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Articles of the author Rizwan Ali
Pakistan bans Yousuf for joining ICL
The Pakistan Cricket Board banned Mohammad Yousuf from the national team after the veteran batsman rejoined the unsanctioned Indian Cricket League on Wednesday. “He is banned with immediate effect to play in or for Pakistan,” PCB Director Cricket (...)

06 - 11 - 2008
Akhtar makes squad for Windies ODIs
Pakistan selectors included Shoaib Akhtar among five fast bowlers in its 15-man squad for this month's limited-overs cricket series against the West Indies. Pacemen Rao Iftikhar, Umar Gul, Abdul Rauf and Sohail Tanvir were named alongside Akhtar on (...)

04 - 11 - 2008
WI cancels Pakistan Tests in Abu Dhabi
The West Indies has canceled the proposed two-Test series against Pakistan at a neutral venue but will go ahead with three limited-overs internationals in Abu Dhabi next month, a senior Pakistan Cricket Board official said Tuesday. “We have (...)

29 - 10 - 2008
Pakistan cricket manager quits
Talat Ali quit as team manager for Pakistan on Friday, just before the national Cricket Board appointed an interim selection committee. “I have no regrets as I wanted to make way for the new chairman to bring in his own team,” 58-year-old Ali told (...)

18 - 10 - 2008
Ex-PCB boss paints bleak future for Pak cricket
A former head of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) says he expects India to pull out of next year's tour due to security concerns. “I don't think India will come because the (security) conditions are not good for international cricket (in (...)

27 - 09 - 2008
Pay fine to play, Akhtar told
Fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar should not compete in next month's domestic Twenty20 tournament unless he pays a pending 7 million Pakistan rupees ($91,539) fine, the Pakistan Cricket Board's legal adviser said Tuesday. “Akhtar has to pay the fine or (...)

17 - 09 - 2008
Pakistan-Sri Lanka ODIs unlikely, says PCB
Pakistan is unlikely to go ahead with a planned one-day series against Sri Lanka later this month due to lack of sponsor interest, a Pakistan Cricket Board official said Wednesday. “Efforts to organize matches against Sri Lanka have encountered (...)

11 - 09 - 2008
Miandad wants accountability in cricket board
Cricket great Javed Miandad wants the country's new president to appoint a smaller but more accountable group to run the national cricket board. Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Nasim Ashraf resigned on Aug. 18, just hours after the organization's (...)

09 - 09 - 2008
Malik's captaincy under fire
Pakistan captain Intikhab Alam has weighed into the mounting criticism of current skipper Shoaib Malik's style of leadership. Malik has been forced to respond to media reports this week that senior players including Mohammad Yousuf, Younis Khan, (...)

04 - 09 - 2008
Asif appeal likely ‘mid-Sept.'
Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif is yet to receive a fresh date for his appeal against a positive drug test for the banned substance nandronlone. "It will be some time this month, but we have not yet been informed by the Indian Premier League," (...)

02 - 09 - 2008
Verdict in Asif case only after new chief
The Pakistan Cricket Board has completed its findings into fast bowler Mohammad Asif's drug case, but the final decision on his future can only be taken by the yet-to-be-appointed new chairman of the board, a PCB official said Friday. “We have (...)

30 - 08 - 2008
Asif has a chance to come clean, says expert
Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif could be cleared of his latest doping scandal due to a discrepancy in the concentrations of the prohibited steroid found in his two drug samples, a doping expert Wednesday. Asif faces a ban of up to two years (...)

21 - 08 - 2008
Lawson on a mission Down Under
Pakistan coach Geoff Lawson has embarked on a mission to convince Australian and New Zealand cricketers that it's safe to tour Pakistan for next month's Champions Trophy limited-overs tournament. Lawson left for Australia late Monday night on a (...)

13 - 08 - 2008
Champions Trophy likely confined to two cities
The next month's Champions Trophy in Pakistan is likely to be staged at only two cities after Rawalpindi was all but ruled out as a venue by a top ICC official on Monday. “It is a strong possibility that we reduce it two venues (Karachi and (...)

12 - 08 - 2008
Asia is now powerhouse of cricket: Sangakkara
Sri Lankan star batsman Kumar Sangakkara said Saturday that Asia's cricketers have progressed rapidly and the continent is now the game's driving economic force worldwide. “We, as a continent of cricket lovers, have transformed ourselves from (...)

06 - 07 - 2008
Sri Lanka, India on course for Asia Cup
Defending champion Sri Lanka and ever-improving India look to be the teams to beat when the Super Four round-robin stage of the Asia Cup begins from Saturday. Both teams carried forward two crucial points into the next round from group-stage (...)

28 - 06 - 2008
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