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LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board's plans of arranging a series with India suffered a blow as India's foreign secretary Nirupama Rao said Wednesday that no decision was made on "resumption" of cricket ties with Pakistan. Rao said on her Twitter account: "Hv (have) been asked abt (about) resumption of cricket ties with Pak. Want to clarify no such decision, although sporting contacts may be encouraged." Replying to a question on twitter, Rao said, "Sporting contacts btw (between)

LAHORE - Pakistan Cricket Board's Chief Operating Officer Subhan Ahmed has said that official talks with the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) to revive cricket series will resume after the Indian Premier League. Subhan in a TV interview said that the PCB was in contact with the Indian board. "If both sides bring minor changes to their schedule, an Indo-Pak series would be possible this year," he added. He also said that the PCB was in contact with the ICC Task Force, and there

ST JOHN'S - Pakistan's tour of West Indies is an opportunity for youngsters in the squad to establish their careers, team manager Intikhab Alam has said. While Pakistan have it in them to be successful on the tour, discipline, he said, will be key. "We've brought some youngsters with us and I think it's a golden opportunity for them to make a name for themselves, to make a career in the sport," Alam said. "Umar Akmal has special talent. The people of the Caribbean will like the way he

LAHORE - Former Pakistan players are in favour of resumption of bilateral cricket ties with India but have doubts over playing a short series due to arch-rivals' packed international calendar.
Former captains Zaheer Abbas, Javed Miandad and Rashid Latif believe that a series is possible on a neutral venue later this year if both Indian and Pakistan governments work out the modalities. "If both the governments want, then a short series is possible this year at any venue. If the

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's blind cricket team is likely to host a series against India in Dubai at the end of this year, an official said here on Saturday. "We will be playing three ODIs and three Twenty-20 games in the series," Pakistan Blind Cricket Council Secretary Bilal Satti was quoted as saying by the Press Trust of India news agency.
The series will be discussed at a meeting of the World Blind Cricket Council on May 12, he said. "As the nation is working to improve

ISLAMABAD - Bilal Satti, Secretary Pakistan Blind Cricket Council (PBCC), said on Saturday that as the entire nation is working to improve Pakistan-India relations, PBCC is not lagging behind. He told APP that PBCC is likely to host a bilateral Pak-India series at the end of this year in Dubai.
"We will be playing three ODIs and three Twenty-20s in the series," he
said.
He said that on May 12 there is a meeting of World Blind Cricket Council (WBCC) in which he will

LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has said that the details of bilateral cricket series with India would be worked out sometime in June after directives from Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani. PCB Chairman Ijaz Butt said that he was hopeful that details of the series would be worked out in June. "We have got positive signals from across the border which is a good sign for Indo-Pak cricket," he said. Butt, however, said that since the Prime Minister has instructed the PCB not

Lahore's Cafe Bol has become a regular meeting place for those seeking to expand their intellectual horizons over a cup of kahva. In particular, their regularly held talks and guest lectures have been well received. Last Sunday, the cafe inaugurated their new 'Struggle Series' of guest speakers by inviting Zahid zAli Anjum, President of the All Pakistan Katchi Abadi Alliance, to talk about his organisation and experiences at the cafe in Main Market.
There was a respectable

DHAKA - The series began as you'd expect, with Bangladesh putting up some fight but ultimately being overpowered by Australia. The hosts need to win the second game on Monday to keep the series alive, and to achieve that, they'll need a stronger top-order performance.
Tamim Iqbal and Shakib Al Hasan both made half-centuries, but there wasn't much support for them, and it meant Australia's 270 was a pretty safe target. In the field, Bangladesh were better, but although they kept

LAHORE - Pakistan hockey is looking for a bilateral series against arch-rivals India for the betterment of hockey and for the development of good relations between the two countries. A PHF official said that he expects a Pakistan-India hockey series to take place by the end of this year.
He pointed out that cricket diplomacy seems to have played its part in easing off the tensions between the two countries. Asif Bajwa, PHF Secretary General, said that efforts have been started to

LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board Women Wing has announced the women team for upcoming quadrangular series featuring Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Ireland and Holland.
The tournament will be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka from April 18 to May 1.
The PCB has called the camp training of the selected players from April 6-17 at National Cricket Academy, Lahore, for the preparation of the series.
The squad: Sana Mir (captain), Javeria Wadood (vice captain), Bismah Maroof, Nida

LAHORE - The members of the Pakistan Cricket Board selection committee and other officials have started deliberations on the composition of the team for the upcoming West Indies tour, and the likely chance is that wicket-keeper Kamran Akmal, Younus Khan and Abdul Razzak would not be considered for selection.
The PCB is also considering hiring an English language expert for the team. The officials sat in a closed-door meeting and remained locked in deliberations as to who should