Pakistan
Former ICC President: India behind World-cup move from Pakistan
In a serious but very well thought out accusation, former ICC president Eshan Mani accused India’s influencing the world-cup move from Pakistan. AFP reports him as saying the decision was ill conceived and in haste.
Reports claims him stating that security assessment was due on 18 months before the world-cup. In August 2009 not in April. [...]
Pakistan will not host 2011 World-cup matches
Pakistan is not safe. At last ICC realized it and sent a clear signal to Pakistan Administration stating until normalcy returns hosting cricket matches is next to impossible. ICC executive board decided to shift the World Cup matches due to the security situation in Pakistan.
"It is a regrettable decision (but) our number one priority is [...]
Pakistani cricketers asks for clarity from IPL!
Indian Premier League starts on 18th the Saturday, many Pakistani players are still waiting for confirmation from the IPL regarding the status of their participation in the twenty20 event.
Pakistan cricketers like Shoaib Malik, Misbah-ul-Haq, Salman Butt, Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Hafeez, Kamran Akmal, Sohail Tanvir and Umar Gul have asked the IPL to confirm about their [...]
Pakistan squad for T-20 World Cup as PCB shoots itself in foot again!
Pakistan have included Abdul Razzaq, Rana Naved and Imran Nazir in their preliminary squad for the Twenty20 World Cup, these players are banned from the national team as they are aligned to ICL. Abdul Qadir said they would be retained only if PCB and ICC clears them. The International Cricket Council and its members [...]
Pakistani Players to sue IPL and Franchises !
Pakistan captain Younis Khan, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Salman Butt and Shoaib Akhtar are planning to file a case in an Indian court against the IPL bosses and franchises for canceling their contracts prematurely and not clearing their dues for the term of their three-year contracts.
They have approached an agent to go to Mumbai and [...]
Is this death knell for cricket in Pakistan ?
It would be last time you might see an international cricketer in Pakistan for a long time to come.
Come to think of it, India made the right move to not tour Pakistan. Dhoni was pretty clear about this in his statement. First the diplomatic ties were severed with the Mumbai attacks and now Cricketing ties [...]