Li Shilong and Zhang Zhong lead the field after six rounds in the Asian Chess Championship.
The glittering trophy, comprising a silver gilt cricket ball engraved with the world map, stands 18 inches tall and 5.5 inches at its widest point.
Pakistan expressed its willingness to play a Test match in Mumbai and said that it would hold discussions with BCCI to resolve the differences over playing in Ahmedabad.
The former India cricket captain lashed out at ICC chief Ehsan Mani for making a 'stupid remark' against his role as a television commentator.
By signing the Host Agreement with the ICC, the West Indies became the official hosts for the 2007 event.
The ICC thanked all those who contributed in some way to the World Cricket Tsunami Appeal match.
PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan said a fund-raising match has been planned to help survivors of the Indian Ocean tsunami.
The Indian captain said the two-tier Test system was essential because there was an "appreciable gap" among the current 10 Test-playing nations.
The ICC is considering re-locating its headquarters from Lord's after 95 years to Dubai.
The ICC Chief said the proposed rule of 15 degree tolerance limit for all bowlers would be easier to apply.
Zimbabwe have been asked to resolve a dispute over the departure of Streak, who asked for an overhaul of the selection panel.
The ICC report prepared by India's Solicitor General Goolam Vahanvati and South African High Court judge, Steven Majiedt, found no evidence of racism within the Zimbabwe Cricket Union.
BCCI chief Jagmohan Dalmiya is belived to have aceded to a request from new ICC chief Mani, as the match referee had undergone heart surgery.
The ICC applauded ECB for defering action on its tour of Zim until the issue was discussed with other member countries.
The JuD, a front for the Lashkar-e-Tayiba militant group that carried out the deadly 2008 Mumbai attack, launched its political front Milli Muslim League, but it has not been yet registered with the Election Commission of Pakistan. With general elections approaching, the group decided to contest on the platform of a "dormant" political entity, Allaha-u-Akbar Tehreek, which is registered with the ECP.
"Every country has a right to say no to a venue from the security point of view," ICC president Ehsan Mani said.
'The ICC would put in place a process through which any member can access the withheld money upon an unconditional and irrevocable undertaking, perhaps a bank guarantee,' ICC president Ehsan Mani said.
International Cricket Council has said that it would spend half of its development fund in the region in the next three years.
President Ehsan Mani said that by walking out on their teammates on the eve of a Test match, the rebels placed Tatenda Taibu and his team in an invidious position.\n\n
The England and Wales cricket board (ECB) has been in a political battle with the government and the ICC over the tour.
The 55-year-old Australian had taken over as CEO of the top cricket body in 2001.\n\n
The ICC chief said match officials are well within their rights to raise concerns about any delivery from any bowler.
ICC chief Ehsan Mani urged the neighbours to desist from game for "political purpose".
Experienced Pakistan players Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Sami received surprise call-ups to the national side for the two T20 matches against the touring Zimbabwe team after spending close to three years in the wilderness.
The ICC could not assess the likely maximum claims from the Global Cricket Corporation for violation of the ambush marketing clause.
ICC president Ehsan Mani says he and CEO Malcolm Speed are talking with the BCCI about lifting the former India captain's ban.
Kenya needed to improve in a number of areas before making the jump from one-day internationals to Test cricket, the ICC said.
ICC chief Ehsan Mani said the tournament could be staged elsewhere if England fail to tour Zimbabwe.
A Magistrate court in Ahmedabad is likely to pronounce on Thursday its order on Zakia Jafri's petition against the closure report of the Special Investigation Team which had probed the Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's role in the post-Godhra riots in 2002.
The new ICC chief said India had agreed to the contract with the GCC.
PCB chairman Tauqir Zia said Mani was nominated for the post of ICC chief because he is best qualified for the job.
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