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Security personnel stand guard on a street near the Pindi Cricket Stadium before the start of the first day of the first Test cricket match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Rawalpindi on December 11, 2019. (Photo: AFP)

Heavy security as Pakistan host first cricket Test since 2009 attack

Despite being targeted in the 2009 guns-and-rocket assault, Sri Lanka have returned for two Tests in Rawalpindi and...

11 Dec 2019 2:10 PM IST

Pakistan will no longer look for neutral venues to stage home international cricket matches. (Photo:AFP)

Pakistan will not play any home series on neutral venue: PCB chief...

Due to the 2009 bus attack, Pakistan have been forced to play their home games in UAE at Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

11 Dec 2019 11:40 AM IST

Pakistan and Bangladesh might feature in a day-night Test during the latters tour to the neighbouring nation in January next year for the two-match series of the ICC World Test Championship. (Photo:AFP)

Pakistan invites Bangladesh to play pink ball Test at Karachi in...

PCB CEO, Wasim Khan said that they had sent a proposed itinerary of the series to BCB.

11 Dec 2019 11:33 AM IST

The return of Test cricket to Pakistani soil is an emotional occasion, captain Azhar Ali said on Tuesday but that will not come in the way of his teams efforts to make amends for a disastrous tour of Australia. (Photo:AFP)

It's an emotional moment: Azhar Ali on return of Test cricket to...

Pakistani players will play Test cricket at home after a gap of 10 years when they take on Sri Lanka in a two-Test...

10 Dec 2019 5:05 PM IST

Pakistan will no longer look for neutral venues to stage home international cricket matches. (Photo:AFP)

Pakistan says it will no longer play international cricket at neutral...

Pakistan's decade-long isolation from hosting test cricket ends in the series vs Sri Lanka. It was the last side to play...

10 Dec 2019 4:22 PM IST

Yasir Shah smacked a maiden Test century Sunday and Babar Azam made 97 as a stubborn Pakistan kept their slim hopes alive in the second Test against Australia Sunday despite six wickets to Mitchell Starc. (Photo:AP)

PCB invites CA to send team to Pakistan for Test series in 2022

He added that under the new Future Tours Program, whenever Pakistan and Australia play a bilateral series it will...

10 Dec 2019 4:06 PM IST

Former Pakistan cricketer Nasir Jamshed has pleaded guilty for bribing fellow cricketers in Pakistan Super League (PSL). (Photo:AFP)

Pakistan's Nasir Jamshed admits involvement in PSL spot-fixing case

Jamshed was handed a 10-year ban by PCB in August last year, following his arrest in February 2017 alongside two UK...

10 Dec 2019 12:12 PM IST

Mitchell Starc took six wickets and denied Babar Azam a century to break stubborn resistance from the Pakistan batsmen Sunday as they work to save the day-night second Test at Adelaide Oval. (Photo:AP)

Don't have magic wand to revive Pakistan cricket instantly:...

The most recent of such performances was a Test series loss in Australia some days ago.

9 Dec 2019 12:38 PM IST

Pakistan has recalled 34-year-old middle-order batsman Fawad Alam for the first time in 10 years for the test series against Sri Lanka. (Photo: AP)

Pakistan's Fawad Alam earns call for Test squad after 10 years

Alam is one of the two changes Pakistan selectors have made from the 16-man squad that lost the two-test matches against...

7 Dec 2019 5:01 PM IST

Despite the crushing loss, Azhar Ali said the team would take some positives from the tour. (Photo: AFP)

'Test series loss in Australia has hurt pride of Pakistan cricket':...

Azhar insisted his team had prepared well for the series but it failed to properly execute the plans.

6 Dec 2019 5:45 PM IST

The head coach of the Pakistan juniors Ejaz Ahmed confirmed on Wednesday that he has asked chief selector and national bowling coach Waqar Younis to release Naseem Shah from the senior outfit for the youth World Cup. (Photo: AFP)

Naseem Shah to play for Pakistan in next year's U-19 World Cup

Shah played the first Test against Australia at The Gabba in November this year.

6 Dec 2019 1:38 PM IST

With his ban for spot-fixing over now, disgraced opener Sharjeel Khan will lecture his former Pakistan teammates on the perils of violating the Anti-Corruption Code ahead of their home series against Sri Lanka as part of his rehabilitation program. (Photo:AFP)

Sharjeel Khan to lecture Pakistan players on anti-corruption code as...

Sharjeel has returned to nets after completing a five-year (half of it suspended) ban for spot-fixing.

5 Dec 2019 11:10 AM IST