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(c)Cricinfo en-gb He held the top position at PCB through one of the most chaotic and tumultuous periods in Pakistan's cricketing history https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/137800/137881.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1390669.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1390669.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/ijaz-butt-former-pakistan-keeper-and-pcb-chairman-dies-at-85-1390669 Thu, 03 Aug 2023 12:17:36 GMT Ijaz Butt, the former PCB chairman, has briefed current board chief Zaka Ashraf about BCCI vice-president and IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla's recent assurance that Pakistan players will be readmitted into the IPL https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/137800/137881.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/566282.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/566282.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-566282 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Zaka Ashraf, a top banker and businessman, has replaced Ijaz Butt as the chairman of the PCB https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/137900/137979.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/536420.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/536420.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-536420 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Zaka Ashraf, a top banker and businessman, is understood to have been picked as chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board succeeding Ijaz Butt https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/137800/137881.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/536108.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/536108.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-536108 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ijaz Butt will continue in his role as the PCB's chairman until Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari decides on whether to extend his tenure https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/122900/122933.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/535632.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/535632.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-535632 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, has said the spot-fixing controversy that resulted in bans being imposed on three leading Pakistan players has been the biggest disappointment of his tenure https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/126900/126969.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/522344.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/522344.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-522344 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The results of the five-day meeting are not as bad as they could have been for the board https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/103300/103360.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/521371.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/521371.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-521371 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The PCB will support the recommendation to implement the Decision Review System (DRS) in international matches at the ICC annual conference in Hong Kong, its chairman Ijaz Butt has said https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/121900/121983.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/520806.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/520806.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-520806 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, will go on one month's leave following the ICC's five-day annual conference that begins on Sunday in Hong Kong https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/121400/121499.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/520731.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/520731.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-520731 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The PCB and ICC could be on a collision course again in a high-stakes case that potentially involves Pakistan's suspension from cricket's governing body https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/122900/122933.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/518030.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/518030.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-518030 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Pakistan board has voiced its concern over a growing interference from "a number of political functionaries" in the Shahid Afridi issue https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/122900/122950.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/517891.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/517891.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-517891 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, has said that there were "solid reasons" for the removal of Shahid Afridi as ODI captain but that he will reveal those reasons at a later date https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/122900/122950.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/516888.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/516888.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-516888 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Ijaz Butt has said that player power has been completely eradicated from the national side https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/122900/122950.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/514740.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/514740.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-514740 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The PCB has expressed its support for the process followed by the ICC tribunal, calling the sanctions against the three Pakistan players "regrettable and a sad reality which must be faced" https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/122900/122933.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/499866.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/499866.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-499866 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The ICC has praised the PCB for the measures the board has implemented to curb corruption in the aftermath of the spot-fixing controversy https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/90800/90843.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/486024.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/486024.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-486024 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, has said the current spot-fixing investigation has diverted resources away from organising tours to Pakistan https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/485016.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/485016.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-485016 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The long-running battle between Younis Khan and the PCB has finally been resolved, after a meeting between the former Pakistan captain and the chairman of the board Ijaz Butt https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/108900/108982.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/482814.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/482814.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-482814 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The prospect of expelling the PCB chairman Ijaz Butt as an ICC director was raised at the ICC board meeting in Dubai last week, underlining just how thin the ice is that the Pakistan board is currently skating on https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/122900/122933.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/482285.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/482285.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-482285 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ijaz Butt, the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, has promised to co-operate fully with all investigations arising from the spot-fixing scandal https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/102400/102477.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/480247.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/480247.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-480247 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ijaz Butt is set to complete his second year as PCB chairman amid growing speculation that his time may be up https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/102400/102477.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/480101.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/480101.