Sixteen Zimbabwe players have signed contracts that make them available for selection
Zimbabwe's players began a strike over unpaid wages on December 22.
'Ravi Shastri's contract has ended. We are looking at a full-time coach.'
Collingwood 'amazed' by questions about Root's captaincy
Pakistan awarded new central contracts to 26 players on Tuesday.
Flower had joined the Australian camp as consultant ahead of the World Test Championship final against India last month.
Speaking on the sidelines of the WTC Final, Kiwi great Ross Taylor said players need to be paid adequately to continue playing international cricket.
BCCI cleared India speedster Mohammed Shami's central contract after its Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) exonerated him of corruption charges levelled by his wife Hasin Jahan.
Opener Mayank Agarwal has been added to the squad.
England's county cricketers will forgo 1 million pounds ($1.24 million) in prize money and take pay cuts in April and May to help protect the domestic game during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Professional Cricketers' Association (PCA) has said. England's centrally contracted men's players have already donated an initial 500,000 pounds to the ECB and selected good causes,
The Bharat Army has pungent retorts for the Barmy Army.
Former captain Michael Vaughan, who stood down during this year's series defeat by South Africa, is among 12 players given central contracts, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Tuesday.
The Australian team may have been on decline since he took over as the coach but Tim Nielsen continues to have the backing of the country's board, which today extended his contract until the 2011 World Cup. Nielsen's contract was due to expire after the 2009 Ashes tour of England and Cricket Australia (CA) said it is "delighted to have retained his services for the next three years".
Sri Lankan Cricket on Sunday headed towards a major crisis with the Board deciding to dump 23 of its top players from international cricket until they sign on the contentious contract terms, which also cast a shadow on their participation in the IPL starting next month.
Out of form spinner Monty Panesar and Ian Bell are among the six English cricketers, who are set to take off the list of England's centrally-contracted players when the new deals are announced in the next 15 days.
Kevin Pietersen rubber-stamped his return to the England set-up by signing a full central contract with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), reports AFP.
Pujara already has a three-year contract with Yorkshire and is set to play there again.
ZC and ZPCA asserted there was no problem on the issue of three cricketers, whose contracts have been withdrawn.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Thursday announced enhanced annual retainership amounts for a pool of 33 players, with top grade cricketers being offered a whopping Rs 60 lakh each.
'Falsehoods can harm reputations and create unnecessary confusion. Let's prioritise accuracy and rely on credible sources'
Justin Langer got a 'probing delivery' on his possible future as coach of the Indian national team but the former Australian opener like his playing days, judged it perfectly and left the one bowled on the "corridor of uncertainty".
Now that M Shahrukh Khan has landed a lucrative IPL contract, the Tamil Nadu all-rounder said he would not be bogged down by the price tag.
Bangladesh have extended the contract of their Australian coach Dav Whatmore until 2007.
New Zealand Cricket Players' Association boss Heath Mills has advised Daniel Vettori and Scott Styris not to sign the Indian Premier League contracts offered to them.
'Kuldeep is perhaps one of the best in the world at the moment. He should have been promoted to Grade A.'
There is speculation that the 13th IPL, which was suspended indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, might be conducted in October-November if the T20 World Cup in Australia is postponed.
PCB supremo Zaka Ashraf in his desperate bid to do damage control after indirectly terming India "enemy nation", hailed the warm reception that was accorded to the Pakistani team.
Hardik Pandya will be aiming to build on the rich legacy of his predecessor Rohit Sharma when he begins his Mumbai Indians captaincy stint in the IPL 2024 match against Gujarat Titans, a team that the star all-rounder himself marshalled over last two seasons, in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Cricket South Africa will appoint a team manager, who will select his own coaching staff and captains in the three formats of the game.
If KL Rahul leads Lucknow Super Giants to their maiden IPL title, he will automatically be rewarded with a spot in the Indian team for the T20 World Cup, reckons head coach Justin Langer, who wants his team's national hopefuls to "concentrate" on doing well for the franchise first.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board has offered 17 players a contract including six for the first time, the BCB said at a news conference on Saturday. Mahmudullah Riayd, Nazmul Hossain, Naeem Islam, Mahbubul Alam, Imrul Kayes and Rubel Hossain will join 11 cricketers already contracted with the BCB.
The Cricket World Cup Contracts Committee will discuss whether the altered contracts will be accepted, ICC corporate affairs manager Brendan McClements said.
Batsman Alastair Cook and left-arm spinner Monty Panesar have been awarded 12-month central contracts after impressive starts to their England careers this year.
Wahab Riaz has conveyed to the head coach Misbah ul haq that he is ready to make a return to Test cricket if his services are required
A protracted contract dispute between Sri Lanka Cricket and its players has reached boiling point just weeks before India are due to tour there.
The new ICC chief said India had agreed to the contract with the GCC.
27 Bangladesh cricketers will be donating half their monthly salaries to fight the pandemic.
Shoaib Akhtar's previous contract in the 'A' category was cancelled after he was banned for taking banned steroid.
All-rounder Jacob Oram has opted out of his New Zealand Cricket (NZC) central contract to focus on his professional Twenty20 career.
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