The Africa Cricket Association (ACA) has started dialogue with the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) and other stakeholders to revive the once popular Afro-Asia Cup
Kerala Chief Minister and veteran Marxist leader Pinarayi Vijayan intensified his attack on the Congress, alleging that its general secretary, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, is contesting the Wayanad Lok Sabha by-election with the backing of Jamaat-e-Islami.
Pakistan's Shan Masood is likely to be retained captain for the upcoming home Test series against England, while Babar Azam is also assured of keeping his white-ball captaincy when the team flies to Australia and South Africa later this year.
'The whole Kashmiri population is seemed to be a suspect community. This status is not good.'
The Pakistan Cricket Board has decided to appoint Muhammad Yousuf and Abdul Razzaq as interim head coach and assistant coach respectively for the home T20 series against New Zealand later this month.
England star Joe Root is cementing his status as one of the greatest players as he achieved new career-high rating in the latest ICC Men's Test Batter Rankings.
Controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar made a comeback while senior batsman Mohammad Yousuf and dope-tainted pacer Mohammad Asif were left out of Pakistan's 30-member preliminary squad on Tuesday named for the Champions Trophy.
Former Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf underwent a fitness test on Tuesday in a bid to revive his international career.
Pakistani selectors on Thursday dropped leg-spinner Usama Mir for the T20 series in Ireland and England while recalling fast bowler Haris Rauf.
The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) is poised to form the first elected government in Jammu and Kashmir, having secured a victory in the assembly elections by securing 49 out of 90 seats on which polls were held for the first time since the abrogation of Article 370 five years ago.
An unbeaten 57-run sixth wicket stand between Yousuf Pathan and Pinal Shah helped Baroda take seven-run first innings lead over Tamil Nadu on the first day of their Ranji Trophy Super League Group B match in Vadodara on Friday.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has reorganized its selection committee by doing away with the chairman's post and giving powers to the selectors to pick the captain and head coach of the national team.
Prolific batsman Mohammad Yousuf on Saturday said he has ended his association with the rebel Indian Cricket League as he wants to play for the Pakistan cricket team again. Yousuf said he resigned last month.
The Indian Cricket League has dropped its case against Mohammad Yousuf after the senior Pakistan batsman, described as a 'turncoat' by the PCB legal adviser, withdrew his counter-charges against the rebel Twenty20 venture.
The BJP's Central Election Committee had met on Sunday evening to finalise the party's candidates for the polls.
Former Pakistan captain and senior batsman Mohammad Yousuf cleared the first hurdle in his bid to revive his international cricket career as he passed a fitness test held at the National Cricket Academy.
Pakistan Mohammad Yousuf will fill in as substitute in the English County league for Australia's Brad Hodge, who will be playing in the IPL on a five-week contract.
Indian Cricket League (ICL) on Monday filed a statement of claims before the arbiter, seeking damages of Rs 4 crore from Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Yousuf for alleged breach of contract.
Mohammad Yousuf will meet PCB chief Naseem Ashraf on September 26 and will make a decision on whether to join the Indian Cricket League or make himself available for Pakistan.
The ace batsman is believed to be upset by his omission from Pakistan's team for the Twenty20 World Cup.
The Pakistani right-hander will join the county in April next year and will play for them until mid May.
Sourav Ganguly believes Rishabh Pant is on course to become an all-time great in Test cricket.
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.
Mohammad Yousuf celebrated his return to Test cricket with a resolute 56 against England in the third Test at the Oval.
Former captains Mohammad Yousuf and Shoaib Malik have been warned by the Pakistan Cricket Board to stop giving statements against each other in the media.
The Pakistan batsman established a a new record for the most Test runs in a calender year.
Embattled Pakistan skipper Muhammad Yousuf has advised former players to stop criticising him over his captaincy and instead use their vast experience to help him overcoming shortcomings. 'I think that instead of criticising all the time, if former players come forward and point out to me that 'look this is where you are doing wrong', I think it would help me in improving my captaincy. I have to still learn many things about captaincy,' Yousuf said.
Former Pakistan captain Muhammad Yousuf has declared England's Joe Root as currently the best batsman in the world. Overlooking India's run machine Virat Kohli and South African Ab de Villiers, Yousuf said that he believed Root was the the best in the world at the moment after his monumental 254 against Pakistan in the second Test at Manchester.
Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf has admitted that batting remains a subject of worry for him ahead of his team's upcoming tour of Australia this month and key batsmen have to perform consistently to succeed in demanding conditions.
Amir, Imad recalled to Pakistan squad for NZ T20I series
Pakistan captain Muhammad Yousuf says his players are fully prepared to handle any sledging incident during the upcoming three-match Test series against Australia, commencing on December 26 in Melbourne.
Mohammad Yousuf celebrated his return to international cricket with a century on Sunday to give Pakistan a 50-run lead on the second day of the first Test against Sri Lanka. At close, Sri Lanka were nought for no wicket in their second innings after Pakistan had been dismissed for 342.
Pakistan's former captain Mohammad Yousuf has found himself in trouble after being investigated by the Bangladesh intelligence agencies for allegedly submitting a fake clearance letter to play in the Dhaka league.
'...or go to jail.' 'The government is getting them silenced.'
Mohammad Yousuf set a batting record with his eighth hundred of 2006 but West Indies restricted Pakistan to 257 for seven.
Mohammad Yousuf scored his 20th Test hundred as Pakistan ended Day 2 in the first Test against the West Indies in a strong position.
Call it pressure or whatever, the high-voltage clash between India and Pakistan during the 2003 World Cup in South Africa almost saw Harbhajan Singh and Mohammed Yousuf ready to tear into each other with forks in their hands.
Pakistan cricket authorities were left in a state of shock as prolific batsman Mohammad Yousuf left for New Delhi on Monday to play in the Indian Cricket League. The move certainly jeopardises his international career even as he was named in the national squad for series against the West Indies.
Political parties and leaders wait with bated breath for the Haryana and Jammu-Kashmir assembly poll results on Tuesday.
Former Pakistan captain, Muhammad Yousuf, is keen to get a hearing from the new chairman of the Cricket Board, as he believes the national selection committee has treated him unjustly.
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