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Pakistan to guard cricketers from fixers
18 Apr 2013The Pakistan Cricket Board is working on a plan to send a “vigilance expert” with its team to England for The Champions Trophy to help ward off potential match fixers. Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Amir and former captain Salman Butt are serving lengthy bans after being implicated in a spot-fixing scandal during Pakistan’s last tour of [...]
ICC urges Pakistan, India to play again
7 Jul 2011Pakistan and India have been urged to resume tours to each other by an International Cricket Council task team, which also recommended the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman lose his right to veto team selection. The neighbours have not played in a bilateral series since Pakistan toured India in 2007. Political relations became strained after the [...]
PCB chief to name people behind fixing allegations
20 Sep 2010Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt said on Sunday his country had been unfairly targeted and that he will name the people behind spot-fixing allegations against players. “We will shortly reveal the people, bodies and parties involved in this sinister conspiracy,” Butt told The Associated Press by a telephone interview from Dubai. “We reserve the [...]
Younis, Yousuf barred for poor Aussie tour
11 Mar 2010The Pakistan Cricket Board has barred former captains Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan from the national team indefinitely for behaviour they say contributed to Pakistan’s poor performance on its recent tour of Australia. The PCB on Wednesday also imposed one-year bans on Shoaib Malik and Rana Naved after implementing the recommendations of an inquiry committee [...]
Pakistan wants inquiry into IPL snub
27 Jan 2010Pakistan’s sports minister has demanded the Indian government carry out an inquiry into the snubbing of Pakistan cricketers in last week’s Indian Premier League player auction. “We want the government of India to intervene in this issue and let us know who were responsible in keeping Pakistan cricketers away from the IPL,” Ijaz Jhakrani said [...]
Move 2011 World Cup out of Asia: Miandad
27 Apr 2009Former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad called for cricket’s 2011 World Cup to be moved from Asia on Sunday, citing Australia’s decision to boycott a Davis Cup tennis series in India because of security concerns. The International Cricket Council removed Pakistan as a co-host of the World Cup following last month’s attack in Lahore on the [...]
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