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Aug 5, 2026

Pakistan hired a batting coach 15 days before Headingley, and the fortnight before it explains why

Michael Smith arrives on a two-year deal with 71 for 9 at Tarouba and Abdullah Shafique’s unbeaten 160 both sitting in the same fortnight of evidence.

Jul 31, 2026

Shan Masood’s broken finger costs him the second Test and clouds the England tour

Pakistan’s opener fractured his left index finger while making 109 in Tarouba, then batted at No. 8 with it. The PCB will not yet say whether he makes...

Jul 28, 2026

Pakistan’s National Champions Cup hands four captains fixed elevens and eight days in Multan

The PCB has named four squads, four captains and a locked playing XI for each side ahead of the National Champions Cup, a seven-match 50-over block in...

Jul 26, 2026

Pakistan add Shafique and Shakeel to their Test squad after Fazal’s back injury

A lower-back injury on the eve of the first Test has cost Pakistan their newest opener, and brought a recalled Abdullah Shafique and an early-arriving...

May 8, 2026

Cummins, Starc and Hazlewood set to skip Pakistan tour as Australia confirm three ODIs from May 30

Australia’s three-match ODI series in Pakistan opens on May 30, but Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood are almost certain to skip it as th...

Mar 31, 2026

PCB fines Naseem Shah 20 million rupees over social media post about Maryam Nawaz

The Pakistan Cricket Board has hit fast bowler Naseem Shah with the largest financial penalty in Pakistan cricket history after he posted a now-delete...

Mar 23, 2026

TTP faction warns international players to stay away from PSL 2026

A Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan splinter group, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, has issued a direct warning to international cricket boards three days before the Pakista...

Mar 22, 2026

PSL 2026 forced behind closed doors as fuel crisis strips Pakistan cricket of its crowds

The Pakistan Super League will begin on March 26 without spectators after the PCB scaled back the tournament to just two venues in Lahore and Karachi,...

Mar 16, 2026

Sarfaraz Ahmed retires from international cricket after two decades of service to Pakistan

Former Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed has called time on his international career, walking away with 54 Tests, 117 ODIs and 61 T20Is to his name and...

Mar 14, 2026

The IPL keeps winning the battle for overseas talent and the PSL cannot close the gap

Blessing Muzarabani is the latest in a growing line of players to break a PSL contract for an IPL deal. The financial gulf between the two leagues mak...

Mar 14, 2026

PCB threatens legal action as Muzarabani ditches PSL contract to join KKR for IPL 2026

Zimbabwe fast bowler Blessing Muzarabani has withdrawn from his Islamabad United contract for PSL 2026 to sign with the Kolkata Knight Riders in the I...

Mar 27, 2025

Rizwan and Azam: Do they deserve punishment for opting out?

Two Pakistan star players are criticised for opting out of the National T20 Cup. Bakht advocates for their termination, but do they deserve it?