Cricket News

Australia's domestic Twenty20 winners Victoria will take on English champions Middlesex in the opening match of the inaugural Champions League

Chennai to host Champions League final

Mushtaq Ahmed, the former Pakistan and Sussex legspinner, has been appointed as the ECB's spin-bowling coach

Mushtaq named as England spin coach

Saleem Malik, the former Pakistan captain, has had the life ban imposed on him for match-fixing allegations lifted by a Pakistan court

Court lifts life ban on Saleem Malik

In what appears to be a softening of his earlier stance, Ijaz Butt, the new chairman of the PCB, has said he bears no grudge against Geoff Lawson, the Pakistan coach, and that the PCB will continue to support him through the rest of his contract period

'I am duty-bound to fully back Lawson' - Butt

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has proposed a two-Test offshore series with Pakistan in November this year, an offer the fixture-starved Pakistan Cricket Board is considering

West Indies propose Abu Dhabi Tests with Pakistan

The Mumbai Champs haven't set the tournament alight, but the Lahore Badshahs must ensure they win and get back in the reckoning for a semi-final spot

Lahore look to catch up

22-Oct-2008•Cricinfo staff

Naghmi threatens to sue Butt

Shafqat Naghmi, the PCB's chief operating officer, has said he might sue new board chairman Ijaz Butt after he was accused of stealing official documents

22-Oct-2008•Cricinfo staff

Lawson in the dark over future

Ijaz Butt, the newly-appointed chairman of the PCB, announced yesterday that Geoff Lawson's contract as Pakistan coach will not be renewed, but Lawson himself has not been told anything by the chairman. Nevertheless, Lawson is getting on in the immediate

21-Oct-2008•Osman Samiuddin

Butt questions previous regime's financial dealings

The new chief of Pakistan cricket has voiced serious concerns about the poor financial health the PCB has been left in by the previous administration

21-Oct-2008•Cricinfo staff

Butt surprised at lack of support

Ijaz Butt has said he was surprised that Sri Lanka and Bangladesh did not openly support Pakistan as the hosts of the 2009 Champions Trophy

Newly appointed chairman of the PCB, Ijaz Butt, says the board has no utility for the coach after his contract expires after April 2009

PCB not to renew Lawson contract

Ijaz Butt, the new chairman of the PCB, says the ICC has been warned by its lawyers of the problems ahead if it is sued by the unauthorised ICL

Butt reveals possible IPL-ICL merger

The administrative revamp of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) continues apace with Shafqat Naghmi, an influential senior official from the previous regime, wanting to step down with a new chairman now in place

Senior PCB figure Naghmi to quit

Pakistan's selection policy has been tweaked to allow the captain more say in the selection of the final XI for home matches

Pakistan captain to have more say in selection

As Pakistan cricket undergoes its umpteenth revamp and a new PCB chairman with new ideas and possibly personnel settles in, Geoff Lawson, Pakistan's coach, remains indifferent to the criticism directed at him after an uncertain year in charge

Lawson unaffected by criticism

18-Oct-2008•Cricinfo staff

New-look PCB rings in the changes

The first raft of administrative changes have started taking place in the PCB under the leadership of new chairman Ijaz Butt

A Lahore court has postponed a hearing into Shoaib Akhtar's pending fine until October 24

Shoaib's hearing postponed until October 24

The upcoming Pentangular Cup features many big names, with as many 15 Pakistan Test players representing their respective provincial sides.

National stars boost Pentangular Cup

In a change from last season, the Pentangular Cup, played between Pakistan's provinces, will this time kick off the first-class season

Pentangular Cup kicks off first-class season