Pakistan cricket team manager Naveed Akram Cheema has said that maintaining discipline will be his key priority during the forthcoming series against England in the United Arab Emirates.
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan cricket team captain Misbah-ul-Haq has said that the team s winning performance in the series
Pakistan cricket team manager Intikhab Alam on Saturday denied that middle-order batsman Umar Akmal was faking a finger injury in a desperate bid to save his brother Kamran's place in the …
DHAKA: Pakistan cricket team coach Waqar Younis said that threats given by Shiv Sena do not affect Pakistan players. They all are fit and have focused all their attention on the game. Talking with media in Dhaka, Waqar said that the players have worked hard for the World Cup and victory is vital to revive cricket in Pakistan. The Pakistan coach did not termed any team as favourite but he said the team who would play well would win the tournament and he hopes it would be Pakistan.
Mumbai, Feb 18 : Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray said India should welcome the Pakistan cricket team by organising a felicitation function by Afzal Guru and Ajmal Kasab and a …
KARACHI: Pakistan cricket team will return home here today after winning the Test and One-day International series against New Zealand. After a long tour of two months, the national team is returning home from Auckland via Hong Kong. Pakistan after tasting defeat in the Twenty20 series, won the Test series 1-0 and ODI series 3-2. The Test team was led by Misbah-ul-Haq while the T20 and ODI team was captained by Shahid Afridi. The national team after taking a three-day rest will leave in the night of February 10 for Bangladesh to participate in the ICC World Cup 2011. The team in Bangladesh will attend the inaugural ceremony and play two warm-up matches before leaving for Sri Lanka for playing its World Cup games. Pakistan will play their first match in the World Cup 2011 against Kenya at Hambanthota on February 23.
QUEENSTOWN: The second ODI between Pakistan and New Zealand is all set to be played here today, meanwhile, national side is expecting three changes in the team. Geosuper, the only twenty-four hour sports channel of Pakistan will telecast match live. Saeed Ajmal, frontline spinner, has been injured, reports from dressing room suggested. Shoaib Akhtar, Abdul Rehman and Asad Shafiq would replace Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz and Ahmed Shehzad for the second counter. New Zealand lead six match series by 1-0. Black caps’ wicketkeeper said they wanted wining more matches in series for gaining confidence ahead of world cup. Captain and coach Pakistan cricket team expressed hope that their team would comeback strongly. The match will start at 300 hours in Pakistan and would be telecast live on Geosuper sports channel.
LAHORE: Pakistan cricket team is expected to be announced today for the six-match One-day International series in New Zealand. A Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) spokesman told Geo News that due to delay in flight of chief selector Mohsin Khan, the meeting of the selection committee will be held this afternoon at the Gaddafi Stadium where the names of the players for the series will be finalized. The squad for the World Cup is likely to be announced later for which the International Cricket Council (ICC) has set a deadline of January 19. However, the PCB could not reach any decision for appointment of captain and the team may be announced again without captain. Wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal is expected to be back in the team while no decision could be made to include veteran batsman Mohammad Yousuf. Among the probable players, Mohammad hafeez, Ahmed Shahzad, Younis Khan, Asad Shafiq, Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Yousuf/Azhar Ali, Kamran Akmal, Umer Gul, Sohail Tanvir, Whab Riaz, Shoaib Akhtar, Tanveer Ahmed, Saeed Ajmal and Abdul Rehman may be included in the squad.
Khawaja Javed Najam, former security manager of the Pakistan cricket team, has revealed the details of how suspended Test captain Salman Butt and wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal violated the team regulations to entertain bookmaker Mazhar Majeed in their hotel room during the England tour in August 2010.
Abdul Qadir resigned as Pakistan cricket team's chief selector due to “lack of independence”, and “differences” with coach Intikhab Alam and manager Yawar Saeed regarding fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar's selection.