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-480101 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, has been summoned by the Pakistan Assembly for a hearing on October 11 to explain the reasons behind the controversy-ridden tour of England https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/115000/115060.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/479754.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/479754.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-479754 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, has issued an apology for the comments he made during the one-day series between England and Pakistan https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/121900/121983.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/479245.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/479245.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-479245 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT ESPNcricinfo understands that the possibility of suspending Butt from his role as an ICC director - for his extraordinary outburst against the ECB and the ICC - has "crossed the minds" of officials https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/99800/99860.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/479076.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/479076.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-479076 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ijaz Butt, the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman, has refused to apologise for suggestions he made that England fixed a match in the recent one-day series https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/121400/121499.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/478886.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/478886.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-478886 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The ECB has sent a pre-action letter to the PCB chairman, Ijaz Butt, seeking a "full and unreserved apology" for alleging that England's players were involved in fixing the outcome of the third ODI at The Oval https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/121900/121983.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-pakistan-2010/content/story/478445.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-pakistan-2010/content/story/478445.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-478445 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The ECB has threatened to take legal action against Pakistan board chairman, Ijaz Butt, unless he makes a public apology for alleging that England's players accepted a bribe to lose the third ODI at The Oval https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/109300/109380.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-pakistan-2010/content/story/478264.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-pakistan-2010/content/story/478264.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-478264 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A day after the ICC launched a formal investigation into Pakistan's win in the third ODI at The Oval, Ijaz Butt has hit back at what he believes to be a "conspiracy to defraud Pakistan and Pakistan cricket" https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/121400/121499.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-pakistan-2010/content/story/477814.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-pakistan-2010/content/story/477814.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-477814 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pakistan cricket's chief Ijaz Butt said that his board will not make any appeals for leniency for 18-year-old fast bowler Mohammed Amir in the spot-fixing controversy https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/121800/121813.2.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/477330.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/477330.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-477330 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, has begun a meeting with ICC chief Sharad Pawar at the latter's New Delhi residence https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/477212.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/477212.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-477212 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The PCB had tried to fight the case for the three cricketers accused of spot-fixing, and are unhappy with ICC's 'haste' in suspending them https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/107500/107560.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-pakistan-2010/content/story/476221.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-pakistan-2010/content/story/476221.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-476221 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Geoff Lawson, the former Pakistan coach, has criticised the PCB and its chairman for failing to provide the strong leadership that the country needs during one of its biggest challenges https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/91800/91808.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-pakistan-2010/content/story/476015.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-pakistan-2010/content/story/476015.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-476015 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir, the three Pakistan players at the centre of spot-fixing allegations, will travel to London on Wednesday for meetings with PCB chairman Ijaz Butt https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/121200/121201.2.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-pakistan-2010/content/story/475261.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england-v-pakistan-2010/content/story/475261.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-475261 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The PCB has finally sent the judicial inquiry report on the Lahore terrorist attack to the ICC https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/115000/115060.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/472866.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/472866.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-472866 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT ECB chairman Giles Clarke has said an ICC World XI will tour Pakistan "in due course" since it is still not possible for national teams to visit the country https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/99700/99775.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/472857.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/472857.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-472857 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Iqbal Mohammad Ali, a leading Pakistan parliamentarian, has appealed to the country's president and patron PCB, Asif Ali Zardari, to remove chairman of the cricket board Ijaz Butt https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/115000/115060.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/471969.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/471969.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-471969 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Pakistan Cricket Board has approved the budget for the next fiscal year, 2010-11 though only seven out of 15 members of the Governing Board (GB) were present at the meeting https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/466532.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/466532.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-466532 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) was caught off guard by the BCCI's decision to not send its teams to the event in China in November https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/109300/109380.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/461837.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/461837.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-461837 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Pakistan board has expressed its disappointment at not having a domestic team invited to participate in the 2010 Champions League Twenty20 in South Africa https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/115000/115060.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/461164.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/461164.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-461164 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Younis Khan, the former Pakistan captain who has been banned indifinitely by the PCB, denied having created any problems within the team and hoped to make a comeback to the national fold https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/106100/106150.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/460772.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/460772.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-460772 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Former Pakistan captain Aamer Sohail hit out at PCB chairman Ijaz Butt, over the controversy surrounding the selection of injury replacements for the World Twenty20 tournament https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/3600/3670.