Pakistani international cricket umpire Nadeem Ghauri talks with media representatives in Lahore on April 14, 2013. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) banned Ghauri for four years, and first-class Pakistani umpire Anis Siddiqui for three years, for spot-fixing, after they was allegedly found willing to give favourable decisions in return for money. Ghauri said the ban was 'one-sided' and vowed to appeal.
Pakistani banned cricket umpire Nadeem Ghauri talks to reporters after his press conference in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, April 14, 2013. Ghauri, suspended for four years on corruption charges, says he plans to appeal against the ban. The Pakistan Cricket Board banned Ghauri on Saturday for agreeing to "extend undue favors for material gain" during a sting operation by an Indian television station last year.
Lahore: Former Pakistan Test leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed has signed a deal with IPL side Delhi Daredevils to work as their bowling consultant but has not made it public due to the recent backlash in India over the presence of Pakistani sportsmen there, sources said today.
A reliable source in Pakistan Cricket Board said that Mushtaq has indeed signed the contract but both parties had decided against any formal announcements in view of the recent backlash in India over presence of Pakistani sportsmen there.
Mushtaq had finalized the contract but is avoiding a confirmation because there is still time for IPL and he does not want any unnecessary attention to be created and problems to arise because of his involvement in IPL, the source said.
In this image released by the Pakistan Cricket Board, Afghanistan's cricket coach Kabir Khan, second from right, speaks during a news conference with Pakistan Cricket Board official Intikhab Alam, right, in Lahore, Pakistan. Afghanistan cricket team will establish a one-month long training camp in Lahore to tuneup for this March's ICC Intercontinental Cup and World Cricket League Championship matches against Scotland in the United Arab Emirates, Khan said.
The Pakistan Cricket Board has announced special cash prizes for members of the national team that recently played the two Twenty20s and three-match ODI series in India.
The PCB said in a statement that chairman Zaka Ashraf had approved special cash prizes of 500,000 rupees for each member of the Pakistan team that drew the two T20 and won the ODI series in India.
The Pakistan Cricket Board has decided to retain senior batsman Misbah-ul-Haq as captain for the Test and one-day series in the forthcoming tour of South Africa.
The 38-year-old has drawn flak for his below-par performances in one-day cricket including the recent tour of India. The PCB had removed him as captain of the Twenty20 squad last year for being a slow scorer.
But sources in the PCB told PTI that the national selectors were told by the Board that Misbah will continue as captain for both formats while Mohammad Hafeez has been retained as captain of the T20 squad.
