Senior batsman Muhammad Yousuf was omitted from Pakistan's final 15-member squad for World Cup. The selectors also refrained from naming a skipper.
PCB chairman Ejaz Butt has not ruled out the possibility of former captains, Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan returning to the national team for the Test series against England next month.
In the line of fire after Pakistan's humiliating Test series loss in Australia, skipper Mohammad Yousuf on Tuesday defended himself, insisting that the team has not done too badly under him and he needs more time to settle the side.
"His wife is expecting and is very ill and he wants to be with her," Pakistan manager Talat Ali said.
Australia were clearly the best team of the year.
Mohammad Yousuf scored 191, his seventh hundred of the year, as the second Test between Pakistan and the West Indies ended in a draw.
The Pakistani batsman received a staggering Rs 65 lakh in cash awards and a car for his performance in 2006.
Pakistan were 363 for 3, 163 runs ahead in their first innings, at close on Day 2 in the fourth Test against England.
Former Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf has asked the Cricket Board (PCB) to raise the Test match fees or face the possibility of a further slump in the rankings of the game's five-day version.
Too much emphasis on Twenty20 has triggered a decline in Pakistan cricket and the format threatens to 'finish' the game altogether in the country, fears captain Mohammad Yousuf.
Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf is baffled by team mate Shahid Afridi's ball tampering act in the fifth and final One-Day International against Australia in Perth. Afridi, who led Pakistan in the final one-dayer, was seen biting the ball and was later banned by the match referee for two Twenty20 matches on pleading guilty and apologising for his action.
Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar feels that the result of the Champions Trophy clash between arch rivals India and Pakistan would depend on the performance of senior players like Sachin Tendulkar and Mohammed Yousuf.
Mohammed Yousuf compared Steve Harmison to West Indian greats Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh
Pakistan selectors recalled senior batsman Mohammad Yousuf on Monday for the Test tour of Sri Lanka but ignored fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar. Yousuf, 33, was named in a 15-member squad after the prolific batsman, who shocked Pakistan cricket circles by joining the Indian Cricket League last year, quit the unofficial competition to take advantage of a player amnesty scheme.
Captain Muhammad Yousuf on Wednesday came in for some scathing criticism by former cricketers after Pakistan's stunning defeat against Australia in the second Test at Sydney.
Former Pakistan cricket captain Mohammad Yousuf announced his retirement from international cricket on Monday, following an indefinite ban imposed by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in the aftermath of a winless tour of Australia.
Senior batsman Mohammad Yousuf will be immediately selected in the national team if he snaps his ties with the 'rebel' Indian Cricket League, the Pakistan Cricket Board said.
Yousuf, who was not considered for a Twenty20 four-nation tournament in Toronto last month, has been included in a 15-man squad for the one dayers on Nov. 12, 14 and 16.
The death toll of Indians killed in the massive fire in Kuwait has risen to 46 with one more person succumbing to injuries as authorities said that an electrical short circuit in the room of the guard on the ground floor of the building caused the blaze that killed 50 people.
Kuwaiti authorities are conducting DNA tests on the bodies of those killed in the devastating fire incident in southern Kuwait's Mangaf area and an Indian Air Force aircraft is on standby to bring back the mortal remains of Indians killed in the incident, officials said on Thursday.
They have instead recalled batsman Misbah-ul-Haq, all rounder Yasir Arafat and included youngster Fawad Alam in the 15-member party.
Shane Watson turned down after the Pakistan head coach job after details of the contract were leaked to the media.
Pakistan batting ace Mohammad Yousuf said he is back with the rebel cricket league after clearing some 'misunderstanding' with them. 'There was some misunderstanding and I was misguided as well. I was under the impression that ICL authorities would not allow me to play for the national team.' said the right-hander.
Pakistan skipper Mohammad Yousuf has described Australia as the best Test team in the world after the latter clean swept the Test series 3-0.
Pakistan skipper Mohammad Yousuf has described Australia as the best Test team in the world after the latter won the three-Test series by a convincing 3-0 margin.
Kuwaiti authorities have identified the bodies of 45 Indians and three Filipino nationals killed in the tragic fire incident in a building housing foreign workers in the Gulf Kingdom, a top official said on Thursday.
Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Yousuf's record 168-run partnership was the turning point as Pakistan beat India by 31 runs in the fifth and final ODI in Jaipur.
Most deaths were due to smoke inhalation while residents were sleeping, and a significant number of occupants were evacuated, they added. The fire started in a kitchen in the six-storey building in the Mangaf area in Kuwait's southern Ahmadi Governorate, officials said, adding that the building reportedly had 195 people living in it, who are workers of the same company.
The Gujarat police have arrested Islamic preacher Mufti Salman Azhari from Mumbai in connection with an FIR registered against him for allegedly delivering a hate speech and are bringing him back to the state, an official said on Monday.
Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf joined the ranks of cricketing greats by setting several records in the third Test against West Indies.
The Pakistan Cricket Board on Wednesday clarified that it has not imposed life bans on Muhammad Yousuf and Younus Khan and only barred them from playing for the country in all the formats of the game.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) put an end to the international careers of former captains Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan besides imposing a one-year ban on Shoaib Malik in the wake of the team's disastrous tour of Australia.
Controversial Younis Khan was on Tuesday replaced as captain of Pakistan's cricket team amid intense speculation that he was sacked in the wake of a players' revolt though the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) insisted that the change was done only because the veteran batsman wanted to take rest.
A five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud considered the pleas in chambers and dismissed applications for listing of the review petition in open Court.
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Veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who entered the elite 500 Test wicket club at Rajkot, climbed a rung to the second position behind pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah.
Refusing to accept the tribunal's decision, the families said they would take the matter to a higher court, seeking justice for their sons and hoping to unmask the truth behind the fateful encounter.
A court in Gujarat's Junagadh district on Wednesday granted bail to Islamic preacher Mufti Salman Azhari and two others in connection with a 'hate speech' case registered against them.
Former Pakistan captain, Muhammad Yousuf has launched a scathing attack at coach Waqar Younis, saying the legendary fast bowler has ego problems and doesn't want seniors in the side. Yousuf said he didn't see things improving under present head coach Waqar. "No, I don't think much will change. He has massive ego problems and personal likes and dislikes and he works on an agenda where he doesn't want senior players in his side.
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