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PCB announces financial assistance for injured Hasan Ali
Lahore, 8 June 2020: Fast bowler Hasan Ali has responded positively to the virtual rehabilitation session for his latest back injury and his specialists expect he will not require a surgery and may also return to competitive cricket sooner…
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PCB announces enhanced women’s central contract list for 2020-21
Left-arm spinner Anam Amin and middle-order batter Omaima Sohail are the new entries in the significantly improved, enhanced and performance-based PCB women’s central contract list for 2020-21, which will come into effect from 1 July.…
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Former Supreme Court judge to hear Umar Akmal’s appeal
Former Supreme Court judge Mr Justice (retd) Faqir Muhammad Khokhar has been appointed as an independent adjudicator to hear Umar Akmal’s appeal against the three-year ban for breaching the PCB Anti-Corruption Code in two separate…
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Waqar Younis says hacker liked porn clip from his Twitter account
ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan pacer Waqar Younis accused a hacker of liking pornographic video clip from his official Twitter handle and announced that he will delete his social media accounts.
Waqar said that he has decided to distance…
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Saqlain Mushtaq, Grant Bradburn get high performance roles: PCB
The Pakistan Cricket Board today announced the appointments of Grant Bradburn as Head of High Performance Coaching and Saqlain Mushtaq as Head of International Player Development as part of the prestigious High Performance Centre’s…
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Hales deserves ‘second chance’, says England’s Woakes
Alex Hales deserves a "second chance" with England after being sent into international exile as a result of recreational drug use, according to Chris Woakes.
Opening batsman Hales was dropped from the World Cup squad shortly…
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Cricket: Pakistan to send combined squad for ‘bio-secure’ England Tour
KARACHI (Reuters) – Pakistan plan to send a 25-man squad to England in July to meet the demands of playing an entire tour in a ‘bio-secure’ bubble, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief executive Wasim Khan told Reuters.
Pakistan are…
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Shahid Afridi wins praise for buying Mushfiqur Rehman’s bat
Flamboyant Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi is drawing praise from netizens after his charity bought the bat of Bangladeshi cricketer Mushfiqur Rehman for $20, 000 as part of his efforts to aid coronavirus victims.
Mushfiqur put the…
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Nadeem Khan appointed as PCB’s High Performance Director
ISLAMABAD: Former Test spinner Nadeem Khan has been appointed as the PCB’s Director – High Performance following a robust recruitment process.
Nadeem was one of the 16 candidates who had applied for the role and was subsequently…
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Amir, Wahab and Hasan miss out on PCB’s central contracts
LAHORE: Naseem Shah and Iftikhar Ahmad were the two new faces in the 18-player men’s central contract list awarded by the Pakistan Cricket Board for the 2020-21 season.
The contract will come into effect from 1 July.
Pakistan Cricket…
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Babar Azam named Pakistan’s ODI captain
LAHORE: Babar Azam has been named as ODI and T20I captain for the next season during which Pakistan are scheduled to play six ODIs, 20 T20Is, Asia Cup and the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2020.
Azhar Ali will lead Pakistan in Tests. Sarfraz…
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England’s Jos Buttler to auction World Cup 2019 shirt to raise COVID-19 funds
Wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler has said he will auction the shirt he wore in England’s 2019 World Cup final victory to raise funds for efforts to fight the coronavirus.
Buttler was instrumental in England’s thrilling victory over New…
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IPL cancellation could cost Indian cricket half a billion dollars
Scrapping the money-spinning Indian Premier League this year because of the coronavirus pandemic would cost more than half a billion dollars, but cutting players' pay was not yet being considered, a top official has told AFP.
The world's…
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Women cricketers aim to translate learnings from Wasim, Babar lectures into on-field success
The Pakistan national women’s team expressed its delight on being provided an opportunity to interact with the cricket’s elite of the past and present generations via videoconference calls earlier in the week.
The Pakistan Cricket Board…
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India bowler Shami considered suicide before comeback
India fast bowler Mohammed Shami has revealed how he thought of committing suicide while struggling with personal problems before making a spectacular comeback to the national side.
Shami battled weight issues, injury and a legal quarrel…
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