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New Zealand’s cricketers remain concerned over the security situation in Pakistan ahead of next month’s Champions Trophy, players’ association chief Heath Mills said on Saturday.
An International Cricket Council (ICC) taskforce and Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson spoke to the New Zealand squad in Christchurch on Thursday to update them on the state of affairs in the […]

Karachi: Shoaib Akhtar, who was banned for five years for repeated breaches of discipline four months back, makes a return to the Pakistan squad for next month’s Champions Trophy.
Shoaib, who turns 33 on Wednesday, was included in a 15-member squad for the eight-nation tournament in a bid to add some firepower to the bowling […]

New Zealand Cricket will tomorrow host a high powered delegation sent here to persuade the national team to contest the Champions Trophy tournament in Pakistan next month.
The International Cricket Council delegation will be led by ICC general manager cricket David Richardson and includes Tim May, chief executive of the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations, and […]

The Pakistan Cricket Board recalled fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar for its preliminary Champions Trophy squad and suspended paceman Mohammad Asif pending his doping case.
“Asif has been suspended until the drug tribunal of the Indian Premier League completes its inquiry,” PCB’s chief operating officer Shafqat Naghmi said Tuesday. “For the time being he is suspended from […]

KARACHI, Pakistan: Pakistan has suspended the pace bowler Mohammad Asif from all cricket after he failed a dope test in the Twenty20 Indian Premier League, the Pakistan Cricket Board said Tuesday.
The board said the ban would remain in effect until his appeal is heard and his case decided by the anti-doping committee of the Indian […]

English County Yorkshire will appeal against the decision of the ECB Cricket Discipline Commission to throw the club out of this year’s Twenty20 Cup for fielding an ineligible player.
A notification in this regard has been received from the northern England club by the England and Wales Cricket Board and the appeal will come up for […]

A suicide bomber has claimed the lives of at least 15 people in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, casting serious doubt over the country’s ability to host the Champions Trophy in September.
A senior official recently told the Herald the Australian team was “a bombing away from not going” to Pakistan for the tournament, and the […]

Kumar Sangakkara notched his ninth one-day international century and Ajantha Mendis claimed four wickets to lead Sri Lanka to a 64-run win against Pakistan in a Super Four match of the Asia Cup.
Sangakkara scored 112 off 110 deliveries in the defending champion’s total of 302-7 in 50 overs. Misbah-ul-Haq had a career-best 76 off 70 […]

Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar Monday filed a fresh appeal against a ban for indiscipline just weeks after the punishment was reduced from five years to 18 months, his lawyer said.
The 32-year-old paceman was banned for five years by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) disciplinary committee in April for several incidents of indiscipline and violating […]

VIRENDER Sehwag produced a superb innings of 119 today to power India to a crushing six-wicket win over Pakistan in their Asia Cup match in Karachi.
Sehwag scored his ninth one-day century in a 198-run second wicket partnership with Suresh Raina (84) to guide India to 4-301 after 42.1 overs in reply to Pakistan’s total of […]