PCB's rewards 500,000 each to Malik and Yousuf for performing against IndiaSeptember 29th, 2009 LAHORE - Impressed by their brilliant performances against India in the ICC Champions Trophy, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced cash award of 500,000 rupees each for Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Yousuf. Malik and Yousuf were involved in a record fourth wicket partnership of 206 runs which helped Pakistan post an imposing total of 303 for India to chase.
Captaincy is a burden for sub-continent cricketers, says YounisSeptember 11th, 2009 KARACHI - Pakistan skipper Younis Khan believes that captaincy is much of a burden for cricketers in the sub-continent. In an interview with Urdu daily Jang, Younis said that a captain makes more enemies than friends in the sub-continent.
Pakistan Cricket Board ready to help Younis form players associationSeptember 5th, 2009 KARACHI - Pakistan Cricket Board chief Ijaz Butt has said he has no issues
with Younis Khan planning to form a national players' association. Butt said he would provide a helping hand in setting up such a body.
Younis making efforts to form players' associationSeptember 4th, 2009 KARACHI - Pakistan captain Younis Khan is in the process of forming a players association for national cricketers and is in touch with the Federation of International Cricketers Association (FICA). Younis said in an interview Friday that he met FICA chief Tim May in London during the World Twenty20 championship in June to seek details about the formation of players association.
PCB appoints Bari as interim COOSeptember 1st, 2009 KARACHI - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Tuesday appointed Wasim Bari as its Chief Operating Officer (COO) on a temporary basis, a day after Saleem Altaf was sacked from the post. A PCB spokesman said Bari, a former Pakistan Test cricketer, will work as the COO till the post is filled on a permanent basis by the governing board.
Tendulkar unveils logo of KPL Belgavi PanthersAugust 30th, 2009 BANGALORE - Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar on Saturday launched the logo and the colours of the Belgavi Panthers Team, which will take part in the upcoming and fledging Karnataka Premier League (KPL). The owners of the Belagavi Panthers team representing Karnataka's Belgaum city capitalised on the presence of Tendulkar in Bangalore, who is presently undergoing the four-days long fitness regime of the Indian team prior to Sri Lanka tour.
England Ashes heroes' 10,000 pound all night booze benderAugust 25th, 2009 LONDON - England's victorious cricketers went on a marathon drinking session after their Ashes triumph, with man of the match Stuart Broad and his teammates drying the hotel bar twice during the party which went on till 5 in the morning. The heroes ran up a bill of more than 10,000 pounds after piling into the booze still dressed in cricket whites.
England's Ashes winners set for lucrative advert dealsAugust 24th, 2009 LONDON - England's Ashes-winning cricketers are now hot commercial properties. According to John Taylor, chairman of Sports Impact, a leading consultancy, "Brands want to be associated with winners and the whole country will see England's cricketers in that category again now."
When England won the Ashes in 2005, the stars were Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen.
Miandad is now PCB's batting consultantAugust 13th, 2009 KARACHI - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Thursday appointed former captain Javed Miandad as its batting consultant following the national team's disastrous tour of Sri Lanka this summer. PCB chairman Ijaz Butt said Miandad has been asked to help Pakistans struggling batsmen ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy that gets under way in South Africa from Sep 22.
UK paper spills out what Langer really thinks of England cricketersAugust 9th, 2009 LONDON - In an amazing document detailing the thoughts of Somerset captain and former Australia opener Justin Langer, English cricketers are witheringly described as "lazy", "shallow" and "flat", and as players who "love being comfortable". Fast bowler James Anderson can be "a bit of a pussy" if things do not go his way and skipper Andrew Strauss can be too "conservative".
Oz Cricketers' Association backs BCCI's opposition to WADA's 'whereabouts' clauseAugust 8th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Australia's cricketers applauded the BCCI's stance this week to remove themselves from the World Anti Drug Agency's strict anti-doping code, and the Australian Cricketers' Association declared that it wanted an end to the controversial new code because it was too intrusive. Under the code, athletes must declare to WADA three months in advance where they will be for an hour each day.
PCB asks cricketers to refrain from giving interviewsJuly 30th, 2009 KARACHI - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has sent reminders to its centrally-contracted players to refrain from giving media interviews without prior permission. A senior PCB official told IANS Thursday that the move came after controversial pacer Shoaib Akhtar was sent a show-cause notice after he gave a hard-hitting interview on a television channel.
Australian fans ask cricketers to behave wellJune 26th, 2009 SYDNEY - Australian cricket fans have asked Ricky Ponting's team not to sledge, swear, cheat and spit during the Ashes series starting next month in England. Cricket Australia (CA) sent the results of a survey conducted among the fans to all the contracted players.
New pay hike formula for Australian cricketersJune 11th, 2009 SYDNEY - The Australian cricket team were given a pay hike, hours after making an embarrassing exit from the Twenty20 World Cup. As per the new memorandum of understanding governing players' pays and benefit, signed by Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland and Australian Cricketers' Association, Paul Marsh Tuesday Tuesday, the players' new salaries won't depend on their performance but on their popularity among fans and sponsors.
Sunglasses will be England cricket team's secret weaponMay 31st, 2009 LONDON - Coloured Sunglasses will be the England cricket team's secret weapon this summer. Cricketers have been advised on how they can optimise their vision by wearing the right coloured lenses from a selection of yellow, red, gold, silver and orange for different conditions, reports The Daily Telegraph.
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