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/world-twenty20-2010/content/story/456762.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/world-twenty20-2010/content/story/456762.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-456762 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A parliamentary committee in Pakistan has ordered an inquiry into alleged misappropriation of more than USD 3.5 million of the country's cricket funds, officials said on Tuesday https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/89400/89449.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/453191.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/453191.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-453191 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Yawar Saeed will continue as manager of the Pakistan side during their defence of the World Twenty20 in the Caribbean from April-May, despite wanting to step down from the post last year after the Champions Trophy https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/452402.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/452402.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-452402 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The PCB remains tight-lipped about the nature of charges laid against senior players and the procedure followed in punishing them https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/451568.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/451568.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-451568 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The PCB chairman has promised to take "more than significant" action against leading Pakistan players in the aftermath of an inquiry committee report https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/109300/109380.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/451230.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/451230.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-451230 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The PCB has received evidence from the ICC regarding the involvement of Pakistan players in match-fixing. Ijaz Butt, the chairman of PCB, said the evidence concerned old cases https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/99800/99860.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/450125.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/450125.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-450125 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ijaz Butt, the chairman of PCB, has said no Pakistani team will participate in the Champions League Twenty20 this year https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/107500/107560.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ipl2010/content/story/450018.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ipl2010/content/story/450018.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-450018 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The committee told the PCB that Shahid Afridi had maligned the country's reputation and such an offence warranted a harsher penalty https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/114000/114041.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/448405.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/448405.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-448405 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT PCB chairman Ijaz Butt and chief operating officer Wasim Bari met officials from the USACA led by CEO Don Lockerbie on the sidelines of an ICC meeting on Wednesday and are believed to have held discussions https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/102400/102477.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/447898.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/447898.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-447898 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Earlier in a press release, Butt had referred to the CCUSA as an "illegal" institution, and criticised Javed Miandad, the PCB's director-general, for wanting to take an illegitimate cricket team to China https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/107500/107560.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/447757.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/447757.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-447757 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Javed Miandad has said his country lost an opportunity to host its first series since last year's attack on the touring Sri Lankan side because PCB officials 'forgot' about it https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/98400/98459.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/447412.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/447412.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-447412 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Members of Pakistan's parliamentary committee on sports panel have asked for a meeting with Pakistan president Asif Zardari as pressure mounts on Ijaz Butt's board administration https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/113500/113540.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/447017.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/447017.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-447017 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pakistan's National Assembly Standing Committee on Sports has asked for an explanation from security officials over the delay in the release of a report on the terror attack on Sri Lanka's cricketers in March last year https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/99700/99790.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/446834.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/446834.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-446834 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Javed Miandad has written a letter to the president, Asif Ali Zardari, in which he has criticised Ijaz Butt as being "too old" to hold a position of such importance https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/98400/98459.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/446605.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/446605.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-446605 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has cancelled the no-objection certificates that it had given all its players for the third season of the IPL https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/99800/99860.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/446256.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/446256.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-446256 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Tension seemed to have escalated within the higher echelons of the PCB with the director general Javed Miandad retorting to comments made by the chairman Ijaz Butt over the former's salary https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/445651.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/445651.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-445651 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa has decided not to tour Pakistan later this year for a series of three Tests, five ODIs and a Twenty20 over security fears, but the Pakistan Cricket Board has offered to host the series in the UAE https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/71100/71162.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/445538.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/445538.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-445538 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pakistan will have a new captain after their tour of Australia comes to an end in early February, Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, has said https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/110000/110056.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/445445.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/445445.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-445445 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has hit out at the IPL organisers after none of the Pakistan players were sold in the auction held in Mumbai yesterday https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/107500/107560.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ipl2010/content/story/445201.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ipl2010/content/story/445201.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-445201 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The ICC remains hopeful that bilateral contests between Pakistan and India can be resumed in the near future https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/107500/107558.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/444874.