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Miandad back to PCB office following Ijaz Butt’s exit

Ijaz Butt's departure as Pakistan Cricket Board chairman has led to the return of former Test captain Javed Miandad to the PCB offices. Besides,...

PCB seeks Miandad’s reply on show-cause notice

The Pakistan Cricket Board is looking for ways to seek response from its Director General Javed Miandad to the notice he was served for...

Butt outclasses Afridi and Miandad

PCB chief Ijaz Butt survived in the crucial round of politics on Tuesday against two former captains, Shahid Afridi and Javed Miandad, when a...

Miandad for shifting T20 C’ship out of Lahore

Pakistan former captain Javed Miandad and a senior Pakistan Cricket Board PCB official are in favour of having the National T20 Championship shifted from...

Miandad yet to respond to PCB’s showcause notice

Former captain Javed Miandad is yet to respond to a show cause notice that the Pakistan Cricket Board issued to him for violating his...

Miandad awaits show-cause notice

Pakistan Cricket Board’s director general Javed Miandad, who was issued a show-cause notice for speaking against the board`s policies, has said that he has...

PCB sends show-cause notice to Miandad

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has sent a show-cause notice to Javed Miandad for criticising the board's policies. Miandad had slammed the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB)...

Former greats slam team for inconsistent show

Former captains on Saturday slammed the Pakistan cricket team for its inconsistent performance in the 3-2 win over the West Indies in the just...

Miandad should take over as batting coach: Malik

Former Pakistan skipper Shoaib Malik has said that the national cricket team should have the former cricketing great Javed Miandad as the batting coach...

Bring anyone but not Miandad

LAHORE - Pakistan chief coach Waqar Younis wants the PCB to hunt for someone else after Javed Miandad's refusal to join the team as the batting coach job.
Talking to journalists here after the last session of the training camp ahead of the West Indies tour, Waqar said the PCB should find someone else for the batting coach position. Miandad refused to accept the batting coach offer on personal grounds, the all-time leading run-scorer for Pakistan in Test matches gave tips to

Miandad turns down batting coach offer

LAHORE - Former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad has turned down an offer from the PCB to take over as the batting coach of the national team. The PCB DG confirmed that he had informed the board that he would not be able to immediately join the team and accompany them on the tour to the West Indies because of prior commitments.
"As it is, I believe you cannot change the technique or style of a batsman once he is in the national team. I think the main job of the batting coach

PCB mulls bringing Miandad as batting coach

LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is negotiating with former skipper Javed Miandad to accept the post of the national team's batting coach. ODI skipper Shahid Afridi told reporters here after a meeting with PCB chief Ijaz Butt that the board was holding talks with Miandad.
"I have suggested having a batting coach with the team to work with the players and Miandad is one of the people the board is in touch with," Afridi said. It must be noted that Miandad, a veteran of 124

Miandad defends Afridi’s comments

LAHORE - Pakistan cricket legend Javed Miandad feels captain Shahid Afridi's comment about making Sachin Tendulkar wait for his 100th international century shouldn't be made an issue. "Don't take Afridi's comment too seriously. No captain or team will want runs scored off them. Every team has its strategy after all and Pakistan will try their best to restrict batsmen like Tendulkar," said Miandad, who figured in six Cups (1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1992 and 1996). "He (Tendulkar) will

Tougher test ahead: Miandad

LAHORE - Former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad hailed Shahid Afridi's men for their superb show against West Indies in the World Cup quarterfinal yesterday but warned them of the tougher challenges ahead. "We deserve to celebrate our qualification for the semi-finals but at the same time we should not forget that we have a very tough semi-final ahead of us because whoever among India or Australia win will prove to be a much tougher opponent than West Indies," Miandad was quoted as

Miandad asks banned trio to expose fixing mafia

LAHORE - Former Test captain Javed Miandad has urged the banned trio of Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir to expose the people involved in illegal betting and corruption in international cricket. Miandad, who is the director-general cricket in the Pakistan Cricket Board, said he felt saddened by the damage done to the image of Pakistan cricket.
"I am hurt by the damage caused to our cricket and our image by the sanctions imposed on Salman, Asif and Amir, but it is not

Test cricket headed for revolution, says Miandad

LAHORE - Former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad believes that Test cricket could be headed for a revolution if the experiment to play the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final under floodlights succeeds.
The PCB has decided to hold the five-day final between Habib Bank and PIA under lights, with coloured balls. It is the first time that a first class match is being held under lights in Pakistan's cricket history.
"It is an experiment we have decided to take... to make our contribution to

Miandad says no to Afridi’s request

LAHORE: Pakistan former captain Javed Miandad has turned down a request from the national team's one-day captain Shahid Afridi to accompany the team to New Zealand.
Miandad, who has been appointed as batting consultant by the Pakistan Cricket Board, is working with the players in the national camp in Lahore but has declined to accompany the players to New Zealand. "Shahid Afridi had a talk with me and he asked me to reconsider my decision not to go to New Zealand.
He said