The International Cricket Committee (ICC) has reversed it’s decision allowing the associate nations to participate in the 2015 World Cup. According to the reversed decision, the world cup with contain 14 teams rather than the original 10 with 4 being associate nations. The format will now be similar to the 2011 World Cup in the that took place in the [...]
The ICC Chief Executives’ Committee has taken a huge step forward to spice up the ODI format as it changed many rules. Among the changes includes abolition of runners, use of new balls from both ends, and the restrictions for the batting and bowling powerplays. The abolition of runners would bring to end the usage [...]
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has said that it will support the recommendations made by the ICC cricket committee regarding the Decision Review System (DRS). This stance is the exact opposite to the Indian Cricket Board’s (BCCI) stance. The PCB however said that it opposes the proposal to end the rotation policy for ICC Presidency and also [...]
The draft of the Future Tour Programme (FTP) has been released. According to it, major cricket teams have more Test series lined up. The draft is for the years 2012 to 2020. According to the schedule England, Australia and India are to play the maximum number of Tests followed by Sri Lanka and South Africa. [...]
Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) vice president, Niranjan Shah said that the Decision Review System (DRS) is unreliable and that the technology is very expensive. He said that the technology offers marginal gains and that is not error free. The comments come a day before the ICC’s annual board conference in Honk [...]
International Cricket Council (ICC) chief Haroon Lorgat has named the Decision Review System (DRS), and the format for the 2015 World Cup as the top of the agenda during the ICC’s annual board meet in Hong Kong this month. The conference begins on Sunday (24th June) and goes on for five days. The ICC International Cricket Committee [...]
Former Cricket South Africa President, Norman Arendse has said that the ICC was not arm twisted by the BCCI to ban the Indian Cricket League (ICL). Norman Arendse was a board member of the ICC during the time when ICL was termed as a ‘rebel league’. He said that the BCCI did not force exert [...]
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is likely to protest against the exclusion of Pakistani teams from the Champions League T20 (CLT20). The schedule and format was announced yesterday with a new qualifying round. No team from Pakistan was invited for the tournament. PCB is said to raise the issue in this month’s annual board meet that is to take place in Hong [...]
India’s star batsman, Sachin Tendulkar who is often said to be associated with the stance of opposing the Decision Review System (DRS) has reiterated his views saying that he is not against the DRS. Tendulkar said that he feels that the DRS is the way forward and that he wasn’t opposed to it’s usage. However he [...]
Mohammud Amir who was banned by the ICC (International Cricket Committee) for 5 years from participating in cricket has landed himself in yet another controversy as he has breached the ban. Amir played for Addington in Surrey’s First League Division match against St. Luke’s CC. he was instrumental in Addington’s 81 run win. Amir opened the innings [...]
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