As the date for the Pakistan Super League player auctions approaches, Cricket Australia (CA) and Cricket South Africa (CSA) have confirmed they will not be issuing No Objection Certificates (NOC) to contracted players. The news will be a blow to the Pakistan Cricket Board, who have high hopes of using the tournament as a springboard to bring international cricket back to Pakistan.

With the issue of the participation of Pakistani players at the upcoming Bangladesh Premier League at a boiling point and the matter of the Bangladesh cricket team’s tour of Pakistan still to be finalised, PakPassion.net spoke with Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Zaka Ashraf regarding the deadline set by the Bangladesh Cricket Board of 10am Wednesday for the PCB to give its No Objection Certificates (NOC) to Pakistan cricketers participating in this year's Bangladesh Premier League.

Read PakPassion's rating of the Pakistani players that took part in the recently-concluded one-day series in India. The Junaid and Jamshed lead the way after their impressive performances with bat and ball.

In exclusive remarks to PakPassion.net, Nadeem Iqbal who is Mohammad Irfan's coach and mentor from his home town cricket club in Gaggu Mandi speaks of his belief that Irfan is destined for further success and can bowl faster than what he is doing at the moment in India.

Mohammad Yousuf opts out of upcoming 2012/13 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy to play domestic cricket in Bangladesh.

Speaking exclusively to PakPassion.net, former Pakistani Off Spinner Saqlain Mushtaq spoke at length about the resumption of cricket ties between India and Pakistan and the retirement from one day cricket of Sachin Tendulkar.

With 286 international wickets to his name as well as a seat in the commentary box, former New Zealand fast bowler Danny Morrison is perfectly placed to provide an insightful analysis on the up and coming fast bowling talent in the country. In exclusive comments to Pakpassion.net, Morrison gave his thoughts on the pace trio that was so successful for the Black Caps in Sri Lanka last month.

PakPassion.net has learnt that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)is forcing it's players, against their wishes, to speak with certain sections of the media.As per strictly established and enforced rules, contracted players have a long list of guidelines that they must abide by in their dealings with the media. The PCB have, thus, been enforcing a hard line and strict policies on it's cricketers particularly on discipline and interaction with the media.

The inertia afflicting the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) when it comes to seemingly simple decisions is nowhere more apparent than in the recent choice of expert help. It’s well known that PCB management, for reasons best known to themselves, is a little hesitant to make ground-breaking decisions regarding coaching appointments.