Osman Samiuddin

Waqar Younis has emerged as the favourite to take over the coaching role of the Pakistan side

Afridi began cricketing life as a bowler and now he seems finally to have come into full bloom as one

Waqar Younis, the former Pakistan fast bowler and bowling coach, would be open to the prospect of taking on a broader coaching role with the Pakistan side if he were approached

The possibility of a Pakistan domestic side participating in the Champions League Twenty20 this year - though bleak - has not been entirely written off yet

Greg Chappell has turned down an approach from the Pakistan board to coach the national team

A day after it was announced that Intikhab Alam will not be accompanying the Pakistan side that takes on England in two Twenty20 internationals in Dubai, speculation over the fate of the coach intensifies

Despite the return of regular captain Shahid Afridi, the PCB does not want to change leaders in the middle of tours

Kamran Akmal has paid the price for his fumbles in Australia by being dropped from Pakistan's Twenty20 squad to take on England in Dubai

Gul Hameed Bhatti made numbers fun, and knew and cared more deeply about domestic cricket in Pakistan than probably anyone who has passed through the doors of the Gaddafi Stadium administration

Former Pakistan wicketkeeper Rashid Latif and the Karachi city government have come together to launch, from next week, what might be the most lucrative club tournament to have been played in Pakistan

The PCB is confident that the ICC is best placed to take further the issue of the security breach that saw a spectator run onto the field and tackle a Pakistan player on the field in Perth

David Dwyer, Pakistan's fitness trainer, has decided to part ways with the team after two and a half years with the side because of personal reasons

The ICC has asked Cricket Australia for a report into the breach of security that allowed a spectator to rush onto the field and tackle Khalid Latif

Iqbal Qasim has tendered his resignation as Pakistan's chief selector following the side's disastrous results in Australia, where the team was whitewashed in both the Test and ODI series

It is only the thought of preventing the second-ever 5-0 whitewash in their history that will spur Pakistan to seek their first win of a long and increasingly arduous tour

Australia mercilessly ripped through a feeble Pakistan at the WACA to keep alive the prospect of inflicting upon the tourists only their second 5-0 whitewash in ODIs

Abdul Razzaq could become the first Pakistani player to appear in this season's IPL after an approach was reportedly made to him by one of the franchises

Julien Fountain, the English coach who has worked with West Indies and Pakistan in the past, has expressed an interest in working with the Pakistan national side again as a specialist fielding coach

Pakistan are hoping that a few fresh faces, a change of outfit and format will lead to a change in fortune on a long tour of Australia that has so far refused to bring any success

The ICC remains hopeful that bilateral contests between Pakistan and India can be resumed in the near future