Mohammad Yousaf stepped down to make way for Mohammad Hafeez

By AM Khan

LAHORE, Pakistan (TheSportsNEXT) December 2, 2012: Former Pakistan skipper and veteran cricketer Mohammad Yousaf has stepped down as captain of Lahore Lions in favour of the current Pakistan Twenty20 captain Mohammad Hafeez for the National Twenty20 Tournament.

Mohammad Hafeez to represent Lahore Lions

By Aftab Tabee

LAHORE, Pakistan (TheSportsNEXT) November 20, 2012: Pakistan’s Twenty20 skipper Mohammad Hafeez has decided to play for Lahore Lions in the upcoming National Twenty20 Cricket Tournament 2012 which will be played from December 2-10, 2012.

PCB keeps Misbahul Haq, Mohammad Hafeez at charge

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LAHORE, Pakistan (TheSportNEXT) October 26, 2012: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to retain Misbahul Haq for Tests and One Day Internationals and Mohammad Hafeez for Twenty20 Internationals as captain, PressTrustofIndia reported Friday.

Zaka Ashraf settles Razzaq-Hafeez row

By Nadira Mushtaque

PCB chief settles differences among Mohammad Hafeez and Abdul Razzaq

LAHORE, Pakistan (TheSportsNEXT) October 19, 2012: Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday held a meeting with Pakistan’s Twenty20 skipper Mohammad Hafeez and veteran all-rounder Abdul Razzaq to settle their bilateral issues and imposed 0.1 million rupees fine on Abdul Razzaq, sources told TheSportsNEXT.com.

Pakistani, Indian senior cricketers face quit calls

By Abhishek Manroa

NEW DELHI, India (TheSportsNEXT) October 6, 2012: Pakistani and Indian skippers are under tremendous pressure to step down from their position after their respective team’s exit from the ongoing ICC World Twenty20 2012.

ICCWT20: Blunders and Controversies hitting Pakistan, Sri Lanka skippers

By Hamad Hussain

KARACHI, Pakistan (TheSportsNEXT) October 4, 2012: As former World T20 champions Pakistan and title favorites Sri Lanka will fight for the place in the final of ICC World T20 2012 today, I want to bring my readers’ attention towards the controversies hitting captains of the two teams during their Super Eights matches.

Pakistan into WT20 Super Eights with 8wkts win over Bangladesh

By Jawad Hussain

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (TheSportsNEXT) September 25, 2012: It was one of those luckiest days when Pakistani batsmen raised their game to clinch victory for the nation and what a day they chose to steal the limelight as Pakistan needed their heroics badly enough to book a place in the Super Eights stage of the ICC World Twenty20 2012.

ICCWT20: Pak victory over Kiwis fills Lahoriites with joy

By AM Khan

LAHORE, Pakistan (TheSportsNext) September 23, 2012: The enthusiastic youth of Lahore expressed joy over victory of Pakistan cricket team in their first match of the ICC World Twenty20 2012 (ICCWT20) against New Zealand terming it collective effort of the whole team.

Who is the best T20 player in last two years?

By Adrian Meredith

VICTORIA, Australia (TheSportsNext) September 17, 2012: The LG ICC Awards didn't award a T20 player of the year. I think that they should have. So I have worked out the best performances in the past two cricket seasons (since the last World T20), which was held exactly two years ago.

Glenn Maxwell inspires Australia to ODI series win over Pakistan

By Jawad Hussain

KARACHI (TheSportsNext) September 4, 2012: Australia showed better nerves to defeat Pakistan by three wickets to clinch the three-match One Day International series by 2-1, thanks to a brilliant unbeaten half century by all-rounder Glenn Maxwell at Sharjah Cricket Ground on late Monday.

James Pattinson rocks Pakistan early in 1st ODI

By Osmama Tariq

SHARJAH (TheSportsNext) August 28, 2012: Australian young fast bowler James Pattinson has already put his quality on show during initial overs in the first One Day International against Pakistan at Sharjah Stadium on Tuesday.

Australia lose only referral in 1st ODI

By Osama Tariq

SHARJAH (TheSportsNext) August 28, 2012: Australia have lost their only video referral only in the fourth over of their first One Day International match against Pakistan at Sharjah Cricket Stadium.

Mohammad Hafeez becomes top bowler in ICC ODI Rankings

By Abdul Ghaffar

KARACHI (TheSportsNext) August 27, 2012: Pakistan’s Twenty20 skipper Mohammad Hafeez achieved his career high position in the ICC Rankings for the One Day Internationals on Monday when he jumped to number one position ahead of the Pakistan-Australia ODI series that swings into action on Tuesday.