'If you want to be a successful cricketer you need to figure out yourself, both on and off the field.'
The ICC said that the number of views on its video channel stood at 1.65 billion in the first half of 2020, which is more than any other leading sporting organisations on the platform.
Three cricketers have been reprimanded for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during their teams' quarter-finals in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2012 in Townsville on Monday.
Angelo Mathews criticised Bangladesh's decision to dismiss him via a 'time out' as 'disgraceful'
In the other match of the day, Dan Lawrence and Jack Burnham hit centuries as title contender England crushed Fiji by a massive margin of 299 runs.
All-rounder Connor Sully played a pivotal role in Australia's thrilling two-wicket win over England in a pulsating Group B match of the ICC U-19 World Cup, in Kimberly, on Thursday. He took two wickets and later smashed a crucial 35 as Australia first restricted England to 252 for 7 and then overhauled the target with the last ball of the match at the Diamond Oval.
Kartik Tyagi blew away Australia's top-order with a sensational spell of fast bowling to power India to a 74-run victory and a place in the semi-finals of the ICC Under-19 World Cup, in Portchefstroom, South Africa, on Tuesday.
India under-19 captain Yash Dhull says it was a conscious decision to steady the ship by batting till the 40th over alongside Shaik Rasheed without taking much risk, which helped them notch a 96-run win against Australia in the semi-finals on Wednesday.
A 151-run fourth-wicket partnership between Ed Barnard and Ben Duckett powered 1998 champions England to a 213-run victory over hosts United Arab Emirates on the opening day of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Abu Dhabi on Friday. In other matches of the day, the West Indies let South Africa off the hook as the two-time runners-up recovered to win by 94 runs at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, while Sri Lanka scored a comfortable 49-run victory over New Zealand at Sharjah Cricket Stadium and Zimbabwe completed a six-wicket victory over Canada at Abu Dhabi Oval 1.
all-rounder Washington Sundar, who bats left-handed and bowls right-arm off-spin, was picked following a trial by the franchise a few days ago after Ravichandran Ashwin was ruled out of IPL-10 with an injury.
India's swing bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar on Tuesday jumped eight places to a career-best 22 following his impressive show in a lost cause in the first Test against South Africa but Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara slipped in the ICC ranking ladder.
Rahul Dravid-coached India recorded a five-wicket victory over Pakistan on the final day of the warm-up matches on Monday ahead of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2016, which starts in Bangladesh, on Wednesday.
Skipper Mehidy Hasan's all-round effort helped host Bangladesh eke out a close three-wicket win over Sri Lanka with three deliveries to spare, to finish third in the International Cricket Council Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2016, in Fatullah, on Saturday.
Yashasvi Jaiswal batted like a man among boys while Kartik Tyagi reminded Pakistan of Waqar Younis's toe-crushing yorkers as defending champions India walloped their arch-rivals by 10 wickets to enter their seventh ICC Under-19 World Cup final, in Potchefstroom, South Africa, on Tuesday. Images from the Under-19 World Cup semi-final between India and Pakistan, in Potchefstroom, South Africa, on Tuesday.
The Indian women's cricket team needs to develop the mental toughness that the mighty Australians possess to end its drought of winning a World title, believes veteran pacer Jhulan Goswami. Like the men's team, Indian women have been consistently reaching the knockout stages of ICC events in recently but have failed to lay their hands on the trophy. In fact, they are yet to win a World Cup.
The ICC Board accepted the resignation of former president Mustafa Kamal, effective from April 2, and confirmed that no replacement would be appointed for the remaining weeks of his term.
The former Indian pace spearhead is part of a three-man panel that will identify bowlers with flawed actions at the ongoing Under-19 World Cup.
Disney Star is mulling legal actions against Zee Entertainment for backing out from a $1.4 billion sub-licensing agreement for TV broadcast of international cricket matches in India, according to industry sources. This could brew another legal trouble for Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL), which is already facing an arbitration plea by Sony Group at the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, claiming $90 million for breach of conditions of their merger agreement. Disney Star, an Indian subsidiary of media conglomerate The Walt Disney Company, is working on its strategy over the development, said industry sources.
'It remains to be seen how much Prithvi Shaw's warriors go on to accomplish, but letting all the adulation go to their heads is the last thing you can expect.' 'Throughout its dominant streak in New Zealand, the Under-19 team played in the personality of its coach, Rahul Dravid.' 'Now, only if they can kick on and become as good as him.'
India captain Virat Kohli becomes the first player to win all three top awards after being named captain of the Test and ODI teams.
Young prodigy Yashasvi Jaiswal on Thursday said batting stalwart Rahul Dravid had advised him to focus on each ball and this suggestion immensely helped him.
India's under-19 cricket team manager claimed that match referee Graeme Labrooy met him and expressed regret at what transpired on the field.
The gritty New South Wales glovesman learnt it hard way when he was involved in a freak accident with a jubilant James Faulkner's finger brushing his eye which led to leave the field for quite some time, during the first ODI in Pune.
The International Cricket Council on Tuesday announced it has doubled the prize money of the top-ranked Test team to US $1 million from its existing $500,000 from April 1, next year and also increase investment in women's cricket by five-fold.
Yashasvi Jaiswal gave glimpses of his enormous potential during Rajasthan Royals' nets session at the ICC Academy in Dubai.
Rahul Dravid noted that the win was a landmark moment for women's cricket.
Pakistan on Saturday celebrated their victory over arch-rivals India in the ICC under-19 cricket World Cup with the cricket board and some former players describing it as a right answer to the IPL snub.
He knows the value that a platform like ICC U-19 World Cup provides and no wonder India captain Virat Kohli urged the current crop of colt cricketers to 'respect the opportunity' that they are getting.
Former Pakistan fast bowler Sarfraz Nawaz has urged the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shahryar Khan and ECB and CA to put pressure on N Srinivasan to step down as ICC chairman on moral grounds following the Indian Supreme Court's verdict on Thursday.
Bangladesh fast bowler Kamrul Islam Rabbi became the first bowler to record a hat-trick in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2010 as he bowled his side to a thumping 195-run victory over Ireland in the Plate Championship final at McLean Park in Napier on Thursday.
Taruwar Kohli finished unbeaten on 63 as India won by seven wickets and 10.5 overs to spare at the Under-19 World Cup.
'This is a lesson for me. If you work hard, if you are grateful for what you have in life, God will bless you with more'
'Every Indian is delighted, all credit to Rahul Dravid for committing himself to these young kids and a legend like him deserves to lay his hands on the World Cup. Only Fitting.'
India salvaged some pride by comfortably beating Sri Lanka by 76 runs in the fifth place semi-final play-off at the ICC Under-19 World Cup, at the ICC Cricket Academy ground in Dubai, on Monday.
The ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup 2008 semi-final between South Africa and Pakistan was interupted by rain on Friday night with the game very finely poised. Pakistan need another 166 runs to win off 28.1 overs with eight wickets in hand.
The West Indies established itself as one of the teams to beat in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup with an impressive five-wicket victory over Australia at Club Aman, Kuala Lumpur, in the last round of warm-up matches before the tournament proper gets underway on February 17.
England surprised two-time defending champion Pakistan by six wickets while India was stretched to the limits by New Zealand before claiming a six-run victory in warm-up matches ahead of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
India's Under-19 World Cup-winning captain Yash Dhull is inspired by Virat, and wants to remain grounded, with focus solely on making the senior India team.
Scotland beat Nepal by three wickets at the M.A. Aziz Stadium.
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