Bangladesh to decide cricket tour to Lahore on Dec 20

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) will inform Pakistan Cricket Board about their position regarding the proposed Bangladesh tour to Pakistan by December 20,it has been learnt.

“We hope that we will be able to clear our position by December 20. We’ll sit with our stakeholders,including players and concerned government officials,very soon. We . . . →Read More:Bangladesh to decide cricket tour to Lahore on Dec 20

Pakistan makes record breaking T20 victory again Australia

Australia’s captain George Bailey has admitted his side stands no chance of winning the World Twenty20 tournament in Sri Lanka if their performances mirror a shattering first-up loss to Pakistan in the series in Dubai.

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Why can’t Pakistan win

Prof Farakh A Khan 

Pakistan’s 180 million people drew a massive zero in the Olympics. Since 1996 Atlanta Olympics in the last five meets Pakistan failed to win a single medal. Even war torn Afghanistan managed to win a medal in the last Olympics. Only our hockey team had qualified to compete in . . . →Read More:Why can’t Pakistan win

PCB hires sports psychologist

Former Test cricketer Moin-ul-Atiq has joined the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) as sports psychologist and motivational speaker.

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Misbah penalized for slow over-rate

Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has been banned from the first test against Sri Lanka in Galle that starts on Friday as punishment for his team’s slow over-rate in the final match of the one-day series.

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Aussie batsmen trying to tackle the spin

Andrew Wu,Roseau,Dominica

RICKY PONTING claimed another major milestone but Australia face a major battle to preserve their series lead after their batsmen were bamboozled by Shane Shillingford in the third Test against the West Indies on Monday.

Shillingford prised out four wickets on a spin-friendly pitch,leaving Australia –for the . . . →Read More:Aussie batsmen trying to tackle the spin

What lies beyond Asia cup

The Asia Cup final between Bangladesh and Pakistan was the ultimate in one-day cricket – 4 runs to get with one ball to go. Pakistan’s victory was partly due to mature captaincy by Misbahul Haq and partly due to the fact that Aizaz Cheema bowled an excellent last over including a very well disguised slow . . . →Read More:What lies beyond Asia cup

All Hail the Teesra

Followers of Pakistan cricket savoured a rare feeling of bone-deep satisfaction last night.

It was rare not only for being the first time in over 100 years that a team won a Test after being bowled out for less than 100 runs.

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Making foreign soil your own

Three teams;three teams who won,and won with grit and grace and such passion;three teams with new faces and old faces,innovation and inspired captaincy,who played cricket with the joy and energy the great game both creates and deserves;three teams who had gone through tough times,and yet,when the test . . . →Read More:Making foreign soil your own

Pak-Eng Test Series:both teams realize batsmen will be under pressure

Rival captains Misbahul Haq and Andrew Strauss both believe that batsmen will be under pressure to perform as Pakistan take on England in the first Test starting in Dubai from Tuesday.

The pitch for the opening encounter of the three-Test series at Dubai stadium is likely to help spin bowlers and although Pakistan were certain . . . →Read More:Pak-Eng Test Series:both teams realize batsmen will be under pressure