This season's Pentangular Cup will be boosted by the presence of most of Pakistan's big names, with as many 15 Pakistan regulars representing their respective provincial sides. Defending champions Sind will once again be the team to beat, captained as

The first raft of administrative changes have started taking place in the PCB under the leadership of new chairman Ijaz Butt. The selection committee has been re-jigged temporarily, while the team manager, Talat Ali, has decided to step down from his

In a change from last season, the Pentangular Cup, played between Pakistan's provinces, will kick off the first-class season when defending champions Sind take on runners-up Federal Areas in Karachi next week. On the same day, October 25, Baluchistan

Pakistan's recently instated chairman, Ijaz Butt, has wholeheartedly welcomed the news that the Champions Trophy will finally go ahead in 2009. Yesterday, the ICC rescheduled the tournament to take place next September, after it was

Inzamam-ul-Haq, the former Pakistan captain, believes the current team will perform better with a more experienced captain or coach at the helm. Pakistan have failed to win a Test - they have played six - under the pairing of Shoaib Malik and Geoff Lawson

Shoaib Malik, the Pakistan captain, has blamed his team's slow batting for the defeat against Sri Lanka in the final of the T20 Canada on Monday. Pakistan could manage only 132 for 7 after being put in and Sri Lanka coasted home by five wickets with

Shahid Karim, the lawyer representing Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif in the IPL doping hearings, will focus on several discrepancies in the procedure followed by the IPL in conducting dope tests to defend his client. The IPL drugs tribunal conducted

Confusion continues to surround the reasons behind Mohammad Yousuf's unavailability to play for Pakistan in the recently-concluded Twenty20 four-nation tournament in Canada. Yousuf was picked in the 15-man squad but couldn't travel after he didn't