Sarfraz Ahmed reports offer from bookmaker during ongoing Sri Lanka series
Cricket | October 21, 2017 14:12 ISTIncidentally, the man who made the verbal offer to the Pakistani captain is based in Dubai and is learnt to be known to the players.
Incidentally, the man who made the verbal offer to the Pakistani captain is based in Dubai and is learnt to be known to the players.
Sri Lanka will play a T20 International in Lahore on October 29 at the end of their current series with Pakistan being played in UAE.
Both Amir and Kohli are fierce competitors on the cricket field and always look to dominate each other but they also have plenty of mutual respect and admiration which is well documented.
The Sri Lankan board President has assured us they want to play the match in Lahore and will send their best team, PCB Chief said in Karachi on Wednesday.
ICC announced that nine teams would take part in the World Test league scheduled to start after the 2019 World Cup with each team playing six series on home and away basis across two years.
Several top Lankan players have expressed their reservations on travelling to the country, where the national team was attacked by terrorists in 2009.
Saqlain who is currently working as a spin consultant with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said he had been advised by some people to either criticise the board or use political connections to get a job in the PCB.
PCB Chief, Najam Sethi told the media that the match was on even though the Sri Lankan Cricket (SLC) was due to meet in the next 24 hours to deliberate upon the issue.
PCB Chairman, Najam Sethi said he had imposed the sanctions with a heavy heart but with the hope that it served as a precedent for all cricketers, who should be mindful of their obligations and the consequences of their actions.
Umar Akmal had an altercation with Pakistan's head coach Mickey Arthur at the National Cricket Academy last month over practicing there.
Satisfied with the conduct of the recently concluded Independence Cup, ICC Chief Executive Richardson said this will give a lot of confidence to big teams such as Australia and South Africa to tour Pakistan.
Irfan said that the past six months were the toughest of his life after the pacer was suspended on spot-fixing allegations.
The ICC has sent security experts to monitor the three Twenty20s between Pakistan and the World XI at Gaddafi Stadium on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday.
The World XI tour is a major breakthrough for the Pakistan Cricket Board, which had been working to attract international cricket to the country.
Players from seven countries - England, Australia, West Indies, South Africa, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and New Zealand - agreed to tour Pakistan, which is organizing the series in a bid to revive international cricket at home.
The high-profile T20I series brings together several top-level competitors including three of the top five bowlers in the ICC T20I Players Rankings getting to display their wares.
The successful hosting of the PSL final at Lahore earlier this year gave the PCB enough confidence to schedule a T20 series against the World XI in collaboration with the ICC.
Raja further pointed out that Zimbabwe's tour to Pakistan in 2015 and the successful hosting of Pakistan Super League (PSL) final this year at Lahore were signs that cricket is resuming in the country again.
The Pakistan Cricket Board's anti-corruption tribunal banned Sharjeel Khan for five years for spot-fixing on Wednesday.
PCB Chairman, Najam Sethi said the Anti-Corruption Tribunal verdict is a vindication of board's policy of zero tolerance for corrupt practices.
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