Mudassar Nazar

Chief curator Agha Zahid and director of domestic cricket Haroon Rasheed will leave the Pakistan Cricket Board at the end of their contracts. Rasheed's contract concludes at the end of April, while Zahid's ends on May 31.

Former Pakistan opener Mudassar Nazar has advised the cricket community in the country to stop living in a state of denial and accept that the present national team was not one of the best outfits in recent times.

Former Pak opener Mudassar Nazar has called for the axing of both Shoaib Malik and Mohd Yousuf from the national squad for airing their differences in public.

England batsman Joe Root on Saturday became the second skipper to hit three successive 150-plus runs after Australian legendary batsman Sir Don Bradman. Root achieved the feat in the first Test against India at the MA Chidambaram Stadium.

Former Test cricketers Dayle Hadlee and Mudassar Nazar will join Rod Marsh at the ICC Global Cricket Academy to train and develop the best talent in world cricket.

Former Pakistan allrounder Mudassar Nazar shared his insights with the Pakistan cricket team on coping with pressure ahead of their match against India. Nazar emphasized the importance of handling pressure and highlighted the significant loss of Fakhar Zaman due to injury. He suggested India's inclusion of an off-spinner could be crucial on Dubai's turning pitch.

Wasim Akram started a two-week coaching stint with the PCB and asked his countrymen to be patient with the national team after the World Cup debacle.

Former Pakistan cricketer Mudassar Nazar believes that national teams of the past would have imploded if kept in the kind of "restrictive" quarantine that the current side is in ahead of its Test and T20 series against England next month.

The outgoing head of Pakistan's National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Lahore, Mudassar Nazar has admitted that he could not achieve the goals he had set for himself for the development of the game in the strife-torn country.

Ravichandran Ashwin led India to victory in the first Test against England in Hyderabad by dismissing captain Ben Stokes. Ashwin's dismissal of Stokes was his 12th in Test cricket, equaling Kapil Dev's record of an Indian bowler dismissing a batter most often. The Indian cricket board (BCCI) uploaded the video of the dismissal on X.

The police on Saturday arrested three youths, including one Mukesh Kumar, on the charge of teasing and slapping two young girls near Saguna Mor under Rupuspur police station.

Pakistani stalwarts such as Inzamam-ul-Haq, Basit Ali, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Mudassar Nazar, Shahid Afridi and many others showed immense respect for Dhoni. Inzamam called him "greatest Indian cricket captains"; Yousuf said that Dhoni's ability to get run captain and wicketkeeper was astonishing.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will review the performance of national team head coach Mickey Arthur and support staff after the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy.

Former Pakistan opener Mudassar Nazar shared that the team faced significant pressure in the early 1990s due to match-fixing suspicions, especially after losing to India. Despite being a talented squad with notable successes, they struggled with public perception and fear of accusations, which impacted their performance on the field.

Former Indian opener Lalchand Rajput has been appointed as the head coach of the UAE men's national team for the next three years. Rajput, who hails from Mumbai, will officially take charge of the team this week. His first task will be leading the team in the ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 ODI tri-series, which will be held in the UAE and will also feature Scotland and Canada. The tri-series is set to begin next Wednesday. Following that, the UAE will host three bilateral T20Is against Scotland next month.

Foreign coaches like Dav Whatmore and Julien Fountain are not averse to the idea of staying in Pakistan when the national team is not on tour.

Pakistan player Mohammad Asif, who was playing in BCCI's Indian Premier League for Team Delhi Daredevils, has been held for possessing contraband drugs.

Former Pakistan spinner Saqlain Mushtaq is set to get an important posting at the Pakistan Cricket Board's High Performance Centre in Lahore. "Saqlain is set to join the high Performance Centre soon as the PCB has now started the process of revamping the centre in Lahore with the appointment of Nadeem Khan as the Director of High Performance," a source said.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to retain the services of their batting coach, Grant Flower, and will offer him a year's extension.

Police on Sunday arrested six persons in connection with the death of a computer student, Mudassar Nazar (25), who was found dead at his rented house at Naya Tola under Phulwarisharif PS on Saturday evening.