Category: CRICKET
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ICC announces unchanged elite umpiring panel for 2016-2017 season
Dubai, 8 June 2016: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced an unchanged Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires for the 2016-17, season, following the annual review and selection process. The decision was made by the ICC Umpires Selection Panel consisting of Chairman and ICC General Manager – Cricket, Geoff Allardice, ICC Chief Match Referee…
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Outcomes from ICC Cricket Committee meeting
Dubai, June 3, 2016: The ICC Cricket Committee concluded its two-day meeting at Lord’s on Wednesday. The ICC Cricket Committee makes recommendations on cricket playing issues to the ICC Chief Executives’ Committee and, if it is a policy matter, the ICC Board for approval and comprises representatives of many stakeholder groups involved in the modern…
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India to start ICC Champions Trophy title defence against Pakistan as event schedule announced with one year to go
Dubai, 1 June 2016: India will launch its ICC Champions Trophy title defence against traditional rival Pakistan when the two Asian powerhouses go head to head at Edgbaston, Birmingham, on 4 June 2017. The 18-day tournament will run from 1 to 18 June 2017 and will also see matches played at the Cardiff Wales Stadium…
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Hero Motorcorp extends Title Sponsorship of Hero Caribbean Premier League until 2018
St. Lucia, May 31, 2016: Hero MotoCorp Ltd (HMCL), the world’s largest two-wheeler manufacturer, today extended its Title Sponsorship of the popular Caribbean Premier League (CPL) for another three years. With this extension, the mega cricketing event will continue to be called the ‘Hero Caribbean Premier League’ until the 2018 season. The New Delhi (India)-headquartered…
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ICC announces Claire Furlong as General Manager – Strategic Communications
Dubai, May 15, 2016: The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced that Claire Furlong has been appointed as the organisation’s General Manager – Strategic Communications. She will take up her position on 17 July. Ms Furlong is currently Head of Sport at Hanover Sport with clients including England and Wales Cricket Board, NFL and Asian…
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Dravid and Jayawardena appointed to ICC Cricket Committee
Dubai, May 13, 2016: Former India captain Rahul Dravid and ex-Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardena have been appointed to the ICC Cricket Committee, adding even more cricketing experience to the list of eminent people already on the committee. Dravid and Jayawardena have played 1,161 international matches between them from 1996 to 2015, and each has…
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Marylebone Cricket Club releases first ever Laws of Cricket app
May 12, 2016: Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has released the first ever Laws of Cricket app. Free to download, ‘MCC Laws of Cricket’ includes easily digestible explanations of each Law, new imagery and animations and a special Laws quiz. MCC is the Guardian of the Laws and Spirit of Cricket, and all 42 Laws of…
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Shashank Manohar elected unopposed as independent ICC Chairman
Dubai, 12 May 2016: Shashank Manohar has been elected by the Board unanimously and unopposed as the Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) following the ICC Full Council’s approval of constitutional amendments proposed by the Board following its April meeting. Shashank Manohar, who on Tuesday resigned as the President of the Board of Control…
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ICC withdraws disciplinary proceedings against Kusal Perera under ICC Anti-Doping Code after Qatar Laboratory withdraws original Adverse Analytical Finding
Dubai, May 11, 2016: The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced that it has withdrawn disciplinary charges against Sri Lanka batsman Kusal Perera and lifted the provisional suspension previously imposed on him. Perera is, therefore, now free to return to domestic and international cricket without restriction and with immediate effect. The ICC has made the…
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Outcomes from ICC Board and committee meetings
Dubai, April 25, 2016: The ICC Board held its second meeting of 2016 at the ICC Headquarters in Dubai on 24 April. Among the decisions made and reports received were: ICC World Twenty20 India 2016 The Board congratulated the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) for completing an unprecedented treble by winning the ICC U19 Cricket…