The Pakistan Cricket Board will conduct a rehabilitation programme for talented teenage bowler Mohammad Aamer under the anti-corruption code, an official said on Friday.
After he was handed a ban in March 2010, Younis Khan’s Pakistan career seemed finished. He ditched the captaincy and walked out on Pakistan cricket, much like Shahid Afridi, and at one stage the PCB couldn’t locate him. Speaking to Osman Samiuddin in The National , Younis explains why he quit the captaincy in the first place, talks of his second coming as a batsman under Misbah-ul-Haq and his ambitions to revive Karachi’s club cricket scene. And so who knows who Younis Khan really is, other than those friends and…
England spinner Monty Panesar was eyeing a test comeback after taking five for 57 against a Pakistan Cricket Board XI on Thursday in the final preparation match before next week's test against Pakistan.
Pakistan Cricket Board XI v England XI
Aizaz Cheema, the Pakistan seamer, speaks to Shahid Hashmi in the Dawn about the struggles he faced while trying to make it to international cricket and the mentors who helped him get there. Born in a small village called 75-FB near Sargodha, he was brought up and educated in Lahore. He was lucky that a proper mentor was at hand at home as his mother, a teacher by profession, guided him in his studies. He studied hard and since most of his family members were in the education sector, he…
The Pakistan Cricket Board said Saturday it sought clearance from the International Cricket Council’s anti-corruption unit before selecting fast bowler Wahab Riaz for next month’s test series against England.Riaz was not picked…
In an exclusive interview with Pakpassion.net, Bazid Khan, son of former Pakistan great Majid Khan and nephew of Imran Khan, talks about the advice his father gave him and how he has coped with the expectations that come with having famous relatives. Sunil Gavaskar talked about his son going through the same thing. It is quite difficult as you are always compared to your father and how good he was; how good you are and all that is added pressure. But the pressure on yourself also, I think it increases…
In the Express Tribune, Z Ali looks at how the Niaz Stadium, in the Pakistan city of Hyderabad, is in a state of disrepair two weeks before its golden jubilee celebrations are to be held. Among the notable events that happened at the stadium are the first one-day hat-trick, the 1000th Test and the opening match of the 1987 World Cup. A privately sponsored enclosure is the only decent thing standing with a structure formerly used as a ground-floor pavilion with VIP seats, crying out for repairs. The two-storey pavilion…
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has invited Dav Whatmore to Pakistan to discuss the terms of becoming their next head coach
Anyone who thinks a cricketer’s life is easy and slow-paced should ask Mushtaq Ahmed. The former Pakistan leggie, currently a part of the England support staff, is now busy organising his wedding banquet – 18 years after he got married! Mushy, as he’s known, married Uzma Jabeen in December 1993 but was soon involved in a whirlwind of cricket, beginning with a home series against Zimbabwe. Four children later, it seems, they’ve finally decided, on the advice of family elders, to have the walima, an important part of Islamic wedding…
