ISLAMABADThe most interesting thing in the central contracts, which the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced for 30 players in four different categories, is the omissions of names of seasoned all-rounder Sohail Tanveer, talented Hammad Azam and Raza Hassan, who were not even considered for C ...

The poor performance displayed by our cricket team seems to have baffled and shocked the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), which has completely lost its head and is coming up with most bizarre and strange plans to bring a change, but these plans are so amazing that all cricket experts are perplexed. ...

LAHORE - Rawalpindi Regional Cricket Association (RRCA) president Major (retd) Syed Naeem Akhtar Gilani, RCA Hyderabad president Mir Suleman Khan Talpur and RCA Hyderabad secretary Wahid Hussain Pahilwani felicitated Ch Zaka Ashraf on becoming the first elected chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board ...

LAHORE:-The Lahore High Court Friday suspended Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) notification for adhoc regional committees. Justice Ijazul Ahsan passed the order on petitions filed by Faisalabad Regional Cricket Association president M Anwar and others. The court also sought reply from PCB by May 20 ...

  ISLAMABAD- Islamabad Region Cricket Association (IRCA) president Shakil Shaikh termed the election of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Chaudhry M Zaka Ashraf transparent and in line with provisions of the newly-promulgated PCB constitution, which was approved in consultation with the ...

LAHORE - Veteran Test cricketer M Yousuf has described putting Lahore City Cricket Association (LCCA) under an interim setup ‘unjustified and unwanted’ and a negative move to harm the interest of the game at grassroots level. "For me, it is an illegal decision taken by an ...

 LAHORE -  The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Tuesday announced that its 21 cricketers on central contracts would get a 15-percent salary increase and a 10-percent rise in match fees this year. The PCB keeps 21 players on central contracts in three categories, marked by three different ...

ISLAMABAD - Sporting map of Pakistan is changing fast as Nawaz Sharif voted to power and the most likely change can be witnessed in Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The inside sources have confirmed to this scribe that being a sportsman himself, there is every possibility Nawaz will take keen interest ...

LAHORE:-Former PCB chairman Khalid Mehmood has said while talking to a correspondent doubts were raised about the validity of the new PCB constitution and not about the PCB election. However, he endorsed the fact that an election without an elected general body at the national level would not be a ...

KARACHI - Former captain Rashid Latif has said that he would challenge the manner in which Zaka Ashraf was elected Pakistan Cricket Board chairman under the new constitution by filing a petition in the High Court."After my first petition, the PCB introduced a few amendments to its constitution. ...

ISLAMABAD - Chaudhry M Zaka Ashraf managed to become the first elected PCB chairman for tenure of four years as prescribed in the newly drafted PCB constitution after the first Board of Governors (BoG) meeting held here at a local hotel on Wednesday. The International Cricket Council (ICC) directed ...

LAHORE - Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) president Qasim Zia and secretary Asif Bajwa, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Director General Javed Miandad, Intikhab Alam, Iqbal Qasim, Basit Ali, Misbahul Haq, Lahore City Cricket Association (LCCA) chief Khawaja Nadeem Ahmad and other sports organisations ...

ISLAMABADPakistan Cricket Board (PCB) governing board will be meeting here today (Wednesday) to sketch the plan to implement the board’s constitution while awarding new central contracts to the players will be another agenda of the meeting to be headed by its chairman Chaudhry M Zaka Ashraf. ...

LAHORE:-Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Chaudhry Zaka Ashraf, Chief Operating Officer Subhan Ahmad, Director General Javed Miandad and the entire cricket board family on Monday offered their heartfelt condolences over the sad demise of veteran noted journalist Abbas Athar. "Abbas Athar was a ...

  MUSCAT   FormerPakistanfast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, who retired from international cricket two years ago, believes that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is largely responsible for the persisting problem of spot-fixing that is plaguing cricket in his country. Speaking exclusively to Muscat ...

LAHORE:- The elections of representatives of service organizations and departments against five seats of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)’s governing board were held here on Tuesday. The elections were held under the new constitution of the PCB and elected the new governing board members ...

ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced the 15-member squad for the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 scheduled to be played in England from June 6 as per expectations. Chief selector Iqbal Qasim instead of going for the ground realities preferred the blue-eyed players who had strong backing ...

LAHORE - Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed Australian coach Trent Woodhill to help them shore up their batting performance during the ICC Champions Trophy to be played in England in June. PCB director of international cricket Intikhab Alam on Tuesday said that Woodhill brought rich ...

KARACHIThe Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) would legally examine the dismissal of the appeal made by leg-spinner Danish Kaneria against his ban on charges of spot-fixing. An ECB panel in London had rejected Kaneria's appeal against the life ban, handed out to him over charges of spot-fixing.PCB ...

      LAHORE   The first annual general meeting of Avant Hotels (Pvt) Ltd, a joint venture company of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Pakistan International Airlines Investments Limited (PIAIL) was held here on Monday at National cricket academy and reviewed the progress of ...

LAHORE Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Chaudhry Zaka Ashraf has said the PCB is a more efficient, better motivated and hardworking organisation and as a consequence, there is visible all-round improvement in performance of the board. The PCB chief expressed these views in a meeting which ...

LAHORE Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Chaudhry Zaka Ashraf presented a copy of the PCB constitution to of the International Cricket Council (ICC) president Alan Isaac in Dubai during the ICC Board meeting. PCB spokesman on Wednesday said: “This constitution has repealed the 2007 ...

ISLAMABAD - Former Pakistan leg-spin legend Abdul Qadir praised the PCB and a local mobile company for initiating fast bowlers talent hunt programme and termed it a step in the right direction.In an exclusive interview with The Nation on Monday Qadir, who was present at Bhutto Cricket Ground to ...

KARACHI – The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Saturday dismissed reports that it was negotiating with former Zimbabwean batsman Grant Flower to appoint him as batting coach of the national team. A senior official in the Board, who declined to be named, said that no talks were in progress with ...

LAHORE – The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Saturday banned umpires Nadeem Ghauri and Anis Siddiqui for four and three years respectively after they were found guilty of being willing to compromise their integrity in discharge of their professional duties. On the recommendations of the ...

KARACHI – Pakistan are considering Grant Flower for the position of batting coach. While Flower is currently fulfilling a similar role with the Zimbabwe team, ESPNcricinfo understands that he is out of contract in August and Zimbabwe Cricket are prevaricating over a new deal. The PCB has ...

LAHORE - The phenomenon of Pakistan cricket and its achievements rouses keen interest in countries where cricket as a game is not really that big. Thirteen delegates belonging to Iraq, Turkey, Mozambique and host nation Pakistan visited PCB Thursday to intimately acquaint themselves with Pakistan ...

LAHORE - Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in cooperation with Ufone Wednesday announced the schedule of trials for ‘King of Speed’, a talent hunt which will identify the best fast bowling talent. “The ‘King of Speed’ camps will be set up in 10 cities across Pakistan ...

LAHORE - Former Test cricketer Basit Ali has said that Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is making extraordinary efforts for the overall development of women cricket in the country. Talking to the reporters here at the Bagh-e-Jinnah during the match between HEC and ZTBL, Basit said: “The ...

KARACHI  - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has sought the help of a sports psychologist to help experienced all-rounder Shahid Afridi regain his confidence in bowling ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy.Afridi has been named in the shortlist of 30 probables for the Champions Trophy by the ...