Karachi, Apr. 7 : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is skeptic about the International Cricket Council (ICC) giving clearance to players who sided with the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) to play in the World Twenty 20 Championship scheduled to be held in England in June.

The PCB has included three rebel cricketers Abdul Razzaq, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan and Imran Nazir in the list of 30 probable for the T20 World Championship.

Lahore, Apr. 7 : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has clearly demarcated the role and functions of its Director General, Javed Miandad.

"Miandad will look after the development of domestic cricket in Pakistan. He will be special advisor to the PCB Chairman and also be incharge of development of women's cricket as per instructions of PCB chief Ijaz Butt," The Daily Times quoted a PCB spokesperson, as saying.

He added that finance, international and administrative issues would not come under Miandad's work area.

Lahore, Apr. 7: Pakistani players have expressed their desire to participate in the Indian Premier League (IPL) following the tournament’s shift from India.

According to The News, some players have approached the IPL management through e-mails, but have not received any reply.

It is, however, highly unlikely that IPL franchises would recall Pakistan players, as they had earlier refused to play in the league when it was being held in India following a call from their government.

Wellington, Apr. 7 : Former Indian cricket captain Rahul Dravid received the ball that helped him to become the world record holder for catches in test cricket.

When Dravid went low and forward to his left to catch Kiwi opener Tim McIntosh off Zaheer Khan he became the outright holder of the record on 182, one ahead of Australian slip ace Mark Waugh.

"We advised him to keep the ball," the Dominion Post quoted team-mate Yuvraj Singh, as saying.

London, Apr. 7 : Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson says that while he would be happy to see three English clubs in the Champions League semi-finals, he would like to play Barcelona in the finals.

The Manchester United boss rejected thoughts of another all-England final like last year's in Moscow when his team overcame Chelsea in a penalty shootout.

The Blues and Liverpool meet in a quarter-final showdown with the winner facing Barca or Bayern Munich in the last four.