Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt has admitted the terror attacks in Mumbai have made India’s Test tour of Pakistan in January unlikely.
Butt revealed a decision would be made by Tuesday with the Indian board awaiting clearance from its government.
“Before this tragic incident took place we were pretty confident the Indians would tour,” he said. […]
The PCB have removed Rawalpindi from the list of venues for India’s tour early next year due to delays in refurbishment work.
India are scheduled to play three Tests and five one-day internationals as well as a Twenty20 game in Pakistan early next year.
The Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium was due to host the second Test and the […]
The India XI thoroughly outplayed their Pakistan counterparts in their first outing of the ICL 20s World Series, chasing down a target of 166 with five balls to spare. It was a good win for India, who kept Pakistan to a gettable total, bar a few dropped catches, and their chase was aided by a […]
Rameez Raja opines the upcoming Indo-Pak series should be played in India rather than at a neutral venue if India refuse to tour.
The Pakistan Cricket Board is doing all it can to ensure India travel to Pakistan in January next year to play three Tests, five one-dayers and a twenty20 international.
The Board of Control for […]
India’s tour of Pakistan next month is in doubt after Indian government officials yet again raised security concerns.
With India due play their arch rivals from January 6 to February 19, New Delhi officials are set to fly to Pakistan in the very near future in a bid to ascertain if Team India’s safety can be […]
Baluchistan secured their place in the Pentangular Cup final with a sensational two-wicket victory over Federal Areas at Islamabad. Such a prospect had looked dead in the water on the second morning of the contest, when Sohail Tanvir bundled them out for 57 in their first innings, but led by a stirring century from Saeed […]
Syed Yousuf Gillani told the Pakistan Cricket Board effort will be taken to ensure India’s tour goes ahead as scheduled.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India president Shashank Manohar had said India would tour only if the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) granted permission for the team to travel to the neighbouring country.
That clearance […]
Former Pakistan spin bowler Abdul Qadir has been named as the new chairman of the national team selection panel.
His appointment comes just 24 hours after former team-mate Javed Miandad was announced as the new director general of the Pakistan Cricket Board.
“It’s a big honour for me,” said Qadir, who took 236 wickets in 67 Tests […]
Intikhab Alam, the Pakistan coach, has backed legspinner Danish Kaneria to bounce back during India’s forthcoming visit early next year. Kaneria has not played a first-class game since he broke a finger while representing Essex, and in his past has been reprimanded by the PCB after making comments on his demotion to category C among […]
Sohail Tanvir got career-best figures of 7 for 21 after Baluchistan were bundled out for 57 on day two in Islamabad. Federal Areas extended their lead to 285, with Tanvir chipping in with a 42 in their second innings.
While 16 wickets fell on day one, another 12 fell on day two; all the wickets going […]
The Indian government are currently considering whether the national team’s scheduled tour of Pakistan will go ahead.
President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Shashank Manohar, told media today that the governing body was awaiting a security clearance from the government before announcing whether the tour will proceed as planned.
India are due […]
Fresh from his successful trip to Abu Dhabi, where he took seven wickets in three ODIs against West Indies, Sohail Tanvir returned to the Pentangular Cup to tear through Baluchistan’s batting line-up and put the Federal Areas in an unexpectedly dominant position, given their poor start earlier in the day.
Though Baluchistan collapsed to 33 for […]