Wasim not to be part of task team formed to improve domestic cricket

LAHORE : Former Pakistan cricket captain Wasim Akram has excused himself from being part of the task team formed to improve domestic cricket, According to sources, the PCB has decided to form a task team to improve domestic cricket which will be headed by Intikhab Alam. Sources further add that Zaheer Abbas, Javed Miandad, Moin Khan, Sarfaraz Nawaz and Iqbal Qasim will...

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Team performance improving day by day: Abdul Razzaq

LAHORE : Renowned cricket all-rounder Abdul Razzaq said the performance of the Pakistan cricket team is improving day by day and he can representative the national team for further three years. Abdul Razzaq was talking with media here at the Allam Iqbal International Airport on the occasion of leaving for Australia where he will participate in their domestic cricket. He...

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Team's winning performance is reaction to spot-fixing scandal: Misbah

ISLAMABAD : Pakistan cricket team captain Misbah-ul-Haq has said that the team's winning performance in the series against New Zealand, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka is a reaction to the spot-fixing scandal which could have easily thrown them into disarray. "I think the way we are performing, you can say what happened with Pakistan cricket, the boys have come out really strong...

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Younus vaults into fifth position

Pakistan batting's mainstay Younus Khan has charged up the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen after his double-century set-up an innings and 184-run victory for Pakistan in the first Test against Bangladesh. The 34-year-old, whose triple-century against Sri Lanka at Karachi in February 2009 had put him in number-one position, has moved up 11 places to claim...

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Rahul Dravid to deliver Sir Donald Bradman Oration in Canberra

India's Rahul Dravid, Test cricket's second highest run scorer, will deliver the Sir Donald Bradman Oration at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on Wednesday. Dravid is the first Indian invited to deliver the Oration at the event which honours the career, contribution and memory of the world's greatest-ever cricketer, Sir Donald Bradman. During his Oration,...

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Intikhab: Pakistan is "very positive" about England series

Former Pakistan cricket captain, coach and team manager Intikhab Alam says the team is "very positive" about its chances against England in the upcoming Test, One-Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) series taking place in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) next year. Intikhab, who now works as the Pakistan Cricket Board's Director of Game Development...

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Rivals bid to end poor runs

South Africa and Sri Lanka each begin the three-Test series at Centurion on Thursday aiming for a return to form. The hosts have failed to win any of their last four Test series at home - losing to Australia before drawing with England, India and Australia - while Sri Lanka are seeking their first Test victory anywhere since July 2010. That match against India coincided...

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