The International Cricket Council (ICC) will not be sending match officials to Pakistan for the tour of Zimbabwe should the limited overs series go ahead, the governing body said on Sunday.
Pakistan to allow vaccinated spectators to attend NZ series.
After Zimbabwe, New Zealand has offered to tour Pakistan for a one-off exhibition match to raise funds for the victims of the floods that has devastated the strife-torn country, a Pakistan Cricket Board official said on Sunday.
PCB completes first phase of COVID-19 vaccination for players and support staff. In the first phase, 57 men players, 13 officials of the men's team and 13 NHPC men and women coaches were vaccinated.
While retirement is very much a cricketer's individual call, the counter point will be if the national selectors or the BCCI feel that they need to look at the bigger picture and have only one among Rohit and Virat in the ODI set-up going forward.
South Africa and India will join hosts Zimbabwe for a one-day tri-series later this year, the Indian cricket board (BCCI) said in a statement.
Pakistan's head coach for limited-overs format Gary Kirsten has returned home with the board set to announce the successor to captain Babar Azam in white-ball formats later in the month.
Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik is expected to be fit to play in next month's one-dayers against Zimbabwe after recovering from an ankle injury.
Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq is enjoying the experience of working with former India seamer Manoj Prabhakar.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) delegation visiting Zimbabwe to assess safety and security ahead of England's tour next month are satisfied they have been well briefed on the issues.
Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) confirmed that the Indian team will tour the country to play three One-day Internationals and two Twenty20s in July.
The BCCI has roped in Sri Lanka for the short series in place of Zimbabwe
BCCI could earn USD 1.15 billion in revenue share from the ICC during the next five-year cycle.
Lord MacLaurin, chairman of Vodafone, has said the mobile phone company's sponsorship of the England team would be jeopardised if the squad toured Zimbabwe next year.
ECB chairman David Morgan said the tour will take place unless directed otherwise by the government or because of security fear.
The 15 members of the England and Wales Cricket Board's management board will decide whether the tour should go ahead at a meeting next week.
'We believe cricket would be a great addition to the Olympic Games, but we know it won't be easy to secure our inclusion as there are so many other great sports out there wanting to do the same. But we feel now is the time to put our best foot forward and show what a great partnership cricket and the Olympics are.'
The ICC applauded ECB for defering action on its tour of Zim until the issue was discussed with other member countries.
Zimabwe's successful tour of Pakistan will help convince other international teams to play in the country.
Peshawar Zalmi capitalised on an early batting collapse by Quetta Gladiators to secure a 58-run victory in the Pakistan Super League (PSL) final on Sunday.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said it has appointed batter Najmul Hossain Shanto as captain in all three formats for the next year amid ongoing uncertainty over the availability of former skipper Shakib Al Hasan.
Zimbabwe's cricket team has offered to tour Pakistan to raise funds for the victims of the country's massive floods, despite the suspension of foreign visits following a militant attack last year.
Hafeez represented Pakistan in 392 international matches in which he scored 12,789 runs and took 253 wickets.
Taking note of the fatigue factor, India are likely field a second string team for the forthcoming limited overs tour of Zimbabwe next month.
Fine knocks from Hazratullah Zazai (45) and Najibullah Zadran (44 not out) powered Afghanistan to a six-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the first T20 International of the three-match series in Harare on Saturday.
For Africa's Test-playing nations, administrative turmoil has defined the dying days of the 2010s.
On Thursday, Sri Lanka Cricket announced that India's limited overs tour in June-July was postponed indefinitely.
Hasan Mahmud grabbed the spotlight with a three-wicket burst in the first session, which rocked a famed batting line-up comprising heavyweights Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill.
hree run outs cost Zimbabwe dear as they slumped to a 108-run loss and a 2-1 series defeat to Pakistan in the third one-day international at Harare Sports Club on Saturday.
PCB Cricket Committee to take decisions on splitting captaincy, inviting applications for new coach
The head of Pakistani cricket has taken the unusual step of writing directly to the team management, expressing his disgust with the humiliating 140-run defeat to India in the triangular series in Bangladesh. Ashraf singled out wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal, describing his performance as "pathetic".
However, during the Chennai Test, Shakib's performance with the bat was underwhelming, and he conceded over six runs an over in the 21 overs he bowled and questions arose about a possible finger issue.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is not expected to bow to demands that the Zimbabwe national board be banned but the organisation is set to discuss a possible suspension for the country's limited-overs side. The Board of Control for Cricket in India is opposed to the Zimbabwe board being suspended.
There were reports that the ICC could forbid Afghanistan from participating in the showpiece event if the team decides to play under the Taliban flag amid the ongoing turmoil in the country.
Former West Indies pacer Ian Bishop believes that the Indian Premier League has democratised cricket for many countries by providing players from smaller nations an opportunity to lock horns with the top cricketers from around the world.
With franchise cricket taking over a major part of the calender, MCC called for urgent intervention to save international cricket.
'Pakistan will return home this week. India too will go back home after playing the semi-final as they too aren't that good.'
The International Cricket Council failed to reach a decision on taking any action against the troubled Zimbabwe board at its annual conference in Dubai on Thursday. Divided over calls to suspend the Zimbabwe board, the ICC executive board pushed the debate into Friday after failing to find a solution at the end of its scheduled two-day meeting.
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