
Islamabad: The Pakistan Cricket Board has awarded struggling wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal the highest category in player contracts. Akmal is among seven players named in category A along with one-day and twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi, test skipper Misbah-ul-Haq, Younis Khan, Abdul Razzaq, Umar Gul and Shoaib Akhtar. PCB says in a statement that contracts run until the end of June. Each of the contracted players will be given a monthly salary...

08:52 AM, Dec 29, 2007
New Delhi: Talented Ryan ten Doeschate grabbed the first opportunity on the big stage by stroking a dazzling century against England in the World Cup. He, however, rues not getting to play quality opposition often and suggests the Dutch to focus on Twenty20 cricket to develop their game. Only four of 28 ODIs the South African-born cricketer has played so far have been against against Test-playing nations and he finds...

06:09 PM, Dec 21, 2007