Pakistan has ruled out holding its share of 2011 World Cup matches at a neutral venue. "There's no such clause in the agreement among the four co-hosts, so it's not possible," PCB chairman Ijaz Butt said. Butt also briefed lawmakers on the ongoing legal

After Angelo Mathews and Muttiah Muralitharan had combined to devastating effect with the bat, Sri Lanka's pace bowlers scythed through Pakistan's top order to lead them to a 36-run victory on a blustery day in Dambulla. Sri Lanka seemingly had the game

Yawar Saeed, Pakistan's manager in Sri Lanka, has denied reports that the players were "approached by suspicious characters" at their team hotel during the two Colombo Tests earlier this month. Saeed was quoted by Express, an Urdu daily, saying that some

Younis Khan, the Pakistan captain, has said his players will look to play out Muttiah Muralitharan, and not give him too many wickets in the ODI series. "Murali is a matchwinner for Sri Lanka and everybody knows that if he bowls his ten overs well

As had been widely expected for some time, Shahid Afridi has been named Pakistan captain for the Twenty20 game against Sri Lanka next month. He takes over from Younis Khan, who retired from the format after leading Pakistan to the World Twenty20 title

Former Pakistan international Yasir Hameed has said he would like to take part in the next season of the IPL, after missing out this season due to the ban on Pakistan players. "I'm looking at what happens with the IPL with great interest as there were

The ICC and the Pakistan Cricket Board are hopeful of an early resolution to the disagreement over the allocation of 14 matches of the 2011 World Cup originally scheduled for Pakistan, after the two parties made good progress during discussions

Shoaib Akhtar has run into more trouble with the PCB after the board accused him of violating his contract by criticising team management in a television interview. "Akhtar has been served with a show cause notice as he violated the code of conduct