The Marylebone Cricket Club plans to revise rules to make most bats currently used in the game illegal.
The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), guardians of the laws of the game, plan to revise rules to make most bats currently used in the international game illegal.
The colour of balls used in the English one-day game could change from white to pink if trials by the Marylebone Cricket Club prove successful.
The pink ball was being used as an experiment to see if it retained its visibility longer than the white orb.
The 65-year-old former England captain will succeed incumbent president Doug Insole for a year, from October 1.
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Cricketers might get red cards for bad behaviours in future as the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is trying a new red card system in some amatuer games to reduce excessive sledging and violent behaviour by players.
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The colour of balls used in the English one-day game could change from white to pink.
The Australian bat manufacturer Kookaburra have agreed to the immediate voluntary withdrawal of those bats.
The Marylebone Cricket Club, in association with the Bletchley Post Office, released a special stamp commemorating the 75th anniversary of India in Test cricket.
Australian fast bowler Josh Hazlewood has voiced his support to Ricky Ponting's suggestion that restrictions must be imposed on bat sizes in test cricket to negate an unfair advantage for the men at the crease.
Australia's Adam Gilchrist did not contravene the rules by using a squash ball in his left glove during the World Cup final, the MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) said on Tuesday.
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Bravo, 29, has not played a Test for West Indies since 2016, when his contract was suspended for a social media post criticising board president Dave Cameron.
Darell Hair is considering legal action against the ICC and has hired a leading lawyer from the Marylebone Cricket Club.
He joined fellow Indian icons Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly on the prestigious list of MCC Honorary Life Members.
The four-inch high artefact was sealed in a protective case and had its own seat in business class as it arrived in Sydney for a three-month tour.
As many as 10 decisions by rookie West Indian umpire Joel Wilson and Pakistan's Aleem Dar were overturned by the Decision Review System during last week's Edgbaston Test. There were at least five more errors that went unreviewed.
An ICC statement said that Ponting would be allowed to continue to use the bat till a decision is reached.
'They sacrificed their international careers... to take a brave and principled stand against an appalling regime,' incoming MCC president Charles Fry said.
The ICC will cut its ties with Lord's after 96 years at the venue to start operating from Dubai on August 1.
The Indian captain will be aiming to restore his dented reputation after being drafted in as a late replacement for Ramnaresh Sarwan in Tuesday's match.
International cricket needs more context and support from administrators to stop players from choosing lucrative Twenty20 leagues over the traditional Test format, former England captain Mike Brearley has said.
Inclusion of cricket in the 2024 Olympics, Australian players pay dispute and the concept of four-day Test will be discussed among other things in the two-day meeting.
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting wants size limits on bats because he believes batsmen are enjoying an unfair advantage, especially in Test cricket, and said he would raise his concerns at the MCC World Cricket Committee meeting on Monday.
A woman will keep official score of an international match in England for the first time.
The 77-year-old, whose nephew David is England's chairman of selectors, begins his tenure on Thursday.
Legendary fast bowler Michael Holding on Wednesday dismissed Brian Lara's criticism of his conduct during West Indies' 1980 tour of New Zealand, saying he has "never been interested" in the batting great's opinions.
The inaugural lecture in the series was delivered by Richie Benaud in 2001 and the second was by Barry Richards last year.
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Former pacer Zaheer Khan has been made an honorary life member of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), becoming the 24th Indian cricketer to be bestowed the honour. "MCC has elected Zaheer Khan as an Honorary Life Member of the Club," the Club said in a statement.
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is going through a purple patch but only time will tell whether he is able to replicate his stupendous home success when the team travels overseas, says former India spinner Murali Kartik.
Mike Brearley and Brendon McCullum warned of "a looming potential crisis" in international cricket and stated the game could soon reach a "point of no return" as it struggles to compete with T20 leagues across the world.
The assets have been attached as part of five separate orders issued by the central probe agency under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, it said.
He expressed hope that it will also benefit a large number of Hindi-speaking umpires and those giving training in this field, to whom the rules in English are hard to understand.
Test cricket returned to Pakistan for the first time in ten years with the Sri Lankan team playing two matches in Rawalpindi and Karachi, with the hosts winning the second match to clinch the series 1-0 after the rain-curtailed first game ended in a draw.
The Marylebone Cricket Club's World Cricket Committee said they are not in favour of cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar's suggestion of experimenting with two pitches in domestic cricket to aid in preparing the Indian team for overseas Test matches.
South Africa captain Faf du Plessis was cleared to play the third and final Test against Australia after a hearing by the International Cricket Council in Adelaide, on Tuesday.
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