The Pakistan Cricket Board banned Test player Abdur Rehman for an indefinite period after the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) barred the left-arm spinner for three months following a positive test for recreational drug cannabis. The test was conducted during an English county match in August.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has withdrawn Abdul Rehman from the Champions League Twenty20 tournament in the wake of Test spinner failing a dope test in England.
Clouds of uncertainty continued to hover over Pakistan cricket with the Election Commission now contemplating to challenge the judgment of Islamabad High Court (IHC) ordering them to conduct elections for the post of PCB chairman in the Supreme Court.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officially named former fast bowler Waqar Younis as the chief coach of the national squad and under 19-coach Ijaz Ahmed as his deputy.
A scheduled press conference by flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi, which had set the rumour mills working overtime, has been called off after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) advised him not to address the media.
Naseem Shah has been ruled out for the remainder of the Asia Cup due to a shoulder injury.
Shoaib Bashir, who is of Pakistani heritage, is one of three uncapped players named in the England squad for the Test series in India.
Talat Ali was named Pakistan manager for the Champions Trophy in India.
Former captain Younis Khan is in no mood to step down from his fight against the Pakistan Cricket Board over the indefinite ban imposed on him and has turned down a PCB offer to go for a compromise settlement.
Mohammed Yousuf, offered support to struggling batter Babar Azam amid a challenging Test series against Australia.
PCB may send captain Inzamam-ul Haq abroad to see a specialist for his back problem
Ricky Pointing is perplexed why people in India try to 'find a reason' to not pick Virat Kohli in the India T20 team.
Former Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Zaka Ashraf has alleged that BCCI has been hatching a conspiracy by getting Pakistan's key bowlers suspended.
ACC president Jay Shah attributed the body's decision to host Asia Cup matches in Sri Lanka on teams' reluctance to play ODIs in the UAE heat.
India have lost only once to Pakistan in the T20 World Cup in seven meetings, their only defeat coming in 2021 when the Virat Kohli-led side lost by 10 wickets at the Super 12 stage.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is expecting to play atleast six home and away Test series against India in the next eight-year FTP cycle between 2015 and 2023 which will also include an "off-shore" home series in the United Arab Emirates.
Disappointed by the ugly tiff between Shahid Afridi and Javed Miandad, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is likely to take measures to stop former cricketers from levelling match-fixing allegations against each other to settle `personal scores`. A verbal altercation has been going on between Afridi and Miandad after both of them accused each other of being 'money-centric'.
The Pakistan Cricket Board is hoping for the best and preparing for the worst as it seeks to mitigate financial setbacks stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, its chief executive, Wasim Khan, said. On the face of it, the disruption caused by the novel coronavirus outbreak could not have come at a worse time, striking in mid-March when the Pakistan Super League (PSL), worth about $300 million to the governing body, was about to enter the knockout stage.
In another stunning twist in the saga of Pakistan's cricket administration, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif sacked Zaka Ashraf as the Chairman of the PCB and suspended the Governing board with immediate effect.
President Pervez Musharraf appointed a director of cricket operations and an ad-hoc committee.
Former Pakistan cricketers and the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman, Mohsin Naqvi came down heavily on the team management and the players, after their six-run loss to India on Sunday.
Pretty satisfied, credit to the bowlers: Babar Azam
ICC said that Pakistan is yet to provide written assurance regarding their participation in the upcoming ODI World Cup in India.
The Pakistan Cricket Board has offered central contracts to opener Imran Nazir, senior batsman Mohammad Yousuf and all-rounder Abdul Razzaq who returned to mainstream after snapping ties with the 'rebel' Indian Cricket League.
'Persisting with the same personnel and repeating the same mistakes will yield the same undesired results.'
PCB chairman Ijaz Butt has expressed disappointment over interference of political functionaries into the ongoing dispute between the Board and former skipper Shahid Afridi, saying the act could damage Pakistan cricket.
Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Shaharyar Khan, on Monday, disclosed that the Pakistan Cricket Board had incurred losses amounting to $ 200 million because of the Indian team not playing bilateral cricket series in Pakistan.
Harsha Bhogle has expressed his concerns over the potential absence of Naseem Shah
A top official of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has indicated that it is close to signing a deal with a leading international team to tour the country, which has not hosted a Test nation since 2009. Najam Sethi, who heads the PCB's executive committee, said on a television channel that he cannot disclose the name of the concerned team, but it was a leading side.
The Pakistan Cricket Board, in a surprising move on Monday, entrusted former captain Moin Khan the dual responsibility of chief selector and managing the national team. Since being inducted into the PCB last year, Moin was Pakistan's head coach for two months, during the Asia Cup and World T20.
Disgraced spinner Danish Kaneria's career seems all but over with the Pakistan Cricket Board imposing a life ban on him on Friday for indulging in spot-fixing during the 2009 English county season.
The Pakistan Cricket Board will review the life ban for match fixing imposed on the country's former captain Saleem Malik on the recommendation of a judicial inquiry commission, PCB chairman Najam Sethi said on Tuesday.
But senior superintendent of police, operations, Lahore Syed Ali Raza told the Dawn newspaper that "Tamba is still alive but critically injured".
The chairman of the PCB, Ijaz Butt has made it clear that the former Pakistan One-day skipper Shahid Afridi is no longer a captaincy material for the PCB.
PCB stops women's team from travelling to India for WT20 The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has stopped its national women's team from going to India until it gets written security assurances and guarantees for the World T20 in India. PCB Chairman Shaharyar Khan said that the women's team was scheduled to leave for India on Tuesday afternoon. "But their departure has now been put on hold as we are in touch with the government on the security issues in India," he said. Khan said that they were also still waiting visas for the women's team which will also take part in the ICC World T20 for women being held simultaneously with the men's competition. The PCB chief said that the women's team departure has been put off until they get written assurances about the security provision for the Pakistan teams in India.
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has proposed to raise the minimum local content under public procurement order in government contracts. But several local suppliers and multinational companies (MNCs) are saying such a steep target is not attainable. Class-I suppliers, whose goods, services or works offered for procurement has local content equal to or more than 50 per cent may see it hiked to 70 per cent, while it may go up to 50 per cent from 20 per cent for Class-II suppliers.
Former Pakistan captain Muhammad Yousuf has urged the fact-finding committee of the PCB to not only blame the coach, captain and players for the national cricket team's dismal performance but also make the board officials accountable. "I told the committee that it is fine they are inquiring into the team's performances and those of the captain and coach but what about the board officials who are also responsible for the steep decline in our cricket," Yousuf told PTI to from Lahore. "Every time the team performs badly, the responsibility is put on the captain, coach and the players but I have never seen anyone in the board being held responsible," he added. The fact-finding committee was constituted by the Pakistan Cricket Board to probe into the team's poor performances in Asia Cup and World T20, as well as in earlier series against England and New Zealand. The committee includes Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq and senior batsman Younis Khan -- both of whom have not attended the first two days of the fact-finding committee's three-day meeting in Lahore.
Shaheen Afridi lauded Haris Rauf not only for his impressive bowling but also for his significant contribution to enhancing Pakistan's fielding performance.
Ijaz Butt's departure as Pakistan Cricket Board chairman has led to the return of former Test captain Javed Miandad to the PCB offices.
Mickey Arthur, Pakistan's former Team Director, admitted that the ODI World Cup match against India at Ahmedabad was one of the toughest moments during his stint.
