Karachi, Dec. 5 : Pakistan''s cricket officials have dumped plans to launch a new look Twenty20 domestic tournament next year on the lines of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

According to The News, the new cricket regime in Pakistan has so far shown no interest in the so-called Pakistan Premier League which the former Pakistan Cricket Board
(PCB) chairman Nasim Ashraf had planned to launch with a bang in September or October next year.

Lahore, Dec. 5 : Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Director-General Javed Miandad has said that he is determined and motivated enough to get the country’s first class cricketing infrastructure back on its feet.

“My utmost effort will be to revive domestic cricket that has been destroyed in the past seven years due to unwise steps taken by the previous regimes of the PCB,” he told reporters at the Gaddafi Stadium here on Thursday.

Karachi, Dec. 5 : If the India –Pakistan cricket series is postponed or cancelled due to political reasons, then the game would be badly affected, said Syed Ashraful Haq, Chief Executive of Asian Cricket Council (ACC).

“Uncertain situation of the cricket series between Pakistan and India is thought provoking, but we cannot play a further role to make the series certain,”Haq said in an interview to Geo News.

The India-Pakistan series is the biggest event not only in Asia, but also in the world of cricket, and everybody wants this series to be held on time, Haq added.

Lahore, Dec 5 : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to insure all of its cricket events and the series to avoid any monetary loss in case of cancellation or postponement of events and series under the present circumstances.

For this, the PCB has reportedly contacted a British insurance company, whose representative, David Borman, told PCB chief operating officer Saleem Altaf and other officials about insurance.

Borman briefed them about the method of insurance through which the monetary loss of the board could be minimized, reports The News.