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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has offered $2,000,000 to former Australian cricketer Shane Watson to become the highest paid coach in the history of Pakistan cricket.

According to Geo News reports, Shane Watson has been offered an annual salary of $2 million.

However, the report quoted sources close to Shane Watson claiming that he may not accept the offer because he does not want to be away from his family for a long time.

Mike Hesson and Darren Sammy are among the main candidates to coach the Pakistan Men’s Cricket Team, in case Watson refuses. Mike Hesson and Darren Sammy are currently serving as the head coaches for Islamabad United and Peshawar Zalmi respectively.

PCB is also mulling the possibility of appointing local coaches along with foreign consultants to fill the vacancy in time for the T20I series against New Zealand in April.

Mickey Arthur, Grant Bradburn and Andrew Puttick resigned from their respective positions in January this year.

Australian wicketkeeper-batsman Matthew Wade has announced his retirement from red ball cricket on Friday.

The Sheffield Shield Trophy final will now be the last match of Matthew Wade’s Test career.

However, for now, Matthew Wade will continue to play white-ball cricket and is hopeful of being included in the squad for the T20 World Cup scheduled in the USA and West Indies.

“I want to be at my best for white-ball cricket, especially BBL, I feel like the squad we’ve got with the Hurricanes should be, it is spoken about every year … pushing for finals if not contending for titles,” he said on Friday.

“Not playing the longer format of the game will give me an opportunity to get stronger, get in the gym a bit more and have some longevity in that format.”

“I’ve got two years (with Hobart) but I’d love to play longer if I could. I feel fresh. There certainly isn’t (an element of) ‘I’m not playing well enough or I don’t feel I can contribute enough’. It’s more the younger players have managed to shove me out the door.”

Matthew Wade represented Australia in 36 Test matches from 2012 to 2021.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced additional tickets for the T20 World Cup 2024.

The sale of tickets for 13 matches, including the semi-final, will begin from March 19, including the sale of tickets for Pakistan’s matches against Ireland and the United States.

According to ICC, the minimum price of tickets is $6 and the maximum is $35.

ICC says that more than 11.3 million applications have been received so far in ticket balloting. Tickets for 51 of the 55 T20 World Cup matches have gone on sale, with additional ticket sales initially including hospitality packages for West Indies and New York Stadium.

The ICC says that the sale of the packages for Grand Prairie Stadium and Broward County Stadium in the USA will be announced later.

T20 World Cup 2024 will be jointly played in USA and West Indies in June.

Saudi Arabia’s famous football club Al Hilal has made a world record by achieving 28 consecutive victories, entering the Guinness Book of World Records.

According to foreign media, Al-Hilal defeated Ittihad Club by 2-0 in the quarter-finals of the Asian Champions League. This was its 28th consecutive victory. The previous world record for most wins was held by Welsh team The New Swansea Club in the 2016–17 season with 27 wins in a row.

The Guinness Book of World Records has also recognized the record.

Al-Hilal Club has reached the semi-finals of the Champions League. The Club has won nine Champions League matches and leads the Saudi Pro League with 12 points.

Pakistan defeated India in the final of the Thunder Nation Cricket Cup played in Sydney, Australia on Thursday.

The Thunder Nation Cup is organized by the Sydney Thunder of Big Bash League Australia and teams from different communities participate in this cup.

Thunder Nation Cup 2024 has been won by Pakistan community, defeating India community by 14 runs in the final. Pakistan scored 130 runs for 6 wickets while the Indian team managed to score 116 runs for 9 wickets.

Pakistan’s Bilal Qureshi scored an unbeaten 62 runs and was declared the player of the match.

King of Swing Wasim Akram has reveled the interesting titbit that South African batsman David Miller pushed his wedding date forward because of a cricket league.

Talking on A Sports, Wasim said, “David Miller was offered one and a half million dollars to play the last three matches of Bangladesh Premier League 2024, so he postponed his marriage to play in the tournament”.

He added, “I found out today because we were not following BPL because of the Pakistan Super League.”

Due to his excellent performance, his team Fortune Barishal managed to win the title for the first time in Bangladesh Premier League 2024.

Miller recently married his longtime girlfriend Camilla Harris in a star-studded ceremony in Cape Town.

In a special video released by Board of Control for Cricket In India (BCCI), Indian fast bowler Muhammad Siraj has revealed that he used to work in the catering industry. “My hands used to burn while flipping the bread in oven,” he said.

Siraj, who hails from Hyderabad, has looked back on his cricketing journey. “I used to get 100 to 200 rupees for the catering job and I was happy with it. I used to give 100 to 150 rupees at home and keep 50 for myself.”

While talking about his hometown he said, “Whenever I come to Hyderabad, the first thought is to go home and then go to Eidgaah. No matter where I go in the world, I can’t find the peace I get here.”

“I spent my childhood here, grew up here and all my friends are here. In 2019-20 I thought to give myself one more year. If nothing happens, I will quit cricket.”

However, he is now gearing up for Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 where he will be seen representing Royal Challengers Bangalore. In the meantime, he is spending time with his family while taking advantage of the two-month break.

Pakistan’s Deaf cricket team won the Deaf International Cricket Council (DICC)  T20 World Cup played in Sharjah. Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka by 88 runs to win the Def ICCT20 World Cup final.

In the match played in Sharjah, the national team batted first and gave Sri Lanka a target of 152 runs, in pursuit of which the Sri Lankan team was bowled out for 63 runs.

The players of the national team celebrated the great victory and danced.

The Deaf International Cricket Council T20 World Cup was played in Sharjah from March 6 to 12 in which 6 teams participated.

On the other hand, Chairman PCB Mohsin Naqvi has congratulated the players of Pakistan Deaf Cricket Team for winning T20 World Cup 2024.

In the 30th match of Pakistan Super League 9, Multan Sultans’ Iftikhar Ahmed has been fined for using inappropriate language against Quetta Gladiators.

According to PCB, Iftikhar Ahmed had used wrong language and sentences after taking the wicket of Quetta Gladiators in the third over due to which the middle order batsman has been fined 5% of the match fee.

After the match, the match referee Ali Naqvi summoned him, on which Iftikhar Ahmed admitted his mistake. Iftikhar Ahmed’s inappropriate conduct falls within a level one breach, he has been fined under Article 2.5.