The 2013 Champions Trophy in England will bring the curtains down on the 14-year-old tournament, with the ICC moving towards having one championship for each of the game's three formats from 2015.
Hockley, when asked about the report, denied suggestions that the powerful nations were turning a blind eye to Test cricket, saying he had met Snedden during the New Zealand-Australia first Test in Wellington and conveyed to him that Australia was very much committed to help ICC ensure all the three formats flourish.
England face suspension from international cricket and a $2 million fine if they pull out of their tour of Zimbabwe.
Arch-rivals Pakistan and India will play six bilateral series in cricket's future tours program after Narayanaswami Srinivasan was elected chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday.
An update on anti-corruption measures and the progress report of Bangladesh's preparedness for next year's World Twenty20 will be top of the agenda when the International Cricket Council's Board gathers in London for a two-day meet starting Saturday.
The fate of India's upcoming tour of South Africa amid the trepidation triggered by new COVID-19 variant Omicron will be addressed when the Board of Control for Cricket in India holds its 90th Annual General Meeting in Kolkata on Saturday.
'We are sure India will eventually want the ICC to include the clause of government clearance in the FTP for matches between the two countries. But at the Auckland meeting they neither approved nor rejected the proposed 19 matches'
The Pakistan Cricket Board was paid around $58-60m as its share of the International Cricket Council (ICC) events held in the present cycle of eight years, which ends in 2014.
Having clashed with the BCCI over issues ranging from FTP to DRS during his time in the ICC, Cricket South Africa's newly-appointed CEO Haroon Lorgat is willing to go the extra mile to improve relations with India and said he was ready to apologise if need be.
The Pakistan Cricket Board has been told by its governing board to strongly oppose the changes proposed by India, Australia and England cricket boards in the governance and distribution of finances in the ICC.
The Indian cricket team's six-match limited-overs home series against England scheduled in September is all set to be postponed along with New Zealand A's visit of the country next month due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Australian players have devised their own cultural pact and, under new coach Justin Langer, are expected to have 'elite honesty'.
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