No plan to return to Tests: Afridi

While Shahid Afridi turned down suggestions to return to Test cricket, the all-rounder said that he will focus on his batting during the West Indies tour as Pakistan eye success in the Caribbean...

Gilchrist urges end to scheduling woes

CHANDIGARH: Former Australia wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist has said scheduling is a major issue in world cricket, which needs to be sorted out. “Too much cricket is being played around the...

Javed Miandad may accept batting coach job

LAHORE : Javed Miandad has said he will consider becoming the batting coach of Pakistan, after their tour of the West Indies is completed. Miandad, however, will not travel with the team to the West...

'I'm ready for the challenge'

Pakistan’s newly inducted wicket-keeper Mohammad Salman is all set to make his international debut, replacing Kamran Akmal who was dropped once again from the team, with the World Cup fumbles...

PCB keen to host India

KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has welcomed the ‘positive’ comments of Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao. “A Pakistan-India series is a huge event in cricket and we are...

One day cricket is alive and well!

Fifty-over cricket is alive and well, thank you. I eat my words, having believed before the World Cup that the format was in peril. Sandwiched between the manic thrills of Twenty20 and classical Test...

ICC issue spot fixing alert to the IPL

With the fourth season of the Indian Premier League just two weeks away the International Cricket Council has admitted to having concerns about the vulnerability of t20 cricket. The ICC’s...