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By Akhtar Ali KhanIslamabad:Former national cricket team captain Wasim Akram is celebrating his 54th birthday today. On this occasion, the International Cricket Council (ICC) sent messages of good wishes to him. Sportslinkpk.com also congratulate Wasim Akram from the bottom of our hearts and pray for him. On social media, he is being greeted by Wasim Akram’s fans and good wishes ...

The English Cricket Board has elected Ian Whatmore as its new chairman. This was confirmed at the board’s online annual general meeting on Tuesday. He will replace Colin Graves, who is retiring in September after completing a five-year term.

West Indies cricketer Darren Sammy has called on the International Cricket Council (ICC) and cricket boards to speak out against racial discrimination in the United States. In his response to the racist incidents in the United States on Twitter, Darren Sammy said that the ICC and other cricket boards do not see what is happening to us. Darren Sammy asked ...

By Akhtar ali khanThe Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to lay off unnecessary and inactive staff. According to the PCB, employees will be fired from other departments as well. Pakistan Cricket Board has started firing its employees. In the first phase, five lower grade helpers and office boys were fired. At a time when the corona virus is having ...

London by Zahid Noor The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has today announced that Hampshire’s Ageas Bowl and Lancashire’s Emirates Old Trafford will host England Men’s Test series against West Indies if international cricket returns behind closed doors in July. The West Indies squad will arrive in the UK on Tuesday 9 June, travelling to Emirates Old Trafford for quarantining ...

England have named 14 uncapped players in a group of 55 that have been asked to return to training in preparation for a revamped international summer.Reece Topley, who has not played for England in four years after a long struggle with injury, is also included.England are likely to need to separate Test and limited-overs squads to cope with a congested ...

Coronavirus replacements could be allowed in England’s summer Test series against West Indies and Pakistan.The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is in talks with the International Cricket Council (ICC) over changes to the playing conditions.This month the ICC revealed plans to ban the use of saliva to shine the ball amid the coronavirus pandemic.Currently, the only reason a player ...

Captain Eoin Morgan says it needs “more time” before Alex Hales returns to the England side, saying he could have “derailed” last year’s World Cup bid.Hales has not played for England since being removed from the World Cup squad in May 2019 for an “off-field incident” – reportedly failing a drugs test.England will next week name a training squad of ...

The ICC has “successfully finished” cricket in the last 10 years and brought it down to its knees, former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar has insisted in a scathing criticism of the sport’s global body. During a conversation with Sanjay Manjrekar for ESPNcricinfo’s podcast, Akhtar expressed his anguish at some of the playing conditions in white ball cricket, which has made ...

London:Up to 18 bowlers will take part in staggered sessions across seven grounds from Thursday as the first England players to begin individual training.Chester-le-Street, Edgbaston, Hove, Old Trafford, Taunton, The Oval and Trent Bridge will each host at least one session this week.Batsmen and wicketkeepers will return to individual training from 1 June.The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) will ...