away respectively. They followed this up with a 2-1 series win over New Zealand at home in January 2023.
The Pakistan Cricket Board on Thursday held a review meeting of their woeful Asia Cup show in the wake of their World Cup squad announcement.
Mohammad Hafez is the new T20 captain and vice-captain to Misbah ul-Haq in Tests and ODIs. Misbah was however from the T20 squad.
The Pakistan Cricket Board appointed Mohammad Hafeez in place of Misbah ul-Haq as captain of the T20 squad for the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka. While Misbah will continue to lead Pakistan in Tests and ODIs, Hafeez will be his deputy in the two formats.
The central contracts stand-off between Pakistan Cricket Board and top national players ended on Wednesday.
Mickey Arthur and Grant Bradburn, the foreign coaches attached with the Pakistan cricket team, are likely to continue in their respective roles
Following Pakistan's forgettable World Cup in India, Babar Azam stepped down as skipper of the national team.
The legendary Inzamam-ul Haq has resigned as chairman of the national selection committee after the Pakistan Cricket Board initiated an inquiry to probe if his association with a company that manages a number of the national team's players pertains to conflict of interest.
Miffed with the changes being proposed in the ICC's administrative structure, the Pakistan Cricket Board said it will oppose any overhaul that will cede executive decision-making to India, Australia and England.
Former Pakistan Test captain, Javed Miandad has tendered his resignation to the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board.
Former Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Zaka Ashraf has alleged that BCCI has been hatching a conspiracy by getting Pakistan's key bowlers suspended.
The Pakistan Cricket Board had asked to move its match against Afghanistan from Chennai to Bengaluru and the game against Australia from Bengaluru to Chennai.
A well-informed source close to Shaheen said that the bowler was upset that not even once the PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi or the national selectors have spoken to him about their future plans as far as the captaincy or appointment of coaches is concerned.
The PCB in a surprise move has awarded a two-year contract to the national team's bowling coach Mohammad Akram.
The present set-up in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is still ruing a golden opportunity wasted by the deposed chairman of the board, Zaka Ashraf who declined a chance for Pakistan cricket to make big financial gains and have a bigger say in world cricket affairs.
Rohit Sharma is not averse to playing three spinners against Pakistan on a huge Motera ground with big square boundaries.
Rauf's central contract may be 'restored'
'Certainly, Pakistan should be playing in the World Cup, even in India.'
Meanwhile, the sports ministry has asked the PCB not to offer a long-term contract to its incumbent director of cricket Mohammad Hafeez yet, who came into the role after the 50-overs World Cup last year.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday restored Najam Sethi as chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board just four days after the Islamabad high court reinstated his predecessor, Zaka Ashraf, as head of the organisation.
After Abdul Qadir and Zaheer Abbas, another former great Javed Miandad also announced his intention to contest for the post of chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board in the forthcoming elections.
If the Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Zaka Ashraf is to believed, get ready for a Indo-Pak series in the near future.
The BCCI is exploring the possibility of playing a cricket series against traditional rivals Pakistan at a neutral venue like Dubai or Sharjah in the near future.
'Today the PCB officials have brought embarrassment for Pakistan and its cricket. The government must order them to return home immediately' 'Nothing is to happen because this MoU is meaningless unless the PCB has got a clause inserted that if India does not play for whatever reason it can approach the international court for sports arbitration'
PCB chairman Ramiz Raja said that the issue will be raised at the next ICC conference.
Pakistan cricket on Monday plunged into crisis as the Islamabad High Court, which had restored Zaka Ashraf as chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, declared in its detailed judgement all decisions taken by the Najam Sethi-led management committee since February as "null and void".
The Pakistan Cricket Board has been told by its governing board to strongly oppose the changes proposed by India, Australia and England cricket boards in the governance and distribution of finances in the ICC.
The Management Committee of the Pakistan Cricket Board appointed former wicketkeeper Moin Khan as head coach of the national team for the upcoming Asia Cup and World T20 Cup tournaments in Bangladesh, ignoring former Test captain Waqar Younis for the top job.
Mulk, 67, is likely to be sworn in on Friday, June 1.
The threat to their Test status in the proposed shake-up in world cricket having been averted, Bangladesh Cricket Board said that his country will play against India, England and Australia in the next two years.
Pakistan cricket has got more bad news ahead of the World Cup after all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez failed to clear the informal bio-mechanics test in Chennai.
The cricket community in Pakistan has reacted cautiously to reports that the Indian and English Boards were willing to play Pakistan at neutral venues with some asking the PCB not to fall in the "trap".
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