Sunday, 17 March 2013
Saturday, 19 January 2013
PCB's response to BCB's press release
Lahore January 18, 2013: Commenting on a media release issued by
Bangladesh Cricket Board on January 18, 2013, spokesman of Pakistan
Cricket Board said, “In order to put the record straight, it is sated
that PCB received no request from Bangladesh Cricket Board regarding
release of its players for the auction of BPL.
“It should also be noted that the tour of Bangladesh to Pakistan in April 2008 was an FTP commitment and in no way a favor to PCB. It is pertinent to mention here that just before that tour, Zimbabwe and South Africa also visited Pakistan in the same period.
“As far as the first edition of BPL (2012) is concerned, the PCB cooperated with the BCB after then President BCB Mostafa Kamal made long-term commitments and understandings and requested the PCB to support their league. The release of the players on part of PCB was intended to make the inaugural tournament of the BCB a success.
“The PCB values its friendship with the BCB and has always supported the Bangladesh cricket in many ways. However it expects the BCB to reciprocate this support. The PCB respects the people of Bangladesh and wishes well for the development of cricket in their country.
Source: PCB's Official Website
“It should also be noted that the tour of Bangladesh to Pakistan in April 2008 was an FTP commitment and in no way a favor to PCB. It is pertinent to mention here that just before that tour, Zimbabwe and South Africa also visited Pakistan in the same period.
“As far as the first edition of BPL (2012) is concerned, the PCB cooperated with the BCB after then President BCB Mostafa Kamal made long-term commitments and understandings and requested the PCB to support their league. The release of the players on part of PCB was intended to make the inaugural tournament of the BCB a success.
“The PCB values its friendship with the BCB and has always supported the Bangladesh cricket in many ways. However it expects the BCB to reciprocate this support. The PCB respects the people of Bangladesh and wishes well for the development of cricket in their country.
Source: PCB's Official Website
BPL 2013 Schedule & Fixtures 2013
| Date and Time (Local BST/GMT) | Match & Venue |
| Friday January 1802:00 PM-5:00 BST | 00:00 GMT | Day match - Dhaka Gladiators vs Khulna Royal BengalsShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
| Friday January 1806:00 PM-9:00 BST | 00:00 GMT | Night Match – Barisal Burners vs Sylhet RoyalsShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
| Saturday January 19 02:00 PM-5:00 BST | 00:00 GMT | Day Match –CTG Kings vs Duronta RajshahiShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
| Saturday January 19 06:00 PM-09:00 BST | 00:00 GMT | Night Match –Dhaka Gladiators vs Rangpur RidersShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
| Sunday January 20 02:00 PM-5:00 BST | 00:00 GMT | OFF |
| Sunday January 2006:00 PM-09:00 BST | 00:00 GMT | Night Match – Duronto Rajshahi vs Sylhet RoyalsShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
| Tuesday January 2102:00 PM-5:00 BST | 00:00 GMT | OFF |
| Tuesday January 2106:00 PM-09:00 BST | 00:00 GMT | Night Match –CTG Kings vs Rangpur RidersShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
| Wednesday January 22- 23 | Team Moves To CTG |
| Thursday January 2402:00 PM-05:00 BST | 00:00 GMT | Day Match –Khulna Royal Bengals vs Rangpur RidersZahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium |
| Thursday January 2406:00 PM-09:00 BST | 00:00 GMT | Night Match –Dhaka Gladiators vs Sylhet Royals Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium |
| Friday January 25 02:00 PM-05:00 BST | 00:00 GMT | Day match - Barisal Burners vs CTG KingsZahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium |
| Friday January 25 06:00 PM-9:00 BST | 00:00 GMT | Night Match – Sylhet Royals vs Rangpur RidersZahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium |
| Saturday January 26 02:00 PM-05:00 BST | 00:00 GMT | Day Match - Dhaka Gladiators vs Duronto RajshahiZahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium |
| Saturday January 26 06:00 PM-9:00 BST | 00:00 GMT | Night Match – CTG Kings vs Khulna Royal BengalsZahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium |
