Cricket Pulse

PCB has finally found solution to the security concerns back home. UAE to be ‘home’ venue for Pakistan after PCB decides to hold all home matches for Pakistan in Dubai now in the wake of terrorist strikes in the country.
It has signed a three-year agreement to play its home One-Day Internationals and Twenty20 matches at [...]

The Pakistan Cricket Board has dismissed reports that the BCCI attempted to get the Champions Trophy scrapped from the international calendar at the ICC meeting which postponed the eight-nation tourney until next year.
As per some reports the Indians, at the last meeting of the International Cricket Council in Dubai, questioned the necessity of having the [...]

Pakistan’s anger over Australia’s decision to proceed with its Indian tour despite the serial blasts in New Delhi were so seething that a PCB official called the Aussies “lily-livered cowards”, according to a report.
“To talk simply of double-standards would be to understate what we feel. My personal view is that your people are a bunch [...]

Upset over Australia’s “double standards”, Pakistan Cricket Board is considering legal action against Cricket Australia if it goes ahead with the India tour in spite of a series of bomb blasts in Delhi last week, though it pulled out of a tour to Pakistan earlier.
The PCB officials are fully convinced that the Australians, who scrapped [...]

Former International Cricket Council (ICC) president Ehsan Mani on Wednesday advised the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to surrender the hosting rights of the Champions Trophy to be held by October 2009.
Ehsan said such a decision would be in greater interest of the international cricket community and suggested that the PCB should in return ask the [...]

Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar took a wicket for Surrey on his debut for the county but southern rivals Hampshire had the better of a rain-affected first day at The Oval here Tuesday.
Akhtar had Michael Carberry caught behind on the opening day of four in this County Championship First Division clash on his way to [...]

Pakistan’s attempts to undertake an unscheduled tour of Sri Lanka later in September seems destined for failure as the Sri Lankan board has demanded a whopping $2 million for the proposed ODI series.
According to sources a leading sports channel from Dubai had offered to broadcast the series on a barter basis and are willing to [...]

Senior PCB officials are likely to draw flak from the International Cricket Committee of their Board when the committee meets in Karachi on Wednesday to discuss the proposed ODI series in South Africa.
It has been reported that the talks with the South African authorities were initiated without taking the committee under confidence, which irked the [...]

Just days after pulling the plug on the ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan, South Africa has emerged as the favourite to host a One-Day International cricket tournament that would compensate for the postponement of the eight-nation contest.
According to details, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and hosts South Africa have agreed to play a four-nation tournament that might [...]

After experiencing near empty stands for Asia Cup earlier this summer, Pakistan has decided to reduce the prices of tickets for next month’s Champions Trophy.
A senior Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official said on Wednesday that the prices of tickets for Champions Trophy matches would be around 30-40 per cent less than what it was for [...]