BCCI has inked the apparel and merchandise deal with MPL, replacing Nike.
The Indian cricket board (BCCI) is likely to haul up discarded Karun Nair and Murali Vijay and seek an explanation from them about their comments on the 'communication policy' of the MSK Prasad-led national selection committee.
The new ICC chief said India had agreed to the contract with the GCC.
However, Faul did not reveal if any player returned a positive result.
Jos Buttler will captain the team for the Caribbean tour, with Gus Atkinson, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Sam Curran and Liam Livingstone featuring in the ODI group from the showpiece event.
Cricket South Africa (CSA) has named Dean Elgar in the list of its contracted players, in place of the retired Test captain Graeme Smith.
All-rounder Jacob Oram has opted out of his New Zealand Cricket (NZC) central contract to focus on his professional Twenty20 career.
If you you don't know anything about the BCCI's contract system, here's a know-how by Aslam Hunani and Ashish Narsale about the moolah the BCCI pays cricketers. Also, what the players make from the IPL.
Sandeep Lamichhane on Sunday became the first cricketer from Nepal to land an Indian Premier League contract when he was bought by Delhi Daredevils in the ongoing players' auction in Bengaluru.
Shoaib Akhtar's previous contract in the 'A' category was cancelled after he was banned for taking banned steroid.
Almost three weeks after Graham Ford turned down the offer to coach the Indian cricket team, the Board of Control for Cricket in India added a new angle to the embarrassing episode with Board president Sharad Pawar disclosing that the South African w
The decision came after the ace Indian off-spinner informed the county that his injured finger is still swollen and painful.
All-rounder Abdul Razzaq has become the first Pakistani player to fetch an Indian Premier League contract this year, signing up with Deccan Chargers.
Fast bowlers Nathan Bracken and Stuart Clark and batsmen Brad Hodge along with David Hussey and wicketkeeper Graham Manou have been dropped from the new contract list announced by Cricket Australia in Melbourne on Wednesday.
International cricket will gingerly ease out of a 117-day shutdown in Southampton next week but the scars of the COVID-19 pandemic will be clearly evident at the Ageas Bowl. An encounter between the fourth and eighth ranked teams in Test cricket is hardly a pinnacle but England's series against West Indies could offer a glimpse into a future where the game plods on under the shadow of the new coronavirus.
Royal Challengers Bangalore announced former Zimbabwe captain Andy Flower as their head coach for IPL 2024.
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.
South African captain Graeme Smith is reportedly unhappy with Cricket South Africa's (CSA) announcement of player contracts as it has been difficult for some of the players to handle.
The Mumbai Congress made the announcement on their Twitter page.
Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc hinted at a players' strike for the upcoming Ashes, the lucrative five-Test series against England which starts in November.
The long injury-induced lay-offs of players including Sachin Tendulkar and Laxmipathy Balaji have prompted the BCCI to consider tightening loose ends.
They have been offered players contracts in Group 'C' with a retainership of Rs. 20 lakhs each.
FICA Chief Executive Tim May confirmed that he is ready to recommend to the players that they could enter the agreement.
Former BCCI president N K P Salve and five former cricketers, including Kapil Dev, have challenged the contracts on the ground that they impose unreasonable conditions on Indian players.
Chris Jordan, who previously had an increment deal, was not awarded a contract of any kind, despite being England's leading wicket-taker of all time in men's Twenty20 Internationals.
Banned former captains Mohammad Yousuf, Younus Khan and Shoaib Malik, as well as maverick pacer Shoaib Akhtar, were dropped from the list of players awarded central contracts by the Pakistan Cricket Board. The PCB, however, gave central contracts to Shahid Afridi, Kamran Akmal and Umar Akmal, who were fined after a probe into Pakistan's disastrous tour of Australia in January-February.
For the world's women cricketers, financial parity with their male counterparts remains a distant dream but India's decision to boost the pay packets of its top female players is further evidence that the winds of change are blowing through the game.
A graded system of payments is being introduced from this season.
Pakistan would continue with the system of central contracts for its players except for those with fitness or bowling action problems
Players will undergo temperature checks and observe social distancing guidelines as laid out by the government. With dressing rooms, players and support staff will need to arrive in full kit for training.
The Pakistan fast bowler signed the central contract with the PCB after it revised some clauses in view of his prior commitments.
The legendary Inzamam-ul Haq has resigned as chairman of the national selection committee after the Pakistan Cricket Board initiated an inquiry to probe if his association with a company that manages a number of the national team's players pertains to conflict of interest.
Wayne Parnell, aged 19, became the youngest South African cricketer to be awarded central contracts by the cricket board on Tuesday.
The PCB cannot guarantee a central contract for the fast bowler because his fitness is still a doubt.
A report in the UK's Telegraph newspaper quoted an official from the Federation of International Cricketers Association (FICA) as saying that the BCCI is yet to disburse the runner-up prize money of the global event, which was held in February-March last year.
Under the new arrangements players will receive an annual salary plus match fees and winning bonuses.
Experienced Test opener Simon Katich has not been awarded one of Australia's 25 central contracts for the next season, Cricket Australia said on Tuesday.
The 49-year-old announced his retirement at the age of 31, in 2005. Streak still remains the only Zimbabwe bowler with more than 100 Test and over 200 ODI wickets.
Former India captain and team director Ravi Shastri said Cheteshwar Pujara, who was not picked up by any of the teams for this year's Indian Premier League, deserves to be compensated handsomely as a reward for his consistent contributions to the Test team's success this home season.
All contracted players should make themselves available for their respective states when not playing international cricket. This was one of the recommendations made by the Board of Control for Cricket in India's technical committee, headed by former captain Sunil Gavaskar, at its meeting at the Cricket Centre in Mumbai on Wednesday.
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