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25-Aug-2006

Sonn: Pakistan tour goes ahead

Percy Sonn, the president of the ICC, has said he has had assurances from the PCB that the remainder of Pakistan's tour of England will go ahead as planned.

Darrell Hair offered to resign as a member of the ICC's Elite Umpires Panel in return for a payment of $500,000, Malcolm Speed, the ICC chief executive, told a press conference near Lord's

Hair offered to quit for $500,000

The South Africa cricket board (CSA) has announced that it will not be able to send a side to play in England should Pakistan not be able to honour their commitments

South Africa turn down England approach

Malcolm Speed, the ICC's chief executive, landed in London late on Thursday night with Pakistan's one-day series against England starting next week still not certain to go ahead

Speed flies in for emergency talks

25-Aug-2006•Martin Williamson

India Under-19 to head to Pakistan next month

The Indian Under-19 team will play two four-day matches and a four-match one-day series on their tour to Pakistan next month

The ECB have made a contingency plan to play against an International XI should Pakistan pull out of Monday's Twenty20 International at Bristol

ECB makes contingency plans

Bob Woolmer, Pakistan's coach, has dismissed as 'baseless' reports in a leading British newspaper that there was a rift between him and Inzamam-ul-Haq, the Pakistan captain

Woolmer denies rift

24-Aug-2006•Osman Samiuddin

Rain washes out Pakistan's warm-up match

Pakistan's first match since they forfeited the final Test at The Oval has been abandoned without a ball bowled after heavy overnight rain at Uxbridge

As more information from Sunday dribbles through, the Pakistan Cricket Board are being asked increasingly difficult questions in Pakistan and for them, something is about to hit the fan

Pakistan board under heavy criticism

24-Aug-2006•Osman Samiuddin

Woolmer on verge of quitting?

Bob Woolmer is on the verge of resigning as Pakistan coach, according to a report in today's Daily Telegraph. The article also says that Zaheer Abbas, the team manager, is also prepared to walk at the end of the series

Shaharyar Khan, the Pakistan chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), has given the best assurance yet that the one-day series against England could go ahead

Pakistan's 'focus is now on cricket'

New South Wales are looking to expand their international coaching contingent by attempting to lure Waqar Younis to the SCG

New South Wales hunt for Waqar

Australia would never follow Pakistan's lead and refuse to play out a Test match, according to the coach John Buchanan

Australia wouldn't walk off in a Test

23-Aug-2006•AFP

Wasim Raja dies playing cricket

Wasim Raja, the former Pakistan batsman who went on to become an ICC match referee, has died while playing for Surrey Over 50s at High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire. He was 54

The England selectors today named a 16-man ODI squad, including Essex's Darren Gough and Leicestershire's Stuart Broad, for the forthcoming NatWest Twenty20 match and the NatWest Series against Pakistan

Gough and Broad in England squad

Inzamam-ul-Haq's disciplinary hearing, originally set for Friday, has had to be postponed because of the unavailability of the ICC's chief match referee, Ranjan Madugalle

Inzamam hearing delay means tour goes on

23-Aug-2006•Anand Vasu

'Scrap the ball-tampering law' - Woolmer

Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan coach, has called for the abolition of Law 42.3, which governs the condition of the ball and which was the centre of the controversy surrounding the forfeiture of the Oval Test

Pakistan have appointed a top legal team from DLA Piper to represent Inzamam-ul-Haq at the ICC hearing in London this Friday

Pakistan appoint top lawyer to defend Inzamam