Tag: Pakistan Cricket Board

Pakistan cricket team visits APS Peshawar students

PESHAWAR- Members of the ICC World Cup 2015- bound Pakistan cricket squad visited the students and families of the victims of the terror-stricken Army Public...

No postponement: Pakistan goes ahead with 4th ODI due to ‘broadcasters...

ABU DHABI- Pakistan cricket officials decided to go ahead with Wednesday's fourth day-night international against New Zealand in Abu Dhabi despite calls to postpone...

PCB aiming to hold a women’s cricket tournament in Malala’s name

ISLAMABAD- The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday said it aims to hold a Women's Cricket Cup in the name of the Nobel Peace...

Afridi backs Misbah after making PCB chief unhappy

ISLAMABAD- Shahid Afridi has given his support to struggling Misbah-ul-Haq as skipper for 2015 World Cup after initially creating controversy over the captaincy. Afridi irked Pakistan...

Upset over ODI slash, Younis lashes out at PCB

KARACHI- Upset at being dropped from the ODI side, Pakistan's senior batsman and former captain Younis Khan on Friday lambasted the selectors at Pakistan Cricket...

Afridi to lead T-20 team till 2016, Misbah stays ODI, Test...

LAHORE- All-rounder Shahid Afridi has been appointed as the captain of Pakistan T-20 team till 2016,  Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Tuesday. One-Day International and Test...

Ajmal´s elbow extension beyond 40 degrees – PCB chief

KARACHI- Pakistan´s cricket chief Friday revealed that spinner Saeed Ajmal´s arm extension was on average more than double the permitted limit during tests which...

Banned Ajmal says elbow ‘not usual’, vows to play World Cup

KARACHI- Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal blamed his illegal action on a "not usual" elbow and vowed to return by next year´s World Cup after he...

Sethi announces resignation, won’t contest PCB polls

LAHORE- Najam Sethi, Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), in his statement in the Supreme Court on Monday said that he will be resigning from...

Friday’s PCB chief: Najam Sethi

ISLAMABAD- Najam Sethi was restored as Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board on Friday as the Supreme Court suspended the notification dissolving the Management Committee of PCB and...

Najam Sethi removed from PCB chair by PM, elections to decide...

ISLAMABAD- Najam Sethi, chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was removed from his post on Thursday. According to details, Attorney General for Pakistan Salman Aslam Butt told the...

Pakistan, West Indies awarded seats on ICC’s executive

MELBOURNE West Indies cricket president James Cameron and Pakistan board chairman Najam Sethi have been awarded seats on the International Cricket Council's new executive committee,...

Pakistan, part of the Big FOUR?

MELBOURNE- The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) on Thursday agreed to grant Pakistan the fourth rank after the 'Big Three' – India, England and Australia – in terms...

Misbah welcomes PCB’s fitness-based central contracts

KARACHI- The Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) plans to introduce fitness-based central contracts for the cricketers received a thumbs-up from captain Misbah-ul-Haq who believes the team...

PCB to probe irregularities during Zaka’s tenure

LAHORE- The management committee of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will be investing the alleged irregularities committed during the tenure of PCB’s ex-chairman Dr. Zaka Ashraf....

SC reinstates Najam Sethi as PCB chairman

ISLAMABAD- The Supreme Court on Wednesday restored Najam Sethi at the post of Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) while suspending the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC)...

Rashid Latif refuses PCB chief selector post

ISLAMABAD- Pakistan's former test captain and wicketkeeper Rashid Latif has refused to take over as chief selector just nine days after he was supposed to...