'Insignias or not, Dhoni's will remain the deadliest pair of gloves behind the stumps,' notes Shekhar Gupta.
Yorkshire County Cricket Club chairman Roger Hutton has resigned with immediate effect following the club's handling of allegations of racism by former player Azeem Rafiq, the BBC reported on Friday.
Troubled Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has been ordered to explain himself to his country's cricket board after appearing on a television talk show.
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 ban imposed on three Pakistani cricketers for spot-fixing and final evaluation on the readiness of the three host nations for the Cricket World Cup will be on the top of agenda when the ICC Executive Board meets here on February 15-16.
United Arab Emirates is the favourite to host the ODI tournament in March.
Former Pakistan off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq will continue to help the touring English spinners in the upcoming ODI series in India.
The head of the International Cricket Council's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit, Sir Ronnie Flanagan has made it clear that they had first tipped off the Pakistan Cricket Board's ACU about possible spot- fixing in the Pakistan Super League.
Vice captain Younis Khan and all rounder Shahid Afridi have been promoted to the top category.
England have expressed safety concerns about playing in Karachi on the tour which starts in October.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) requested for the match to be re-scheduled because December 27 is the death anniversary of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
Former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar on Monday claimed that match-fixing was at its peak in 1996 and said the environment in the dressing room was far from conducive.
Former players slammed Shahid Afridi's 'tactically weak' captaincy, while irate fans smashed TV sets in disgust as Pakistan reacted angrily to the national team's defeat at the hands of arch-rivals India in the ICC World Twenty20.
Ishan Kishan and Hardik Pandya hit fifties to rally India in the rain-hit Asia Cup match in Pallekele on Saturday.
Former Pakistan leg-spinner Abdul Qadir, has called for the International Cricket Council to deal evenly with its member boards as he felt that the parent body was being biased towards PCB.
Pakistani cricketers will not play in the Indian Premier League III as their board has failed to obtain their visas before the deadline for confirmation of participation, IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi said on Monday.
Waqar Younis said that he is worried that players in Pakistan might face mental health issues if cricket continued to be played for more time in the COVID-19 situation.
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'Mohsin Kamal is a respected coach in Pakistan and has a good background,' said Rameez Raja.
The report said the use of debit cards would allow the ICC Anti-Corruption sleuths to keep trackof all financial transactions during the tournament by players, team and match officials.
The Pakistani cricket authorities might be maintaining a diplomatic stance on their national team's participation in the forthcoming Asia Cup and World T20 events in Bangladesh, to be held early next year, but chances of a pullout loom large.
Pakistan's interim head coach Saqlain Mushtaq on Wednesday said he will take full responsibility of the team's performance after the sudden resignations of Misbah-ul-Haq and Waqar Younis just weeks before the World T20 Cup in UAE.
Former Pakistan Test leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed has signed a deal with IPL side Delhi Daredevils to work as their bowling consultant but has not made it public due to the recent backlash in India over the presence of Pakistani sportsmen there, sources said.
A top BCCI source said even if a note is sent and the ICC agrees to put it out in front of member boards for a vote, India is unlikely to find any support from other nations.
Many of the Pakistani players who had signed for the 'rebel' Indian Cricket League (ICL) are likely to be considered for national selection again after they complete a 'cooling period', according to a senior Pakistan Cricket Board official in Karachi. Following the ICC's decision that home boards would decide whether they should allow their ICL players back into international cricket, the PCB would now let its legal advisors decide on what would be the next line of action.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Monday chose to remain mum on the 'spot-fixing' scandal involving Pakistani players, saying the matter is for the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to deal with.
The Pakistan Cricket Board said on Friday that Zimbabwe would tour the country after earlier calling off the series due to security apprehensions after an attack on the minority Ismaili community members in Karachi.
The hugely popular Indian Premier League is leading a cricket 'revolution' in strife-torn Afghanistan where the cash-rich Twenty20 tournament and Bollywood sells like hot cakes.
Bangladesh have agreed to tour Pakistan next month in the first visit by any country since armed militants attacked the Sri Lanka team bus in Lahore in 2009, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Zaka Ashraf said.
'We, as a society, should realise that this should be nipped in the bud. I am a product of this society and I did that. I had told them I will throw you out if you talk like this (about Kaneria's faith). Because this is not our culture. We as a nation did not let such discriminatory thoughts prevail. We stopped it there. We have improved a lot as a society in the last 10-15 years'.
Former Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Najam Sethi withdrew his candidature for the ICC president's post and requested the PCB to nominate a former Test great instead.
Pacer Muhammad Irfan was, on Tuesday, suspended by the Pakistan Cricket Board for being in touch with a suspected bookmaker, making him the third player to be charged in the ongoing probe of alleged corruption in the Pakistan Super League.
Given the prevailing circumstances between the two nations, the Indian cricket board will wait for a government's directive as they have already informed the matter much in advance.
Melbourne Renegades named Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi as one of their two overseas recruits for Australia's revamped domestic Twenty20 league on Friday. The former Pakistan captain ignored more lucrative offers to join compatriot Abdul Razzaq, who was also named in the Renegades' 16-member squad, local media said.
Pakistani cricket authorities have turned to former top spinner, Saqlain Mushtaq to help Saeed Ajmal change his bowling action and make a comeback to international cricket.
Batsman Khalid Latif has been handed a five-year ban for his role in a spot-fixing scandal during this year's Pakistan Super League (PSL), the country's cricket board said.
Pakistan on Monday barred its cricketers from playing in the high-profile Indian Premier League. The decision is bound to further strain the sporting ties between the two countries. Saleem Altaf, the chief operating officer of the Pakistan Cricket Board said they received copy of a letter from the Foreign Affairs Ministry sent to the Sports Ministry which declined permission to the players to travel to India for the Twenty20 tournament.
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