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The rain threat loomed large over Asia Cup 2023 matches in Sri Lanka throughout the group stages. Former PCB chair Najam Sethi had criticised the decision to host Asia Cup in Sri Lanka In the aftermath of the India-Pakistan game's abandonment, former Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Najam Sethi, who assumed an interim role following Ramiz Raja's dismissal as PCB chairman …

After a much-delayed World Cup schedule announcement in June earlier this year, both the BCCI and ICC announced a reconfiguration of the same, confirming alterations in nine matches in the upcoming cricketing spectacle. Pakistan Cricket Board's iformer management committee chairman Najam Sethi in Lahore, Pakistan This shift triggered a sequence of changes as well, compelling the rescheduling of Pakistan's fixture …

In less than 24 hours after he had officially “rejected” the ‘Hybrid Model’ for the Asia Cup after Asian Cricket Council’s formal nod, Pakistan Cricket Board’s soon-to-be chairman Zaka Ashraf accepted the four matches awarded to the original host. The Hybrid Model by virtue of which Asia Cup will be co-hosted by Pakistan and Sri Lanka will have India playing …

After BCCI’s refusal to play Asia Cup 2023 in Pakistan, the PCB had been pushing for the hybrid model, where they get to host at least the non-India matches of the tournament’s initial round. ACC on Thursday announced that Asia Cup 2023 will be staged between August 31-September 17 in Sri Lanka and Pakistan. This means the PCB will remain …

'We don't want to play World Cup matches in Ahmedabad unless...' - Najam Sethi tells ICC bosses

Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Najam Sethi has intimidated ICC counterpart Greg Barclay about their apprehensions of playing against arch-rivals India in Ahmedabad in the World Cup. Perhaps, the Men in Green don't want any of their World Cup matches to be played in Ahmedabad unless it is a final of the tournament. "Sethi has conveyed to Barclay and Allardice that …

The International Cricket Council chairman and CEO are in Lahore to seek guarantees from the PCB that it will not push for implementing a hybrid model for its matches in the ODI World Cup in India later this year. The development comes after PCB chief Najam Sethi made it clear that the team will not travel for the World Cup …

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Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Najam Sethi will request a written guarantee from Jay Shah about the Indian team's participation in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in Pakistan before committing their involvement in the upcoming ICC ODI World Cup 2023 in India. Najam Sethi in his retaliation, is preparing a case to play the ICC World Cup 2023 matches on a …

Pakistan has proposed to host Asia Cup matches involving India at neutral venue: PCB chief Najam Sethi

The PCB has proposed that India can play their Asia Cup matches at a neutral venue while Pakistan and other competing teams play in the host country, its chief Najam Sethi revealed on Friday. "We have decided on this hybrid model that Pakistan plays its Asia Cup matches at home and India their matches at a neutral venue and that …

Najam Sethi never spoke to ICC about playing WC matches in Bangladesh: Pakistan Cricket Board

The Pakistan Cricket Board on Friday clarified that its chairman Najam Sethi never floated the idea at the ICC Board meeting about the national men’s team intending to play its World Cup matches in Bangladesh instead of India. “Referring to the media talk in Rawalpindi/Islamabad on Thursday, Mr Najam Sethi said he had briefed the media on the hybrid model …

ICC sources have termed the speculations about Pakistan playing their World Cup matches in Bangladesh as a "figment of imagination". "No one knows if PCB chief Najam Sethi has had any informal discussion with his Bangladeshi counterpart Najmul Hasan Papon but this can be said with a degree of certainty that no such discussions happened officially that Pakistan will play …

Terrorist attack won't impact schedule for PSL matches in Karachi: PCB chief Najam Sethi

Pakistan Cricket Board conducted a meeting for discussion regarding Pakistan Super League matches after a terrorist attack in Karachi on Friday. The PCB chief Najam Sethi said that the schedule of the remaining matches of PSL won't be impacted by the attack. Another board official said the security agencies and government had also given clearance for the PSL matches to …