The 50-year-old Englishman, who had served as batting coach of Sri Lanka cricket team, will step in the shoes of Neil McKenzie, who stepped down last August citing family reasons.
The Pakistan Cricket Board has decided to take its compensation claim case against the Board of Control for Cricket in India to the disputes resolution committee of the International Cricket Council.
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has indicated that this year's Indian Premier League could be conducted in empty stadiums, insisting that all possible options are being explored to ensure that the suspended event does take place despite the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter to all the affiliated units sent late on Wednesday after the ICC Board meeting, Ganguly seemed confident of an IPL this year despite its current status of being indefinitely suspended because of the raging pandemic, which has claimed more than 8,000 lives in India.
Ponting said the ball does move around in South Africa and if Starc is able to reclaim the swing he will be more lethal in the series.
Cricket World Cup will be clean, says anti-corruption chief.
While there were speculations that IPL will start from September 26, the BCCI decided to advance it by a week in order to ensure that the Indian team's tour of Australia is not jeopardised.
Rajasthan Royals' Robin Uthappa accidentally used saliva to shine the ball during their clash against Kolkata Knight Riders match
New Zealand pacer Kyle Jamieson said his team is pleased to keep things in the balance after India reached 146/3 on a rain-hit second day of the ICC World Test Championship final in Southampton on Saturday.
The Supreme Court bench comprising of Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud warned if there is a false statement given by BCCI office bearers on affidavit, then perjury or contempt proceedings could be initiated.
Continuing his investment spree in India's hot start-ups, Ratan Tata on Friday invested in Kyazoonga.
An emotional Chris Cairns has said he is '100 per cent in the dark' about the ICC's allegations of match-fixing against him and would co-operate with the anti-corruption unit's investigators to come out clean.
Board of Control for Cricket in India president Sourav Ganguly revealed on Friday that India skipper Virat Kohli is open to the idea of playing day-night Tests. His comments come following a meeting with Kohli, in Mumbai on Thursday, during which the idea was floated.
In a mark of solidarity, England will join the West Indies and carry an identical logo on their playing shirts, an ECB release said.
Ian Smith, the Chief Operating Officer of the Federation of International Cricketers Associations (FICA), reckons that no one in the ICC has the "courage to stand upto" Board of Control for Cricket in India president Narayanaswami Srinivasan and ECB chairman Giles Clarke, as they cast a "very large shadow" in world cricket.
The Indian cricket board (BCCI) will meet on Sunday to consider an additional revenue offer from the game's world governing body but regardless of what decision they come to, a Champions Trophy pullout by the holders looks unlikely.
None of the players will be available for at least the first two to three games of their respective franchises.
Nepal became the latest nation to join the One-day International (ODI) club, securing their 50-overs status for the first time at the ongoing ICC World Cup Qualifiers in Zimbabwe.
Ahead of the system's debut in a test in India next week, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said referrals are always more likely on spinning tracks and that is why the review system is an essential tool for umpires.
The BCCI made a surplus of Rs 111.83 crore in the last fiscal, a dip of over Rs 55 crore as compared to the previous one, said its Treasurer Anirudh Chaudhry. "In the year under consideration, the surplus of income over expenditure was Rs 111.83 crore as against Rs 166.87 crore in the earlier year," stated Chaudhry in his annual report for 2015-16.
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson admitted that playing the second leg of Indian Premier League in the United Arab Emirates helped in understanding the conditions better in the lead up to the T20 World Cup.
Elworthy believes the need for a COVID-replacement will not arise since players will be thoroughly tested before getting into the bio-secure environment.
Team hotels had gone into lockdown after last night's terror attack here, the International Cricket Council (ICC) revealed today, saying it will review security at the ongoing Champions Trophy 'in line with the threat levels'.
Ravichandran Ashwin on his love for operating with the new ball and explained the mechanics involved. The off-spinner doesn't want a post-coronavirus world that is more conducive for organising T20 leagues at the expense of international cricket.
Australia cricketer Phillip Hughes remains in an induced coma after undergoing emergency surgery on Tuesday when he was struck in the head by a bouncer, a devastating blow that experts likened to the trauma experienced by car crash victims.
Cricket South Africa charges 'intermediary' with trying to fix Twenty20 games
Images from the T20 World Cup Super 12s match between Namibia and India, Dubai, on Monday.
With the ICC headquartered in Dubai, the BCCI, if need be, can take help of the global body which has a huge team of ACU officials who can be hired
The attack is the deadliest in the last 30 years in Jammu and Kashmir and there has been demands for India to refuse playing Pakistan in the World Cup which gets underway in England from May 30.
'The knee broke in the first match of the tournament, my thighs and knees had come to the same size, doctors had to take out fluids every day, I used to take three painkillers'
The Board of Control for Cricket India's Committee of Administrators will meet in Mumbai on November 3 to chalk out a plan to deal with mounting pressure from the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), which wants Indian cricketers under its ambit.
Former New Zealand batsman Lou Vincent has pleaded guilty to not reporting an approach by a bookmaker while playing in the Bangladesh Premier League last year.
'It is expected that, in time, he will have a full recovery'
India's cricketers face one of their biggest tests in recent times, when they take on New Zealand with their T20 World Cup hopes on the line.
According to a source in the BCCI, Kumble said: 'He doesn't want to continue with the team'
The much-anticipated World Twenty20 match between India and Pakistan will be held as scheduled in Dharamsala, Tournament Director M V Sridhar confirmed on Tuesday.
'We will continue to look at the coronavirus situation till September then we will decide whether we host the tournament in India or UAE'
The Pakistan Cricket Board has dismissed reports that the BCCI attempted to get the Champions Trophy scrapped from the international calendar at the ICC meeting which postponed the eight-nation tourney, to be held in Karachi, until next year.
Batsman Lou Vincent has confirmed he is one of three former New Zealand players under investigation by the International Cricket Council for alleged match-fixing.
Bollywood mega superstar Amitabh Bachchan, sang the Indian national anthem at the Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, on Saturday.
India's white ball squad, led by Shikhar Dhawan, will quarantine in Mumbai from June 14 to 28 and undergo six RT-PCR tests on alternate days before flying off to Colombo for the six-match series against Sri Lanka, starting on July 13.
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