Pakistan head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq has insisted he inherited a T20 squad on the decline last year, despite the side being ranked No.1 at the time. He pointed to losses in form for several players who had helped Pakistan achieve that ranking, stressing he needed to make ...
Iqbal Qasim has resigned from his position as the PCB cricket committee head, calling the role "toothless". According to the former cricketer, the position only sounds like an important one, while the actual decision are mainly taken by the PCB board members on their own. The PCB, on accepting ...
With three ICC tournaments due to be played over the next two years, Pakistan have doubled the number of white-ball games in their domestic structure. The National T20 Cup, ODI Cup and the Under-19 one-day tournament will now be played in a double round-robin league format.The PCB has announced ...
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ehsan Mani doesn't think the new ICC chairman should come from any of the "Big Three" boards, even as the global governing body is yet to agree on a process to choose Shashank Manohar's successor.Mani said it would be "healthier" for someone from another ...
Professional cricket is set to resume in Pakistan this month, after a 24-week hiatus forced by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has opened up training facilities at its National High-Performance Centre (NHPC) while maintaining a strictly controlled environment, and has also issued an advisory to restart ...
Shaheen Shah Afridi and Imad Wasim will join Pakistan team-mate Babar Azam in this year's Vitality T20 Blast, after confirming deals with Hampshire and Nottinghamshire respectively.Hampshire have been in discussions with Afridi's agent ever since the Blast's fixtures were confirmed, and have confirmed his availability for their seven remaining ...
England opener Tom Banton and Pakistan middle-order veteran Mohammad Hafeez have both made big gains in the ICC rankings for T20I batsmen at the end of the three-match series that ended 1-1, while Babar Azam, Pakistan's captain in the format, held on to the top spot, opening up a ...