ICC's Chief Executive Officer Dave Richardson today said that the game's governing body is all set to prune the number of teams from 14 to 10 for the next Cricket World Cup, scheduled to be held in England in 2019.
Images from the T20 World Cup semi-final between Pakistan and Australia, in Dubai, on Thursday.
The International Cricket Council confirmed on Friday that following remedial work and retest, the bowling action of the West Indies' Sunil Narine has been found to be legal, and the off-spinner can now resume bowling in both international cricket and domestic cricket events worldwide.
Pakistan seamer Mohammad Abbas claimed three quick wickets as Australia hobbled their way to 136-3 on Wednesday, chasing a mammoth target of 462 in the first Test in Dubai.
Images from the T20 World Cup Super 12s match between Bangladesh and South Africa, in Abu Dhabi.
Debutant Australia opener Ed Cowan rued the absence of the Decision Review System (DRS) in the ongoing Test series against India and called upon the ICC to make the technology uniform for all Test-playing nations.
Abandoning its rigid stand on technology, the Board of Control for Cricket in India on Monday agreed to the mandatory use of the controversial Decision Review System in a modified version in all international matches.
Sri Lanka's Kumar Dharmasena and Richard Kettleborough of England have been promoted to the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires for the year 2011-2012 following an annual review.
Meanwhile, the independent biomechanical analysis of Marlon Samuels' bowling action concluded that his standard off-break delivery was legal but his quicker deliveries exceeded the 15 degrees' level of tolerance and thus, were considered to be "illegal."
Sunil Narine has been cleared to play for defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders in the upcoming Indian Premier League after the BCCI's review committee dealing with suspect action gave the West Indian clean chit.
Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott feels cricket-playing countries should unite to outvote the Board of Control for Cricket in India's opposition to the Decision Review System in the ICC even though most of them are 'frightened to death of India's financial power'.
Debutant spinner Ajaz Patel claimed five wickets in the second innings as New Zealand beat Pakistan by four runs on a dramatic fourth day of the opening Test in Abu Dhabi on Monday.
The ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat has admitted that the availability of technology has been an issue in the controversial Umpire Decision Review System and it is up to the Boards to decide on its use in the series among themselves.
This was Sri Lanka's second loss in as many matches, and, as a consequence, they have been knocked out of the tournament.
With the Decision Review System (DRS) set to be used for the first time in a bilateral One-day series in India, captain Virat Kohli says Mahendra Singh Dhoni's inputs from behind the stumps would be invaluable in taking a call in the series.
Rashid Khan dismissed Ravindra Jadeja in the final over as Afghanistan pulled off a thrilling tie against India in a Super Four match of the Asia Cup in Dubai on Tuesday.
Simon Taufel, five-time umpire of the year, said a new trialled system will help attain more accuracy and save time on referred decisions during international cricket matches.
The International Cricket Council has decided to introduce the highly debated Decision Review System (DRS) from the quarter-final stage of the World Cup, scheduled to be held in the Indian sub-continent in from Feb-April 2011.
The track for the opening Super 10 Group 2 encounter in the ICC World Twenty20 here on March 15 is likely to be a batting-friendly wicket, unlike the VCA Stadium pitch that was on offer during the third India-South Africa Test match late last year. The track at the stadium situated on the Nagpur-Wardha road that was used for the third Test between India and South Africa was given a "poor" rating by the ICC match referee, Jeff Crowe in his report. India clinched the match by 124 runs inside three days with off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin leading the hosts' charge with a 11-wicket haul, supported well by the left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja and leggie Amit Mishra. The ICC later announced that the stadium has been given an official warning under the ICC's Pitch Monitoring process following the third Test held in November, 2015. In reaching the verdict, the ICC agreed with the "poor" rating given to the pitch by New Zealand's Crowe, the match referee for the Test played from November 25 to 27, who observed that it did not allow a fair contest between bat and the ball.
Disgraced Australian cricketer Steve Smith will be much stronger mentally when he returns to international cricket after serving a one-year ban for his involvement in ball tampering, former South Africa skipper Graeme Smith said.
