England have major concerns about the planned tour to Bangladesh later this year, the team's limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan has said in the wake of Friday's attack by gunmen at an upmarket Dhaka restaurant that left 20 dead.
A Pakistani court on Tuesday issued notices to the Sports Ministry and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), asking them to file responses on the spot-fixing scandal by September 7.
Banned fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar still harbours hopes of playing for Pakistan and is keeping himself fit for any call-up to the national side in the future. The maverick pacer was banned for five years by Pakistan Cricket Board on six counts of code of conduct violations and the uproar over the decision prompted the Senate Standing Committee on Sports to hold a hearing with Akhtar in Islamabad on Monday.
Cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur, who hit a stunning 171 not out in the recent women's cricket World Cup propelling India into the finals, has been promoted as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Western Railway.
Pakistani cricket officials have been asked to appear before a Senate committee probing the Oval test fiasco and the controversy leading to the resignation of board chairman Shaharyar Khan.
The new law will ensure that ICC has more powers to intervene if they feel a member is not doing all it can in the fight against drugs in cricket.
Disgraced spinner Danish Kaneria's career seems all but over with the Pakistan Cricket Board imposing a life ban on him on Friday for indulging in spot-fixing during the 2009 English county season.
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.
"It is stupid and comical to link what happened in the Oval Test to match-fixing," Woolmer told reporters in Lahore.
Former coach Richard Pybus said Pakistan cricket officialdom is ridden with "nepotism and sycophancy" while the team is always faction ridden and the only way to pull that country out of the rut is to appoint professional and accountable administrators.
In a serious turn of events, a Senate Committee recommended President Asif Ali Zardari to remove Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ejaz Butt from his post after finding him guilty in two privilege motions.
Come 2024 Paris Olympics, field hockey will be played on a turf that doesn't require watering, International Hockey Federation (FIH) Chief Executive Officer Thierry Weil said, in New Delhi, on Saturday.
The ICC Board unanimously acknowledged the lifetime ban on Pakistan cricketer Danish Kaneria by the England and Wales Cricket Board for his role in the English spot-fixing scandal and urged member nations to enforce the verdict to the fullest.
BCCI is one of the richest sporting bodies in world sports with a license to rule world cricket but it was Jagmohan Dalmiya who will be credited with it.
The sports channel used a Hindi phrase that annoyed the temperamental fast bowler.
India wants to host a day-night Test against Australia early next year, according to a report, as the world's richest cricket board continues its backing of the concept which seems to be taking root in the subcontinent.
Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik's bowling action was examined at the Sports Institute in Cape Town on Tuesday.
Former Pakistani cricketer Javed Miandad, on Monday, rejected PCB'S offer to coach the Pak cricket team citing domestic commitments.
Batsman Darren Bravo has been dropped from the West Indies squad in Zimbabwe for a triangular one-day international series because of "unacceptable behaviour", the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) said on Saturday.
Abu Dhabi cricket board president B R Shetty said they will get a better eleven from other Test playing countries if the Indian XI does not come.
Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has released statements from Essex coach Paul Grayson and player Tom Westley's that rule out the fact that leg-spinner Danish Kaneria tried to coax them into spot-fixing.
Cricket scoreboards around the world carried tributes to Australian batsman Phillip Hughes on Friday, while condolence messages flooded social media as the sporting world reacted to an untimely death not experienced since Ayrton Senna's in 1994.
Afghanistan and Ireland have been approved as Full Members by the ICC.
Secretary Karunakaran Nair said the Indian government's decision to resume sporting relations with \n\nits neighbours has come at a right time.
The Pakistan Cricket Board has given the green signal to all-rounder Sohail Tanvir to play for his Indian Premier League franchise, Rajasthan Royals, in a charity match against Middlesex at Lord's on July 6. The sports management company which represents Tanvir said in a statement that Tanvir would represent Rajasthan Royals in the match, being played for the British Asian Trust.
Cricket Australia have signed a four-year agreement with energy provider Alinta Energy, potentially laying to rest concerns over a financial fallout from the ball-tampering scandal in March.
Off the field the Board of Control for Cricket in India looks set for a complete overhaul with Supreme Court's stinging observations tightening the noose around the mandarins of the richest sports body.
Former Pakistan pacer Sarfraz Nawaz has accused the ICC of favoring the Indian team.
'I realised what a great leader he was by the way he took decisions to undertake the most-risky of missions.'
Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) confirmed that the Indian team will tour the country to play three One-day Internationals and two Twenty20s in July.
Australian cricketers might have to accept a pay cut due to the coronavirus pandemic, conceded Test captain Tim Paine but insisted that making financial sacrifices is a "small thing" in the current situation and they are prepared to "do their bit". A pay cut for the top cricketers seems to be on the cards with Cricket Australia delaying annual contracts for both the men's and women's national teams. CA is preparing for the possibility of a severely-affected home summer due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Former Pakistan Test captain Rameez Raja has backed the decision to remove Mohsin Khan as the chief coach of the national team and made some scathing remarks about him on his twitter page.
India thrashed China 9-0 to stay in the hunt for top spot in the round-robin league competition of the fourth Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament in Kuantan, Malaysia on Tuesday.
'Another rejection of mediation between India and Pakistan will leave Mr Trump disappointed.' 'In that case, he is likely to point out the war-like situation on the border and press for direct talks which have been stalled on account of continuing terrorism from Pakistan,' notes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
Disgraced Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif is anguished and disappointed that some former cricketers are against the idea of letting players banned for spot-fixing return to the game after being reformed and rehabilitated.
'This is a landmark moment for Lord's, with women's cricket now documented in the dressing rooms for the first time.'
The 16-man squad includes batsmen Mark Stoneman and Dawid Malan and fast bowler Jake Ball, who have 11 Test caps between them, as well as three uncapped players in paceman Craig Overton, spinner Mason Crane and wicketkeeper Ben Foakes.
The Pakistan pacer is set to miss the upcoming three-Test series against India after failing to recover from his elbow injury.
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