Former Pakistan Test captain Rashid Latif said he was expecting most of the Super Eights matches, commencing on Thursday, to be close affairs.
Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif believes that Asian teams including Pakistan and India will find it tough to match the power hitting skills of other teams in the upcoming ODI World Cup.
'If our top order batting starts clicking and Yousuf Youhana gets in his groove, Pakistan will be strong combination,' he said.
The BCCI has refused to send its team to Pakistan for the upcoming Champions Trophy and there speculation that the entire tournament could be moved out of the country.
Pakistan's cricket community also reacted with anger to India's decision as former Test captain Rashid Latif insisted that the PCB has to make a strong statement.
Pakistan's former captain Rashid Latif has refused to make public any evidence to back his claim that the PCB hosted an alleged Indian bookmaker Anu Bhatt during the national team's 2005-06 series against England and India.
Pakistan's former captain Rashid Latif said the PCB explanation was hard to digest because the tribute video was modified after nearly 48 hours.
Rashid Latif confirmed the news and asked everyone to pray for Riaz Sheikh's departed soul.
Latif said India have superior spinners and based on current form, Rohit Sharma's men are favourites for a win on Sunday.
The Pakistan cricket fraternity showered the Indian team with praise for their incredible run to the final of the ODI World Cup, with the legendary Wasim Akram saying their cricket "is in a good place" despite the loss to Australia in the title clash.
The 24-year-old took the wicket of all the top seven England batters, finishing with figures of 7/114.
The Pakistan Cricket Board on Sunday said that former greats like Javed Miandad and Wasim Akram will be holding online sessions with current and emerging cricketers in Pakistan to help them remain focused in the wake of the coronavirus lockdown. These sessions have been arranged by the Pakistan national men's cricket team management in collaboration with the International Cricket Operations Department as they are looking at innovative ideas to ensure its elite players and future prospects remain connected with the game.
Former Pakistan captain and all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez is a front-runner to become the national team's chief selector after the conclusion of the team's ongoing Sri Lanka tour.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday announced the formation of a Cricket Technical Committee (CTC) to be headed by former captain Misbah-ul-Haq.
Tainted former Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria has suddenly started receiving support from all quarters of Pakistan's cricket fraternity.
Babar Azam would have to learn from how Kohli had handled his captaincy responsibilities.
Former Pakistan captains Rashid Latif and Moin Khan urged the ICC to give India-Pakistan series the iconic status.
Rashid Latif has told PTI in an interview that it was the duty of the ICC to ensure that the quality of cricket and players was not reduced in a mad rush to make more money.
Sarfaraz didn't deserve to be booted out.
India remains safe in the eyes of international cricketers despite terror strikes in Mumbai not because of good security but the money-making opportunities it offers to them, feels former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif.
Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has told his batsmen to make Javed Miandad their role model during their forthcoming one-day series against England.
Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has released statements from Essex coach Paul Grayson and player Tom Westley's that rule out the fact that leg-spinner Danish Kaneria tried to coax them into spot-fixing.
'Pakistan was that one team against which I always loved hitting boundaries, especially against Shoaib Akhtar.'
India's Neeraj Chopra would seek to defend his gold medal
Former greats Dennis Lillee, Greg Chappell, former Sri Lankan physio Alex Kontouri and Indian coach John Wright will attend the event.
'You can't control the emotions of the crowd and such incidents happened in the world of cricket.'
The selectors have also included two spin bowlers in the squad -- leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed and off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq.
Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has backed Shoaib Malik in his ongoing marriage row with Ayesha Siddiqui, saying the girl being shown on TV channels is not the one his team-mate fell in love with during internet and telephone chats.
A huge controversy erupted after the Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchises flouted strict Islamic laws by promoting surrogate advertisements of off-shore online betting platforms.
The Pakistan captain has criticised Bangladesh for adopting a negative strategy in the Test arena.
Reactions to the Pakistan cricket trio of Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohd Amir being jailed after being found guilty of taking bribes to fix parts of a Test match against England in 2010.
The former captain and wicketkeeper has been recalled to the Pakistan squad after more than two-and-a-half years on the sidelines.
Pakistan's former cricket captain Imran Khan believes the ICC will have to adopt new ways to curb the menace of match-fixing as it is very difficult to detect and prove.
A senior official of the Pakistan cricket Board has squashed fears expressed by former captains, Zaheer Abbas and Rashid Latif that the BCCI could influence the BCB to not tour Pakistan next year although the PCB had agreed to let Bangladesh field a candidate for the post of vice-president in the ICC.
The cricket community in Pakistan has lashed out at ICC president Sharad Pawar and the BCCI for their refusals to investigate claims by former India player Vinod Kambli that the 1996 World Cup semi-final against Sri Lanka may have been fixed.
Despite winning his first Test as captain, Temba Bavuma will walk away with mixed emotions after registering an unwanted record against his name.
Pakistan's former Test players showered lot of praise on Indian batting icon Sachin Tendulkar for becoming the first man to score 50 Test hundreds.
Former Pakistan players tore into captain Babar Azam and other players for their poor performance in World Cup 2023.
"I don't think Waqar, Rashid or Saqlain (Mushtaq) should consider their international careers over," Pakistan's chief selector Wasim Bari said.
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