ECB chairman Colin Graves, who is supposed to step down from his country's board in November 2020, has emerged as the favourite for the ICC top job. It is learnt that Shashank Manohar has decided against seeking an extension for a third two-year-term.
The BCB said it has often given additional incentives to its cricketers, topping up what has been due to them from the ICC prize money.
Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Najam Sethi said he wants India to send their team for the Asian Cricket Council's Emerging Nations Cup to be held in Pakistan next April.
The 100-day countdown to the Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka from September 18 began from Sunday with more than 350 school children from Kandy district forming a giant 100 at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.
Jos Buttler was heard swearing at Vernon Philander through the stump microphone on day five as the South African batted to save the Test for the home side
The T20 World Cup will be held in the United Arab Emirates and Oman from October 17.
India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Sunday shared a picture of himself donning the T20 World Cup jersey.
'A few of our players first entered WADA's Registered Testing Pool (RTP) during 2015 ICC World Cup. Our issue is NADA's handling of samples and how their Dope Control Officers (DCO) work. That is something we are not convinced about and we have told that to ICC also'
Pakistan's only cricketer to get a life ban for match fixing, Saleem Malik is convinced that cricket and other sports can never be rid of corruption. "These fixing matters they can never be completely eradicated from cricket or other sports," Malik told PTI in an interview. "They can be curtailed at the most because these people who want to make easy money from cricket will always come up with new ways to target players and officials and make them greedy," he said. Malik, 54, was banned for life in 2000 on the recommendation of the Justice (retd) Malik Qayyum inquiry commission into match fixing in Pakistan cricket.
The ICC approved the wide-ranging structural and governance reforms and nominated Board of Control for Cricket in India chief N Srinivasan for the post of chairman.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has asked cricket fans across the world to vote for their favorite moments in the cricket world cups till date as the countdown for the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand 2015 begins.
There is a more authentic Indian cricket connection to Afghanistan and that is through the family roots of Iftikhar Ali Khan, the Nawab of Pataudi.
Zoysa was provisionally suspended in October 2018 and charged with three offences under the ICC's anti-corruption code
The United States is likely to host the T20 World Cup in 2024, which could serve as a launch pad in the International Cricket Council's bid for cricket's inclusion in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
The International Cricket Council is expected to finalise the nomination process to elect outgoing chairman Shashank Manohar's replacement next week as it was still trying to reach a consensus on some key issues. The ICC Board met via video-conference on Thursday with key point in the agenda was whether to adopt a process that selects or elects the new Chairman.
Former Pakistan Test captain Javed Miandad advised the Board of Control for Cricket in India and the Pakistan Cricket Board to work together for the resumption of bilateral series between the two neighbouring countries.
'You can't just fill us up and we'll go out there and be ready to be fuelled up again'
The Arun Jaitley Stadium will be undergoing a major renovation, worth Rs 20 to 25 crore, for the five matches it hosts during the ODI World Cup in October-November.
Hong Kong, an ICC associate member, is yet to get ODI status but have beaten UAE, who recently earned the ODI status, to qualify for the Asia Cup.
Pakistan will not play its World Cup matches in India unless the BCCI and ICC give written guarantees India will come to Pakistan to play in the 2025 Champions Trophy.
Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shaharyar Khan has admitted that the ICC and its member boards are worried.
'What a match, unbelievable. Rinku bhai kabhi na haare! (What a match, unbelievable, Rinku bhai never loses!)'
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