Cricket News

Pakistan have recalled 19-year-old batsman Rabiya Shah for the upcoming tour of the West Indies

Shoaib Malik's and Danish Kaneria's long drawn-out battle to gain clearance from the PCB continued on Monday when they appeared before its integrity committee again

Sharjah will host its first Test in nine years this November, since Pakistan and Sri Lanka have reached an agreement to play the last of their three Test-matches in the UAE at the venue

Pakistan Cricket Board Director Sultan Rana will join the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) as Manager Events and Operations

Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal has expressed his disappointment at losing his central contract for the second half of 2011

Six players from four countries have been nominated in each of the three major categories for the eight annual ICC Awards 2011

Shahid Afridi, the former Pakistan captain, and Kamran Akmal, the wicketkeeper, have not been awarded central contracts by the PCB

Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram has questioned the decision to rest fast bowlers Wahab Riaz and Umar Gul for the upcoming tour of Zimbabwe

Intikhab was appointed manager in October 2010 for the series against South Africa in UAE and his position will be taken by Naveed Akram Cheema, a member of the PCB's governing board

Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has said that he was not part of the selection meetings for the final two one-dayers against West Indies in May earlier this year, despite being captain

Pakistan's chairman of selectors, Mohsin Khan has denied that the Pakistan board has an agenda against senior players

Pakistan's chief selector Mohsin Khan has said the squad selected for the tour of Zimbabwe is an attempt to breed young players while some senior players are around to guide them

Sohail Khan, the seamer who has been included in the Pakistan side for Zimbabwe in the absence of some senior fast bowlers, is confident of using the opportunity to cement a regular place

Pakistan have included three uncapped players - top-order batsman Rameez Raja, legspinner Yasir Shah and seamer Aizaz Cheema - in their squad for the tour of Zimbabwe that starts on August 28

Danish Kaneria has been asked by the Sindh High Court to produce a transcript of the Essex police inquiry that cleared him of criminal charges in a spot-fixing case last year

The 2012 Asia Cup has been rescheduled to avoid conflicting with the ODI tri-series in Australia that also includes Sri Lanka and India

Waqar Younis, the Pakistan coach, has called for a young captain to be groomed as an eventual replacement to the current leader Misbah-ul-Haq

Usman Qadir, son of former Pakistan legspinner Abdul Qadir, is eager to play for his country but is happy to concentrate on domestic cricket for now

Umar Gul, the Pakistan fast bowler, has said he is confident of handling the responsibility of leading the attack

Ijaz Butt is likely to have an informal discussion on the Pakistan Task Team's (PTT) report with the ICC's top brass and PTT members during the Lord's Test between England and India