Lahore: ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 finalists Australia and New Zealand have retained the top two positions on theMRF Tyres ICC ODI Team Rankings following the annual update. Results from 2012-13 have been dropped, while results from 2014-15 have been reduced to a weighting of 50 per cent. Australia, ... Read More »
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Feed SubscriptionICC announces the teams of the tournament for the men’s and women’s World T20
Lahore: The ICC today announced the teams of the tournament for the men’s and women’s ICC World Twenty20 2016, which finished at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday. The teams were chosen by a select group of former cricket stars and highly respected commentators* who were given the task of ... Read More »
Shane Watson retires as number-one ranked T20I all-rounder
Lahore: Four of the top five sides on the MRF Tyres ICC T20I Rankings will feature in the semi-finals of the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016, which will be played in Delhi and Mumbai on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. Number-one ranked India will go head to head with third-ranked West ... Read More »
Taskin Ahmed suspension upheld by Judicial Commissioner
Lahore: The International Cricket Council today announced that Taskin Ahmed’s suspension from bowling in international cricket has been upheld, following a review hearing conducted by a Judicial Commissioner. Taskin was reported as having a suspected illegal bowling action by the match officials in Bangladesh’s opening match of the ICC World ... Read More »
ICC approves replacement in Pakistan women’s squad for the World Twenty20
Lahore: The ICC has confirmed that the Event Technical Committee of the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016 has approved Ayesha Zafar as a replacement player for Javeria Wadood in Pakistan women’s squad for the tournament. Javeria was injured while batting during Pakistan’s opening match against the West Indies in Chennai ... Read More »
ICC announces umpire and match referee appointments for World T20
Lahore: The International Cricket Council today named a 31-member match officials’ team for the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016, which runs from 8 March to 3 April. The strong Playing Control Team includes all the seven and 12 members of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees and Emirates ... Read More »
ICC issues U19 Cricket World Cup fact sheet
Lahore: Cricket’s finest young talent will be on display when the 11th edition of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup is played across four cities in Bangladesh from 27 January to 14 February 2016. The tournament, now a full-fledged biennial marquee event after taking its first tentative steps in 1988, ... Read More »
ICC provisionally suspends Yasir Shah for breaching Anti-Doping Code
Lahore: The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced that Pakistan’s bowler Yasir Shah has been charged with an anti-doping rule violation under the ICC Anti-Doping Code. The sample Yasir provided in an in-competition test, which was conducted on 13 November 2015, was found to contain the presence of chlortalidone, a Prohibited ... Read More »
ICC issues latest Test Players ranking,England’s Joe Root stood first
Lahore: Kane Williamson is now just two steps away from the top spot in the ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen, which were released after the conclusion of the Dunedin and Hobart Tests. Williamson has earned the rise to third place, just three points off South Africa’s AB de Villiers, ... Read More »
ICC announces schedule of U19 Cricket World Cup 2016
Lahore: The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced the schedule of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2016, which will be held across eight venues in four Bangladesh cities from 27 January to 14 February 2016. Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Dhaka and Sylhet will share 48 matches between them during the ... Read More »