Ireland had a wet welcome to Test cricket on Friday with the opening day of their inaugural one-off match against Pakistan completely wiped out by bad weather.
Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed has defended the 16-man national squad for tours of Ireland and England as the "best of the best" despite criticism over the omission of batsman Fawad Alam.
This Pakistan player said he had been issued a visa for the visit to UAE where he was invited to play in a T20 tournament in Sharjah but wasn't allowed entry after he didn't carry all the documents.
Rubbishing rumours that he is thinking of giving up his career in the longest format of the game, the 25-year-old said that he had discussed the matter with Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur about managing his workload.
All the three uncapped players, left-arm pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi, all-rounder Hussain Talat and hard-hitting batsman Asif Ali performed impressively in the third edition of Pakistan Super League that concluded on Sunday with the final in Karachi.
Afridi who produced a virtuoso bowling performance against arch-rivals Lahore in the PSL on Monday, said he wanted to carry on playing in leagues till he was fit and performing.
The 28-year old Hasan is the fifth cricketer to be banned by the PCB after spot-fixing scandal broke out in the second edition of Pakistan Super League (PSL) last year.
According to details, the PCBs anti-corruption, vigilance and security unit has involved a noted website to keep a close watch on any unusual betting trends in the third edition of the PSL.
The men in green are a fraction of points ahead of Australia who registered an emphatic win in the recently-concluded T20 tri-series also featuring New Zealand and England.
Zaryab had in January represented Karachi in an U-19 tournament in Lahore, from where he was "sent home over an injury".
Akhtar said that he had accepted the position because he felt that Sethi sincerely wanted to do good for Pakistan cricket.
Usman revealed that he was offered Australian citizenship back in 2012 during the Under-19 World Cup, but he ignored the same because of his father's advice.
After Pakistan slumped to a 0-5 defeat at the hands of New Zealand in the recently-held ODI series, chief selector Inzamam stressed on the fact that there is a need play more of one-day cricket at both domestic and international level.
Under Sarfraz, Pakistan had recently lost the ODI series against New Zealand by 0-5 but had won the T20I series against the same.
Last year Lahore hosted the much-talked-about PSL Final, some foreign players made the trip, but many stayed away because of concerns about security.
Jamshed was also arrested in Britain by the National Crime Agency last year in connection with the PSL investigation before he was released on bail.
With the series win, Pakistan became the No. 1 team in the ICC T20I team rankings.
During the first T20I against New Zealand in Wellington, Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed did something for which he gets badly trolled on the social media.
India's cricket fraternity hailed the blind cricket team after their memorable two-wicket victory over arch-rivals Pakistan in the Blind Cricket World Cup final.
Hit on the head by a wayward throw from New Zealand's Colin Munro while taking a run in the match, Malik also couldn't play the last two ODIs of the five-match series which Pakistan lost 5-0.
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