Performance matters most, not big names: Younis Khan

October 11th, 2009 KARACHI - Pakistan cricket captain Younis Khan is uncertain about playing in the series against New Zealand starting next month in Abu Dhabi. Pakistan Cricket Board's (PCB) Chief Operating Officer (COO) Wasim Bari told mediapersons that Khan would soon meet board chairman Ijaz Butt and brief him about his finger injury that he sustained just before the ICC Champions Trophy.

October 7th, 2009 LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board has defended captain Younis Khan and coach Intikhab Alam, both whom are receiving flak from different quarters for the defeat against New Zealand in the semi-final match of the ICC Champions Trophy. PCB's media manager Nadeem Sarwar said the team tried hard and did well to reach the semi-final of the coveted eight-nation tournament for the first time and added that reports about the matches being 'fixed' were totally baseless.

October 3rd, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - Pakistan cricket captain Younis Khan has said his own form does not worry him as long as his team is winning. Khan, who has scored just 38 runs from the two games he has played in the ICC Champions Trophy, said he do not want to put extra pressure on himself.

September 12th, 2009 LAHORE - : Pakistan cricket captain Younis Khan feels that leading the national squad is not an easy task especially in a cricket crazy region. In an interview with an Urdu daily, Khan said captaincy was not a 'bed of roses' as the skipper of a national cricket team tends to make more enemies than friends in the sub-continent.

September 10th, 2009 KARACHI - They say fathers always want their sons to follow in their footsteps, but Pakistan cricket captain Younis Khan does not want to see his son playing cricket for the country. Instead of pursuing a vastly lucrative career in cricket, Khan wants his son to become a world class squash player.

August 20th, 2009 LAHORE - The Pakistan cricket selection committee led by chief selector Iqbal Qasim has decided to get a feedback from coach Intikhab Alam and captain Younis Khan before selecting the 15-man squad for the ICC Champions Trophy scheduled to be held in South Africa in September. According to sources, Qasim has decided to consult both Alam and Younis Khan before picking the team for the mega event.

August 10th, 2009 KARACHI - Pakistan cricket captain Younis Khan has rebuffed match-fixing allegations levelled against his side saying that his team-mates earn well enough not to participate in corrupt practices for extra money. The News quoted Younis as saying that match-fixing might have been possible in the 80s and 90s, as players could be lured into corrupt practices because of lower wages.

July 16th, 2009 KARACHI - Pakistan cricket captain Younis Khan is aghast with the way several former cricketers have criticized him after losing two consecutive Test matches against Sri Lanka, and blamed poor team spirit for humiliating defeats. In an interview with a private television channel, a visibly upset Khan said he should not be blamed for the below par performance of senior players.

July 15th, 2009 COLOMBO - Upset over his team's defeat in the second Test match against Sri Lanka, Pakistan captain Younis Khan has said he needs more time to 'rebuild' the team which has played "very little cricket over the last 18 months". Talking to media persons here, Khan said the players needed more time to adapt and blamed the lack of international exposure for the team's lackluster performance in both Test matches "Give this team some time, don't point fingers too early.

July 7th, 2009 LAHORE - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has refused the Bangladesh Cricket Board's (BCB) proposal to play a one-day series in October. The BCB proposed to host Pakistan for a one-day series and a Twenty20 international, which was postponed in March, but the PCB refused the proposal citing some technical problems.

June 25th, 2009 LAHORE - Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has rejected media reports that said he had influenced captain Younis Khan to field certain players in key matches of the ICC Twenty20 World Championship. Rashid laughed-off the reports, saying he had no role in the team management, and whatever decisions Khan had taken during the tournament regarding team composition were purely his own.

June 25th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt has said that he would persuade captain Younis Khan to rethink his decision of quitting the Twenty20 format of the game, The Daily Times reports. Talking to media persons before a reception hosted by the Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani in honour of the ICC World Twenty20 champions, Butt said he would convince Khan to withdraw his decision.

June 21st, 2009 LONDON - After leading Pakistan to World Twenty20 title Sunday, Younis Khan dropped a bombshell when he announced his retirement from the shortest version of the game. "I am already 34 and probably too old for this kind of cricket," said the senior batsman who was Pakistans most prolific run-getter in the tournament.

June 11th, 2009 LONDON - Pakistan's legendary cricketer Imran Khan said Thursday the country's cricket authorities should support captain Younis Khan. Younis is a courageous captain but he needs support, Imran said.

June 8th, 2009 LONDON - The Pakistan cricket team is never short of controversies, as barely six months after the change in captaincy, differences seems to have crept-in between Coach Intikhab Alam and captain Younis Khan. Both the captain and coach are going poles apart when it comes to matters concerning the team, The News reports.