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/444874.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-444874 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ijaz Butt has denied rumours that Saeed Anwar will conduct a coaching camp for Pakistan batsmen after the team returns from Australia https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/111800/111877.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/444561.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/444561.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-444561 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A Pakistani MP has called for the sacking of PCB chairman Ijaz Butt, calling him "physically unfit" and questioning his handling of the aftermath of the Lahore attack https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/109300/109380.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/443193.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/443193.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-443193 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT No further decision was taken on the Pakistan team management's request to call up the former captain to bolster the batting https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/105900/105937.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/441808.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ausvpak09/content/story/441808.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-441808 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The cash-strapped Pakistan Cricket Board is exploring the possibility of playing its 'home' series in India, if the BCCI and the Indian government approve of it https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/96300/96344.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/439410.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/439410.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-439410 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Losses of up to US$125 million have been claimed by the PCB as a series of tours have been relocated, postponed and cancelled https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/109300/109380.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/438510.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/438510.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-438510 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The PCB hopes the task force set up by the ICC would help revive its international cricketing reputation, which has been battered by security fears https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/109300/109380.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/437976.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/437976.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-437976 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pakistan's foreign ministry raises no objections to their participation https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/109300/109380.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ipl2010/content/story/437729.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ipl2010/content/story/437729.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-437729 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The door has not been shut on Younis Khan returning to the Pakistan captaincy after he takes some time out from the game to, in his own words, "get himself together." https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/109200/109241.icon.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/434324.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/434324.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-434324 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The much-delayed and much-objected budgets of the PCB from 2007-08 and 2009-10 have finally been approved by the board of governors https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/433454.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/433454.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-433454 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT In the absence of any likely bilateral series, it appears the IPL's third season could be the icebreaker https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/108700/108735.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/433071.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/433071.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-433071 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Indian board has ruled out a resumption of bilateral matches with Pakistan in the near future and will take a call on the issue only late next year https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/432533.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/432533.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-432533 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, is in India as the guest of BCCI president Shashank Manohar https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/431810.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/431810.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-431810 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Huma, the wife of Pakistani bowling legend Wasim Akram has died in an Indian hospital on Sunday after developing heart and kidney complications https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/431079.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/431079.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-431079 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pakistan's centrally contracted players will have to seek permission from the cricket board before speaking to the media https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/108900/108982.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/430670.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/430670.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-430670 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Younis Khan's availability to lead Pakistan in the UAE is under a cloud as is fast bowler Mohammad Asif's comeback https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/108900/108959.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvnz2009/content/story/430213.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakvnz2009/content/story/430213.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-430213 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Little clarity has emerged from two key meetings within the Pakistan Cricket Board centering around the future of Younis Khan as captain of Pakistan https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/109100/109100.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/429878.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/429878.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-429878 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The PCB released a short statement saying that a "detailed discussion was held" between the two, the details of which will be announced in the next few days https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/109200/109241.icon.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/429704.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/429704.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-429704 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Younis Khan has left open the possibility of taking up captaincy once again, a day after handing his resignation. But he insists it is up to the PCB on how the matter now develops https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/109100/109100.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/429554.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/429554.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-429554 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, is not willing to accept Younis Khan's resignation as captain of Pakistan and hopes he can change Younis's mind over the next few days https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/109200/109241.icon.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/429531.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/429531.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-429531 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The head of Pakistan's national parliamentary committee on sports has accused the team of deliberately losing to Australia in the ICC Champions Trophy in a group match and has called for changes in the national cricket board https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/109000/109037.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/428570.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/428570.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-428570 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Pakistan Cricket Board is interested in hosting the 2014 World Twenty2 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/105100/105180.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/427131.