Karachi, Feb. 21 : Top Pakistani cricket officials may have denied Javed Miandad more say in the working of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), but the veteran cricketer is in great demand in Afghanistan.

Miandad has said that he has received an invitation from Afghanistan to give tips to their cricketers.

"I received a telephone call from Afghanistan''s Sports Minister who wanted me to tour their country. I have no problems in travelling to Afghanistan and giving tips to their cricketers," The News quoted Miandad, as saying.

Injured Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait's international career hangs in the balance with doctors refusing to state a specific date for his comeback. Tait is thus in doubt for playing the ODI series against South Africa.

Tait, Australia's fastest bowler is down with chronic hamstring tendonitis. He sustained a left-hamstring tear during a domestic ODI match against Queensland in Brisbane on December 3.

Potchefstroom (South Africa), Feb. 20 : Australian cricket team coach Tim Nielsen is bristling at suggestions from antagonistic South Africa wicketkeeper Mark Boucher that the tourists are too timid with "loopholes" in their squad.

London, Feb. 20 : Several Indian Cricket League (ICL) players have reportedly lost more than 100,000 dollars each due to economic strain affecting world markets.

The ICL has postponed its next tournament and is still to pay players'' wages due last December.

The news follows revelations that American entrepreneur Allen Stanford - who created the Stanford Twenty20 League and is heavily involved with the English and West Indies cricket boards - has been charged with fraud to the tune of eight billion dollars.