| Sunday January 27 02:00 PM-05:00 BST | 00:00 GMT | Day Match - Barisal Burners vs Sylhet Royals Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium |
| Sunday January 27 06:00 PM-9:00 BST | 00:00 GMT | Night Match – Dhaka Gladiators vs CTG KingsZahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium |
| Monday- Tuesday January 28-29 | Team Moves to Khulna |
| Wednesday January 3002:00 PM-05:00 BST | 00:00 GMT | Day Match –Barisal Burners vs Rangpur Riders Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium |
| Wednesday January 3006:00 PM-09:00 BST | 00:00 GMT | Night Match –Khulna Royal Bengals vs Sylhets RoyalsSheikh Abu Naser Stadium |
| Thursday January 3102:00 PM-5:00 BST | 00:00 GMT | Day Match – Barisal Burners vs CTG KingsSheikh Abu Naser Stadium |
| Thursday January 3106:00 PM-9:00 BST | 00:00 GMT | Night Match –Khulna Royal Bengals vs Duronto RajshahiSheikh Abu Naser Stadium |
| Friday February 0102:30 PM-5:30 BST | 00:00 GMT | Day Match –Dhaka Gladiators vs Sylhet RoyalsSheikh Abu Naser Stadium |
| Friday February 0106:30 PM-9:30 BST | 00:00 GMT | Night Match – Khulna Royal Bengals vs Rangpur RidersSheikh Abu Naser Stadium |
| Saturday-Sunday February 02-03 | Team Moves To Dhaka |
| Monday February 0402:30 PM-05:30 BST | 00:00 GMT | Day Match –Duronto Rajshahi vs Rangpur RidersShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
| Monday February 0406:30 PM-9:30 BST | 00:00 GMT | Night Match – Barisal Burners vs Khulna Royal BengalsShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
| Tuesday February 0502:30 PM-05:30 BST | 00:00 GMT | Day Match –Duronto Rajshahi vs Sylhet Royals Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
| Tuesday February 0506:30 PM-9:30 BST | 00:00 GMT | Night Match –Dhaka Gladiators vs Rangpur RidersShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
| Wednesday February 0602:30 PM-05:30 BST | 00:00 GMT | Day Match –CTG Kings vs Sylhet RoyalsShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
| Wednesday February 0606:30 PM-9:30 BST | 00:00 GMT | Night Match – Barisal Burners vs Duronto RajshahiShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
| Thursday February 0702:30 PM-05:30 BST | 00:00 GMT | Day Match –CTG Kings vs Khulna Royal BengalsShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
| Thursday February 0706:30 PM-9:30 BST | 00:00 GMT | Night Match – Sylhet Royals vs Rangpur Riders Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
| Friday February 0802:30 PM-05:30 BST | 00:00 GMT | Day match - Barisal Burners vs Khulna Royal Bengals Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
| Friday February 0806:30 PM-9:30 BST | 00:00 GMT | Night Match – Dhaka Gladiators vs Duronto RajshahiShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
| Saturday February 0902:30 PM-05:30 BST | 00:00 GMT | Day match - CTG Kings vs Rangpur RidersShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
| Saturday February 09 06:30 PM-9:30 BST | 00:00 GMT | Night Match –Dhaka Gladiators vs Barisal BurnersShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
| Sunday February 10 | Rest Day |
| Monday February 1102:30 PM-05:30 BST | 00:00 GMT | Day Match –Dhaka Gladiators vs Khulna Royal BengalShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
| Monday February 1106:30 PM-9:30 BST | 00:00 GMT | Night match - Barisal Burners vs Duronto RajshahiShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
| Tuesday February 1202:30 PM-05:30 BST | 00:00 GMT | Day Match –Khulna Royal Bengals vs Sylhet RoyalsShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
| Tuesday February 1206:30 PM-9:30 BST | 00:00 GMT | Night Match –CTG Kings vs Duronto RajshahiShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
| Wednesday February 1302:30 PM-05:30 BST | 00:00 GMT | Day Match- Barisal Berners vs Rangpur RidersShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
| Wednesday February 1306:30 PM-9:30 BST | 00:00 GMT | Night Match- CTG Kings vs Sylhet RoyalsShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
| Thursday February 1402:30 PM-05:30 BST | 00:00 GMT | Day Match- Dhaka Gladiators vs Barisal BurnersShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
| Thursday February 1406:30 PM-9:30 BST | 00:00 GMT | Night Match- Duronto Rajshahi vs Rangpur RidersShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
