Umar Akmal files appeal with CAS to overturn 18-month banon August 21, 2020LAHORE: The legal battle between Umar Akmal and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) took another turn after the Pakistan batsman filed an appeal in the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland to overturn his ban, which was halved from its original three-year term last month. Akmal’s move came after the PCB had […]
Pakistan team faced with legal threat of equipment being seizedon July 28, 2020LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has played down reports that a company based in the Isle of Man may seize assets owned by the Pakistan team currently in the UK, as part of an old legal dispute between the firm and the Pakistan government. A report in the national media quoted a letter from […]
PCB’s new ethics code takes aim at conflict of intereston July 17, 2020LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has introduced a clear-cut code of ethics which could have far-reaching effects on various employees. Its ramifications are likely to be felt by the likes of Misbahul Haq, head coach and chief selector of the men’s senior team, Urooj Mumtaz, head of the women’s wing, and even Wasim Akram, […]
Players are the bosses and coaches are the helpers: PCB Director High Performance Nadeem Khanon June 5, 2020LAHORE: After a drastic revamp of the domestic cricket structure last season, the PCB has now turned the National Cricket Academy into a High Performance Centre (HPC). The restructuring will see a new framework in place for the development of age-group players all the way to the national team. Nadeem Khan, the former cricketer and […]
Pakistan cricket team’s return to training hits bio-security snagon June 3, 2020Pakistan’s plans to bring its cricketers out of lockdown and back to training next week has hit a snag with more time needed to prepare a bio-secure environment to ensure player safety. Players and team management had already been briefed by the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) medical panel about training under a controlled environment. The […]
COVID-19 and food supply chain disruptionson May 19, 2020Sitting on your couch with a plate full of fruits while watching your favorite Netflix show/film? Possibilities are they came from a local farm or large farm hundreds of miles away from your home, outskirts of Hyderabad, harvested and loaded by hands by workers, offloaded at your local mandi by laborer migrated from Northwest of […]
Salim Malik wants to ‘serve again’ but PCB is not interestedon April 26, 2020LAHORE: A movement appears to have begun urging the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to reintegrate Salim Malik, the former batsman and captain who was banned for life in 2000 after being found guilty of attempting to fix a Test in Justice Qayyum’s Report. It has gained prominence with support from Inzamam-ul-Haq and Saqlain Mushtaq and […]
Babar Azam says the break might makes him rusty, but he can’t forget the basicson April 21, 2020LAHORE: Babar Azam has slowly but steadily become one of the best batsmen in the world, an automatic pick in all three formats for Pakistan, and says that his improvement has been down to working on his mindset, not being complacent, and having a clear idea about his game. His maiden Test century came only […]
Pakistan women target growth and maybe an upset at World T20 in Australiaon February 19, 2020Over the years Pakistan have not quite managed to reach a level that would see them rank among the favourites. However, several individual players have forged their reputations, and each World Cup, Pakistan have gone in aiming to be a better side than they were last time. It hasn’t always worked out that way, and […]
Pakistan cricketers will be allowed to take part in more T20 leagues after policy changeon February 8, 2020LAHORE: In a major change to the existing policy governing participation in Twenty20 and other leagues across the world, Pakistan’s cricketers will now be allowed to play four leagues, including the Pakistan Super League (PSL), in a year. Permission to play in other leagues is contingent on a number of factors, including taking part in […]