BCCI president Anurag Thakur and coach Anil Kumble on Wednesday attended a meeting with ICC and Hawk Eye representatives, who made a detailed presentation of the upgraded version of Decision Review System (DRS). There are talks that DRS could be used during the upcoming India-England series, comprising five Tests, or during the series against Australia later. As per initial feedback, the BCCI bigwigs including the president and the coach have felt that there are "some improvements" which meant that some of India's issues have been addressed in the upgraded system.
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) accused former selection committee chief Kapila Wijegoonawardena of hurting the morale of the national team ahead of their ICC World Twenty20 campaign by making "inaccurate and misleading" statements in the media. "Mr Wijegoonawardne's statements are inaccurate, misleading, and defamatory, and furthermore are of the nature to cause grevious injury to the moral of the Sri Lanka cricket team, currently intent on bringing home the ICC World Twenty 20," a statement from SLC read. Wijegoonawardena was fired by the Sports Minister last week and was replaced by former batsman Aravinda de Silva. In a statement later, Wijegoonawardena accused that he was victim of politics and a selection committee would not be required in future as politicians would be handpicking the team. He alleged that the decision to remove Lasith Malinga as captain and the team for the ongoing World T20 had been discussed at a team hotel room during the Asia Cup held in Bangladesh.
Shan Masood was wrongly adjudged LBW in 2nd Test vs New Zealand in Dubai last month.
Star Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal was cleared to resume international cricket on Saturday after his bowling action was found to be legal during a retest at an ICC-accredited facility in Chennai.
ICC Cricket Committee chief Clive Lloyd and advocate Brent Lockie will investigate the England cricket team's complaint against the Decision Review System fiasco in their fourth and final Test with South Africa in Johannesburg.
The ICC dismissed media reports that it received a letter from the Indian Board asking it to review the action of the Pakistan fast bowler.
Images from the T20 World Cup Super 12s match between England and Sri Lanka, in Sharjah, on Monday.
'Today the PCB officials have brought embarrassment for Pakistan and its cricket. The government must order them to return home immediately' 'Nothing is to happen because this MoU is meaningless unless the PCB has got a clause inserted that if India does not play for whatever reason it can approach the international court for sports arbitration'
Excluding match officials from replays of controversial decisions freely available to the casual television viewer is unlikely to be endorsed by the ICC's cricket committee in Dubai in May.
The West Indies fast bowler will be working with specialists appointed by his board for the next six weeks.
Virat Kohli is one "funny man" having the whole of India on his back, says former ICC elite panel umpire Ian Gould, who also appreciated the modern-day great's timely change in behavioural approach.
Both finalists could not be separated at the end of regular play as well as the Super Over, but England were crowned champions because they had a superior boundary count.
Pakistani cricket authorities said that they would be soon be sending suspended off-spinner Saeed Ajmal for an informal biomechanic tests in a bid to get him cleared before next year's World Cup. The PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan said the decision to send Ajmal for the informal test on his remodelled bowling action was taken after positive reports from the team of experts which is
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) moved quickly on Tuesday to distance itself from a "sons of pigs" reference to India, England and Australia made by former chairman Ijaz Butt.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting on Tuesday said the introduction of the Decision Review System (DRS) in Test cricket was a "shame" and the innovation should have been tried at some other level before its implementation in the top format of the game.
The last Indian umpire on the Elite panel was former Test captain and spinner S Venkataraghavan, whose final assignment was during Australia's visit to Sri Lanka in March 2003.
A countdown clock could be one way of addressing the issue.
The Indian cricket team's 2014-15 tour of Australia is the last time when it would have played both the Tests and tri-nation ODI series together as it will be split into two separate tours from now on, said Cricket Australia's Chief Executive James Sutherland.
Former South Africa One-day International captain Johan Botha has had doubt cast on the legitimacy of his bowling action for the third time in his career and will have to undergo biomechanical analysis.
Former South Africa one-day international captain Johan Botha has had doubt cast on the legitimacy of his bowling action for the third time in his career and will have to undergo biomechanical analysis.
