Pakistan news

Salman Butt's selection shelved in wake of PSL spot-fixing case

Mar 20, 2017: Plans to include Salman Butt in the Test squad to tour the West Indies were afoot, but the PCB has decided to shelve them for now in the wake of the PSL spot-fixing affair

'Pakistan are not playing the standard of cricket the world is demanding'

Feb 11, 2017: The team's chief selector, Inzamam-ul-Haq, talks about his one-captain vision, and the flaws in the country's cricket system

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Salman Butt deserves a recall, says Waqar

Dec 19, 2016: Former Pakistan coach believes Salman Butt deserves a second go in the national side, now that he has served his five-year ban

Habib Bank v WAPDA, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final, Karachi, 5th day

Butt ton secures WAPDA's maiden title

Dec 15, 2016: Salman Butt's stoic century thwarted Habib Bank's push for a win and ensured that WAPDA claimed the Quaid-e-Azam 2016-17 title, their maiden tournament win, on the basis of a first-innings lead

Habib Bank v WAPDA, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final, Karachi, 4th day

Habib Bank tighten grip after setting 444 target

Dec 14, 2016: WAPDA will need Salman Butt, their captain to come good with support from the middle order if they are to win the tournament, having taken the first-innings honours

Habib Bank v WAPDA, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final, Karachi, 2nd day

Butt keeps 'knocking very hard' on the selectors' doors

Dec 12, 2016: The opener has served a reminder to the national selectors with a versatile century in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final

Habib Bank v WAPDA, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final, Karachi, 2nd day

HBL hit back after Salman Butt ton

Dec 11, 2016: Habib Bank Limited struck back with four quick wickets, but Salman Butt's 20th first-class ton ensured Water and Power Development Authority were marginally ahead on Day 2

Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2016-17

Altercations, and Ghanchi's triple-ton

Oct 10, 2016: ESPNcricinfo looks at the major talking points from the second round of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2016-17

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In-form Butt hopeful of second chance

Sep 22, 2016: Salman Butt hopes to keep knocking on the doors of the national selectors by the sheer weight of his domestic performances

CPL 2016

Butt, Asif to be part of CPL draft

Feb 2, 2016: Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif, who recently returned to competitive cricket after serving five-year bans for spot-fixing, have been registered for the Caribbean Premier League's player draft

FATA v WAPDA, National One Day Cup 2015-16, Hyderabad

Butt scores hundred on comeback, Asif takes two

Jan 10, 2016: Salman Butt scored a hundred and Mohammad Asif picked up two wickets in six overs on their return to competitive cricket after over five years

Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2015-16

FATA's first ever win, and another Butt-Asif controversy

Dec 4, 2015: A round-up of action from the latest round of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

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Asif, Butt allowed to play domestic one-day Cup

Dec 4, 2015: The Pakistan Cricket Board will allow Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif to play the domestic one-day cup at the start of the new year

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Butt and Asif get WAPDA contracts

Oct 10, 2015: Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif, whose bans for spot-fixing lifted on September 2, have been signed by the Water & Power Development Authority as non-executive 17th grade employees

Pakistan v England 2015-16

Pace, spin and controversy

Oct 10, 2015: We look back at six encounters between Pakistan and England that became iconic (sometimes for the wrong reasons)

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PCB to tightly regulate Asif and Butt's return

Aug 25, 2015: The PCB is set to chalk out a rehabilitation programme for Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif, as part of their reintegration into the cricketing community

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Butt, Asif keen to return to cricket

Aug 20, 2015: Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif, who will find themselves free of ICC sanctions from September 2, are keen to play in the forthcoming Pakistan domestic season under the auspices of the Pakistan Cricket Board

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Amir, Asif, Butt free to play all cricket from September 2

Aug 19, 2015: The sanctions against Pakistan's Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt will expire on September 1, the ICC has confirmed

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Salman Butt to meet ACSU in Dubai

Apr 21, 2015: Salman Butt, the suspended former Pakistan captain, has been called by the ICC Anti-Corruption and Security Unit to Dubai on April 28

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Amir set for return to cricket

Jan 23, 2015: Mohammad Amir, the banned fast bowler, could start playing competitive cricket as early as next month, with the ICC is set to approve his reintegration following a revised anti-corruption code