The rapid rise of Afghanistan’s men's team has coincided with the disbanding of their women's squad even though that team never played any international match.
Although Kane Williamson was not selected in the platinum round, Karachi Kings secured him in the supplementary category.
Afghanistan has brought in former Pakistan captain Younis Khan to mentor the side in what will mark its first appearance in the tournament featuring the top eight One-day International teams in the world.
To bolster the spin attack, off-spinner Sajid Khan and mystery spinner Abrar Ahmed have been recalled to join left-arm spinner Noman Ali.
South Africa’s Sports Minister Gayton McKenzie has also supported the British lawmakers’ call for a boycott
England and South Africa share the same group with Afghanistan in the ICC Champions Trophy and are under pressure to boycott the fixtures in response to the Taliban government’s crackdown on women's rights since returning to power in August 2021.
The former England Test pacer succeeds Aaqib Javed, who served as Director of Cricket Operations and Head Coach of the Qalandars for eight HBL PSL seasons.
Sri Lanka slumped to 22-4 inside six overs and were eventually bundled out for 142 in 30.2 overs as New Zealand took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series.
The PCB also shared updates on preparations for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
Before going into cricket office, Saikia was a wicketkeeper who scored 53 runs across four first-class matches for the Assam team in 1990-91.
Pakistan legend will accompany the team till the end of the Champions Trophy to be held in February-March this year.
The draft event is set to be broadcast live at 12:30 PM PKT on Monday.
Lloyd warned that being banished to the lower tier with a corresponding drop in funding could lead to the disintegration of the West Indies team, which is made up of players from 15 island nations.
ECB chief executive Richard Gould calls for a uniform approach from all member nations towards Afghanistan's participation in international cricket
The Proteas will go into the Test championship final against Australia at Lord's in June on the back of seven straight wins.
The left-handed opener suffered a fractured right ankle while fielding on the opening day of the ongoing second Test against South Africa.
The seam-bowling genius finished the five-Test series with 32 wickets at an average of 13.06 and was the obvious choice for the player-of-the-series award despite being on the losing side.
Masood made 102 not out, his sixth Test century, and Babar scored 81, his third successive half-century in the series
Set 162 to win, the hosts reached the target before tea against an attack missing injured strike bowler Jasprit Bumrah to regain the Border-Gavaskar trophy for the first time since 2014-15
Karachi Kings, Multan Sultans and Peshawar Zalmi opted to retain seven players each
