In an unprecedented crackdown on indiscipline, the Pakistan Cricket Board on Wednesday indefinitely barred its former captains Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf from playing for the country and imposed one-year bans on Shoaib Malik and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan in the wake of the team’s disastrous tour of Australia. The PCB also put the Akmal brothers — Kamran and Umar — and Shahid Afridi... 

Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ejaz Butt has got verbal assurances from the government that it would have no objections regarding the national players travelling to India for the Indian Premier League next year. After attending a hearing of the Public accounts committee here today, Butt said he had also spoken to IPL commissioner Lalit Modi last night. “I had a fruitful discussion with Lalit... 

India has agreed to play against Pakistan in a bilateral series in a revised draft of the Future Tours Program that would be discussed at ICC’s chief executive committee meeting in Johannesburg on October 1. Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ejaz Butt told a press conference on Saturday that Pakistan had initially registered an official protest at the earlier draft of the new proposed FTP from... 

Lahore, July 13 (ANI): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ijaz Butt  will not attend the World Cup 2011 logo unveiling ceremony to be held in  Mumbai on July 14, and has instead appointed  Director (cricket operations), Zakir Khan to represent the board at the function. However, the PCB has still not decided whether to participate in the two-day meeting of the World Cup Central Organising Committee... 

Karachi, July 13 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is likely to appoint former Test cricketer Iqbal Qasim as the chairman of the national cricket team’s selection committee. According to sources, PCB chief Ijaz Butt will hold talks with Qasim today (Monday) to discuss various issues, including his (Qasim’s) appointment to the post, The News reports. The chief selector’s post has been lying... 

Karachi, July 9 (ANI): Controversial Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has declared himself hundred percent fit, saying he would soon force his way back into the national squad. Akhtar, who was left out of World Twenty20 team due to a skin infection and was being referred to as a spent force by experts, said he would make his critics eat their words through his performances. “I am going to silence... 

Lahore, July 2 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has awarded a ‘C’ category contract to rookie fast bowler Mohammad Aamir. Aamir will get a monthly salary of 100,000 rupees after signing the contract, The Dawn reports. It may be noted that the PCB had awarded mid-term central contracts to all rounder Abdul Razzaq and middle order batsman Mohammed Yousuf, both of whom had terminated their... 

Lahore, Jun.6 (ANI): Pakistan middle order batsman Mohammad Yousuf has said he is eagerly waiting to return to the national team. He however said, it was upto the selection committee to decide whether to include him in the team or not. Yousuf, who is playing a practice match with the A team, said he is working hard to get into shape and regain his rhythm, as he has been out of the game from the last... 

Lahore, Jun.6 (ANI):  The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has taken serious note of opening batsman Imran Nazir’s disgruntled behaviour during a domestic Twenty20 match, and denied him a place in the national squad.  PCB chairman Ijaz Butt said Nazir would not be included in the team despite submitting a No-Objection-Certificate (NOC) from the Indian Cricket League (ICL) because of his indiscipline... 

Lahore, Jun.4 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) committee which is probing tainted fast bowler Mohammad Asif’s Dubai detention case, has recommended a hefty fine of two million rupees on the bowler. According to the sources, the committee has informed the PCB Chairman Ijaz Butt that Asif had failed to provide proof regarding his 19 day detention in Dubai last year. The committee, however,... 

Lahore, Jun.4 (ANI):  The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), in its bid to pull itself out of the financial crisis, is planning to downsize the number of departments working under its umbrella. According to The Nation, the PCB is likely to abolish several departments to cut down expenses. Sources said it wanted to chop employees, but is undecided over which type of employees it should send packing, the... 

Lahore, Jun.4 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) would review the Governing Board membership of Javed Miandad and Intikhab Alam during its forthcoming meeting on June 5. Sources privy to the PCB chairman, Ijaz Butt, said that though the meeting has been called primarily to discuss the future course of action after it was denied the hosting rights for the 2011 World Cup, the issue of membership... 

Lahore, Jun.4 (ANI):  The Pakistan Cricket Board has asked fast bowler Rana Naved-ul-Hasan to submit a new copy of the No Objection Certificate (NOC) obtained from the Indian Cricket League (ICL) regarding his termination of contract with the rebel league. “The faxed copy which Rana Naved sent to the Board has a very poor print that was why the PCB has asked him for a new copy,” The Nation quoted... 

Lahore, May 27 (ANI):   The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is still hoping that relationship between India and Pakistan would improve in near future, which would then enable Pakistan to participate in the Twenty 20 Champions League. “If political and diplomatic relations improve before October, anything is possible and we can press the Indian board to include our national champions (Sialkot Stallions’)... 

Lahore, May 27 (ANI):  The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) would not conduct any dope tests on its players ahead of the ICC Twenty20 World Cup, which starts in England from June 5. PCB officials said the board has already alerted players regarding the use of the certain prohibited substances, so it did not consider it necessary to conduct the tests. He said the International Cricket Council (ICC) would...