The Pakistan board has sent a show-cause notice to Mohammad Yousuf, formally banned him from all forms of cricket in Pakistan and demanded he pay them more than Rs10 million (US$ 125,000 approx) as costs incurred on litigation with the ICL. Yousuf signed

Much of the surprise over the appointment of Intikhab Alam as coach of Pakistan has emanated from not knowing precisely what he brings, in this day and age, to the set-up. Yet days ahead of his first assignment, it is becoming clearer what qualities

Naved-ul-Hasan took three wickets and top scored with 64 to take the Lahore Badshahs to the brink of a semi-final berth after they beat the Dhaka Warriors comfortably by five wickets on Friday. Lahore have an excellent net run-rate, the second-highest

Yasir Arafat and Shehzad Azam matched Shakeel-ur-Rehman's day-one bowling effort for North-West Frontier Province and gave Federal Areas a chance to get back in the game despite a poor first-innings total. The two medium-pacers shared seven wickets as

Pakistan's jaunt to Abu Dhabi for three ODIs against West Indies may not be the most high-profile series in this year's cricket calendar but for the displaced home side, the contest has significance. This will be Pakistan's first ODI since July in a

Rawalpindi may not host its scheduled matches between Pakistan and India early next year because of construction delays. Faisalabad is likely to be the replacement

Mohammad Yousuf, the Pakistan batsman, has said his move to the ICL was prompted by the attitude of PCB officials and Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik, and that his decision was not swayed

Intikhab Alam, the Pakistan coach, has criticised Mohammad Yousuf's decision to join the ICL. Yousuf has been a key middle-order batsman for Pakistan for several years but Alam was confident