| Friday February 1502:30 PM-05:30 BST | 00:00 GMT | Day Match- Dhaka Gladiators vs CTG KingsShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
| Friday February 1506:30 PM-9:30 BST | 00:00 GMT | Night Match- Khulna Royal Benglas vs Duronto RajshahiShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
| Sunday February 1706:30 PM-9:30 BST | 00:00 GMT | Night Match- 1st Position vs 2nd PositionShere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
| Monday February 1806:30 PM-9:30 BST | 00:00 GMT | Night Match (1st Semi Final)-3rd Position vs 4th Position Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
| Tuesday February 1906:30 PM-9:30 BST | 00:00 GMT | Night Match (2nd Semi Final)- Looser of Race to Final vs Winner of 1st Semi Final, Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
| Friday February 2205:30 PM-08:30 BST | 00:00 GMT | Grand Final Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur |
Wednesday, 16 January 2013
Pakistani cricketers unlikely to feature in BPL
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| Bangladesh refused to tour Pakistan due to security concerns. -File photo |
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had made it clear to its Bangladesh counterpart that Pakistani crickets may not be released for the league if Bangladesh’s national cricket team does not tour Pakistan as committed by them earlier.
Now just one day is left in the league to start for which 51 Pakistani cricketers have signed the contract.
“We have no report from Bangladesh about their plan to tour Pakistan before the start of the league and we have not yet taken any decision whether to release the players for the league or not,” a spokesman for the PCB told Dawn.
“Yes, the time is running short but I am not in a position to give any comment on the prevailing situation,” he said.
The BCB on last Saturday decided to send a security team to Pakistan and sought three more days from the PCB in confirming its tour, but on Tuesday there is no development.
The Bangladesh cricket team was to tour Pakistan in April for a short three-day tour to play just one T20 and one ODI.
But later lack of coordination between the PCB and the government of Punjab prompted some Bangladeshi citizens to file a petition in the Dhaka High Court, raising objections over the tour as a result of which the court ordered the BCB to defer the tour.
The PCB, which has desperately been making efforts to organise a successful tour of any foreign team in Pakistan, wrote a letter to the BCB warning it about non-participation of Pakistani players but the move seems to have failed as Bangladesh did not give any response.
Though some cricket experts of Pakistan were of the view that Pakistan cricketers should be allowed to play in the league, the PCB turned a deaf ear to their demand.
The cricketers, who will suffer financial losses, also pressurised the PCB through some cricket experts to get the NOCs, but it all went in vain.
Source: Dawn
Monday, 14 January 2013
Hafeez demands more Test cricket
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| Pakistan player of the year Mohammad Hafeez wants his cricket board to schedule more Test matches for the national team. |
Karachi - Pakistan player of the year Mohammad
Hafeez wants his cricket board to schedule more Test matches for the
national team.
Pakistan are restricted after
rival teams refused to tour the country following a gun attack on the
Sri Lanka squad in 2009 but the national Twenty20 captain still believes
more tests are possible.
“I would ask the board to take up this issue and try to schedule more Test matches for us because I believe players only develop by playing Test matches,” Hafeez told reporters on Monday.
“It is unfortunate we get less test matches. Last year we played three tests in January and than three in June-July. Now we are going to South Africa. We will be playing tests after a gap of nearly six months which is hard on us.”
Pakistan whitewashed England in three Tests in January and February last year in their temporary home of the United Arab Emirates but lost in Sri Lanka in July and visit South Africa for three Tests next month.
Source: IOL
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