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/427131.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-427131 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pakistan fast bowler had breached the terms of his central contract and appeared on a television talk show without permission https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/98200/98234.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/424174.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/424174.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-424174 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The PCB's director of human resources, Wasim Bari has subsequently been appointed as acting COO by chairman Ijaz Butt https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/90800/90861.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/422862.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/422862.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-422862 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The PCB expects a compensation amounting to US$18 million for the loss of hosting rights for the 2011 World Cup https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/107500/107560.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/422547.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/422547.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-422547 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Pakistan Cricket Board has opted for an out-of-court settlement with the ICC after it was stripped of its hosting rights for the 2011 World Cup in the subcontinent https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/103300/103360.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/content/story/419576.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/content/story/419576.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-419576 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ijaz Butt, the chairman of the PCB, has sought legal advice on the means to tackle unsubstantiated accusations of match-fixing in Pakistan's tour of Sri Lanka https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/106700/106737.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/418281.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/418281.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-418281 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT PCB chairman, Ijaz Butt, also briefed lawmakers on the ongoing legal dispute over the ICC's decision to strip Pakistan of co-hosting rights on security grounds https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/96400/96480.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/content/story/416969.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/content/story/416969.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-416969 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The PCB chairman does not agree that the series defeat against Sri Lanka was caused by poor team spirit and factionalism https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/105900/105991.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/414506.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/slvpak2009/content/story/414506.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-414506 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The board has disbanded the national senior and junior selection committees with immediate effect https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/99800/99859.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/411114.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/411114.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-411114 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pakistan will continue to suggest the option of Dubai and Abu Dhabi as surrogate home venues for the 2011 World Cup https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/50400/50464.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/content/story/410550.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/icc_cricket_worldcup2011/content/story/410550.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-410550 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The New Zealand captain had "raised a couple of concerns" with the match officials over Gul's bowling during the game against Pakistan https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/104800/104835.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/wt202009/content/story/409106.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wt202009/content/story/409106.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-409106 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The ICC has approved the PCB's request to add Abdul Razzaq to replace one of its two injured players in the ongoing ICC World Twenty20 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/95300/95320.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/408318.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/408318.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-408318 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The PCB will sit down with the ICC and World Cup hosts India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, in Dubai on June 3 to try and reach an out-of-court settlement over the 2011 World Cup dispute that saw Pakistan's share of matches taken away over security concerns https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/102400/102477.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/405434.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/405434.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-405434 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The PCB has denied reports suggesting that the decision to strip Pakistan of its 2011 World Cup matches was unanimous and that the PCB chairman Ijaz Butt abstained from voting against the move https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/404963.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/404963.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-404963 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pakistan has embarked on a diplomatic bid to retrieve what benefits it still can from the 2011 World Cup, and narrow the widening rift that seems to have developed between it and the Asian bloc https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/99800/99860.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/404483.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/404483.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-404483 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Full statement of PCB chairman Ijaz Butt on the removal of Pakistan as co-hosts of the 2011 World Cup https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/403728.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/403728.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-403728 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pakistan are looking at the option of shifting its home series against New Zealand to New Zealand due to the prevailing security situation in the country https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/99700/99763.4.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/400443.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/400443.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-400443 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Pakistan has been stripped of hosting rights for the 2011 World Cup because of the "uncertain security situation" in the country, the ICC said, according to Reuters https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/400154.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/400154.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-400154 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT PCB chief Ijaz Butt has written to senate chairman Farooq H Naek, challenging the senate's authority to probe national cricket affairs. https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/99800/99860.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/396014.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/396014.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-396014 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A week after terrorists attacked the Sri Lankan team in Lahore, Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, has said that he expects teams to tour Pakistan in "six to nine months" https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/394365.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/394365.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-394365 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT ICC president David Morgan has said that "it would seem the level of security was not as expected" at the time of the terrorist attack in Lahore on Tuesday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/393912.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/393912.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-393912 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT