London, June 14 (IANS) Lancashire have confirmed that they are willing to stage Pakistan's "home" Test matches next summer. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) post terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore in March, coupled with ongoing instability in Pakistan, has been looking for alternative venues for its ...

London, June 19 (IANS) Pakistan's legendary cricketer Imran Khan said Thursday the country's cricket authorities should support captain Younis Khan. "Younis is a courageous captain but he needs support," Imran said. The man who led the country to its maiden World Cup win in 1992, also backed Younis, who was criticised ...

London, June 11 (IANS) Pakistani all-rounder Abdul Razzaq has been allowed to play in the ongoing World Twenty20 tournament, a media report said Thursday. The 29-year-old all-rounder will replace injured Yasir Arafat in Pakistan's World Twenty20 squad, Geo TV said. "The technical committee of the ICC World Twenty20 2009 has ...

Karachi, June 10 (IANS) Pakistan have made a special request for including seasoned all-rounder Abdul Razzaq in their 15-man squad for the World Twenty20 as a replacement for Yasir Arafat, who is down with a hamstring injury. Sources in the Pakistan camp told IANS Wednesday that the Pakistan Cricket Board ...

London, June 5 (IANS) Pakistan team manager Yawar Saeed Friday rubbished reports that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had asked him to explain comments purportedly made by skipper Younis Khan about the country being in a state of war. Saeed told reporters that Younis made no such comments in any ...

Karachi, May 29 (IANS) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Friday cleared its former Indian Cricket League (ICL) players Mohammad Yousuf and Abdul Razzaq for national duty.The PCB said that since both players had quit the ICL, they were cleared to play for Pakistan. "Their (Yousuf and Razzaq) resignations have been accepted ...

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is weighing options of recalling the country's premier batsman Mohammad Yousuf for this summer's tour of Sri Lanka. PCB sources Thursday said Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, will soon hold a meeting in Lahore to discuss the Yousuf issue with the senior officials. Butt returned home early ...

Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram has said the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) are themselves to blame for losing the hosting rights for the 2011 cricket World Cup. "I thought they could have handled the entire thing in a better way. They should not have allowed it to come to such a ...