Australian vice captain Adam Gilchrist believes Australias leading players will abide by the advice of security experts on whether they should go to Pakistan for next months Champions Trophy. I was speaking to a couple of players yesterday. Theres a lot of uncertainty and there always seems to be these big decisions to be...
Javed Miandad called for an in depth inquiry into the affairs of the Pakistan Cricket Board before Nasim Ashraf is allowed to leave the country following his resignation as its chairman and Miandad said Ashraf was an American passport holder and could possibly leave the country soon but he should not be allowed to...
Controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtars lawyer on Sunday refused to comment on the fresh legal notice sent by Pakistan Cricket Board to his client to pay a seven million rupees fine or forget playing in the Champions Trophy and Akhtar`s lawyer Abid Hasan Minto said since his office has not as yet received a...
Former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq blamed the cricket board`s neglect of departmental cricket responsible for the slide in Pakistan cricket and failure to produce top class players. By pushing back departments and restructuring first class cricket the board has committed a grave mistake. We were on top of the world in 1992 and 1999 because we...
Australian pace spearhead Brett Lee on Monday gave a thumbs down to the newly-introduced umpire referral system saying it should not be used for deciding leg-before dismissals and the system, which allows each team three unsuccessful referrals against on-field umpire`s decisions is on trial in the ongoing Test series between India and Sri...
As uncertainty looms large on Pakistan`s chances of hosting the Champions Trophy in September Board chairman Nasim Ashraf today expressed confidence that the mega event will not be relocated from the country. We are going to have an ICC meeting on Thursday on teleconference to take a final decision and but we are...
The Asian Cricket Council ACC awards ceremony here turned out to be a glittering affair except for a part where a local stand up comedian decided to use the platform to ridicule four of Pakistan`s former Test captains and Khalid Butt who has a popular comedy show on a local channel and his...
The newest addition to Indias spin bowling armoury left armer Pragyan Ojha credits Test captain Anil Kumble for helping him learn the tricks of the trade and fine tune his game. Obviously it helps a lot if you are playing with experienced bowlers like Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh. I have not had...
Indian top cricketing stars Sachin Tendulkar- Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly will not be attending the first Castrol Asian Cricket Awards to be held here tomorrow as the trio is busy with their personal engagements and sources among the organisers confirmed that all three former Indian captains had sent their regrets over not...
Impressed with the success of cash-rich inaugural Indian Premier League IPL and Cricket Australia has begun formulating regulations to start a similar competition Down Under next year. CA Chief Executive James Sutherland confirmed that the board was in the process of finalising the structure salary cap for franchises and participation of overseas cricketers...
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