Umar Farooq

Pakistan correspondent, ESPNcricinfo

Faisal Hasnain appointed new PCB CEO for three years

Ramiz says, "Faisal will be a perfect fit as he can utilise his vast experience and knowledge to help us achieve our commercial and financial objectives"

13-Dec-2021•Umar Farooq

'Humiliated' Kamran Akmal refuses to play PSL 2022 for Peshawar Zalmi

The wicketkeeper-batter was brought down from Diamond to Gold, and finally picked in Silver, following a PCB rejig of the player categories

13-Dec-2021•Umar Farooq

Draft picks, retained players and potential XIs: How PSL teams stack up ahead of the seventh edition

PSL starts on January 27 in Karachi, with all sides picking two supplement players to cover for injuries and Covid-19

12-Dec-2021•Umar Farooq

Fakhar and Akmal released as PSL teams finalise retentions

Qalandars and Zalmi, though, are expected to pick them back up again at the draft on Sunday

10-Dec-2021•Umar Farooq

Shahid Afridi traded to Quetta Gladiators for PSL 2022; Azam Khan moves to Islamabad United

James Vince also joined Gladiators, who in turn received Iftikhar Ahmed on trading Azam to United

09-Dec-2021•Umar Farooq

PCB and PTV settle broadcast dispute outside of court with PMO assistance

Both parties are now expected to withdraw litigation, with a new revenue distribution model mapped out

07-Dec-2021•Umar Farooq

Shafique comes off the bench to get fans off their seats

The 22-year old has played just one first-class match at home, but has now scored an unbeaten half-century on Test debut

27-Nov-2021•Umar Farooq

Lahore court issues stay order against PCB's suspension of PTV broadcast deal

The PCB had terminated its cable-distribution deal and suspended the broadcasting deal with PTV Sports, which was expected to earn them US$ 200 million over three years

23-Nov-2021•Umar Farooq

Landmark Pakistan cricket broadcast deal worth over $200 million falls apart

The three-year broadcast deal with state television broadcaster PTV was signed in 2020

18-Nov-2021•Umar Farooq

Kamran Ghulam called up to Pakistan Test squad for Bangladesh tour

Imam-ul-Haq and Bilal Asif recalled; Imran Butt, Shahnawaz Dahani and Haris Rauf left out; Yasir Shah out injured

15-Nov-2021•Umar Farooq

Rizwan 'spent two nights in ICU' before T20 World Cup semi-final

Pakistan's team doctor has revealed that Rizwan developed a "severe chest infection" on November 9

12-Nov-2021•Umar Farooq

Afghanistan allrounder Mirwais Ashraf set to become new ACB chairman

The ACB CEO said Azizullah Fazli's term was always intended to be temporary

11-Nov-2021•Umar Farooq

Mohammad Rizwan and Shoaib Malik passed fit to play semi-final against Australia

The two had missed training on Wednesday after coming down with "light flu and low fever"

11-Nov-2021•Umar Farooq

'A superstar Pakistan deserves': The rise and rise of Haris Rauf

Four years ago, Rauf snuck into an open cricket trial and clocked 92.3 mph in the final round; he hasn't looked back since

11-Nov-2021•Umar Farooq

Hafeez opts out of Bangladesh T20Is; Pakistan recall Iftikhar

Seventeen of the 18 members from the World Cup squad retained

09-Nov-2021•Umar Farooq

Chance for clinical Pakistan to iron out any kinks ahead of semi-final

Scotland, meanwhile, have endured a disappointing Super 12s journey and will want to close out in style

06-Nov-2021•Umar Farooq

Saqlain Mushtaq: 'If India makes it to the final with us, it would be a great thing'

Pakistan's interim head coach warned that Afghanistan would be dangerous opponents because of their "fearless" approach

28-Oct-2021•Umar Farooq

Hayden: 'Nothing else I've ever seen' matches India-Pakistan rivalry

Pakistan's batting coach also says Babar Azam is the 'premier' batter everyone will 'target' at the World Cup

21-Oct-2021•Umar Farooq

Grant Bradburn steps down as PCB's head of high-performance coaching

He is the fourth high-profile name in the coaching set-up to leave since Ramiz Raja took over as PCB chairman

15-Oct-2021•Umar Farooq

PCB provisionally suspends Northern's Zeeshan Malik for anti-corruption code breach

The batter featured in five matches in the National T20 Cup which concluded on Wednesday

14-Oct-2021•Umar Farooq

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