Posts tagged International Cricket Council

Court summons PCB on Kaneria case

Jul 4th

KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday summoned cricket authorities to explain why they have not cleared leg-spinner Danish Kaneria to play after he was released without charge in a spot-fixing case.

Kaneria and fellow Essex bowler Mervyn Westfield…

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Sri Lanka Cricket Board dissolved

Jul 1st

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka”s sports minister dissolved the country”s cricket administration Friday amid allegations of corruption and mismanagement.

Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage will appoint an interim committee to run the sport, department spok…

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Pakistan slated to tour India in 2012

Jun 30th

MUMBAI: Pakistan have been pencilled in to tour India for a full series of Test and one-day cricket matches next year, in what would be a breakthrough in relations that were hit by the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks.

The International Cricket Council gove…

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No meddling: ICC tells governments

Jun 30th

HONG KONG: Cricket”s governing body on Thursday banned countries from appointing politicians to national cricket boards, vowing to free the sport from undue government influence.

The International Cricket Council told a media conference in Hong Kong …

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ICC bans government involvement in cricket boards

Jun 30th

The reform will be hugely controversial in Pakistan, where the president is the cricket board’s patron.

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ICC overturns World Cup minnows ban

Jun 28th

HONG KONG: World cricket”s governing body announced on Tuesday that four non-Test playing nations would compete in the next World Cup, in a U-turn of a controversial decision that had excluded the game”s minnows.

The International Cricket Council (I…

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FTP for 2012-2020 finalised at ICC meeting

Jun 28th

HONG KONG: England and Australia will play 10 back-to-back Ashes Tests as part of the new future tours program agreed by cricket”s world governing body on Monday.

Andrew Strauss”s side face Australia at home in the English summer of 2013 and the…

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Pakistan vows to defend rights at ICC meeting

Jun 26th

KARACHI: Pakistan”s cricket chief has vowed to safeguard his country”s rights after proposed constitutional changes by the game”s world governing body, which meets in Hong Kong from Sunday.

The two-day International Cricket Council (ICC) Execut…

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ICC set for fiery talks in Hong Kong

Jun 24th

HONG KONG: Cricket”s governing body is set for fierce battles over moves to scrap its rotating presidency and bar “minnow” nations from the next World Cup at annual talks in Hong Kong starting on Sunday.

Powerful India, whose huge revenues give it a …