Category: CRICKET
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Isaac hails Australia’s decision to play Afghanistan
Dubai, July 02, 2012: ICC President Alan Isaac has welcomed the news that Australia will play its first-ever game against ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 qualifier Afghanistan in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) next month. Speaking in Dublin where he will watch Afghanistan play Ireland, Mr Isaac said: “This fixture supports ICC’s initiative to…
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Fans get opportunity to decide on dressing room images
Dubai, July 01, 2012: Cricket fans across the world will have the chance to decide which images will be used to decorate the team dressing room walls at the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012. Albums of all 20 teams, 12 men’s and 8 women’s, have been uploaded onto the albums section of the ICC’s…
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Aleem Dar becoming only seventh umpire
London, June 30, 2012: Aleem Dar of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires was yesterday honoured for becoming only the seventh umpire in the history of the sport to officiate in 150 ODIs when he took the field for the five-ODI series opener between England and Australia at Lord’s on Friday. To mark the…
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ICC Annual Conference in Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 28, 2012: Chief Executive, The ICC Annual Conference was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, today and the results of the Annual Conference were: ICC President and Chief Executive Alan Isaac, the former Chairman of New Zealand Cricket, was inaugurated as the eighth President of the International Cricket Council in succession to…
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Results of the ICC Board meeting in Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia, June 27, 2012: The ICC Board met on 26 and 27 June during the ICC Annual Conference week in Kuala Lumpur. Among the decisions made and reports received were: Promotion of Cricket After receiving detailed match data and consumer research, the Board agreed with ICC’s Chief Executives’ Committee (CEC) that there…
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Associates and Affiliates elect Board representatives
Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia, June 26, 2012: Board representatives, The Associate Members and Affiliate regional representatives of the International Cricket Council met on Monday in Kuala Lumpur and elected their representatives to sit on the ICC Board for the next two years. Of the five candidates who stood, the current representatives Neil Speight (Bermuda), Imran…
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ICC CWC 2015 qualification, 4-day competition
Dubai, June 25, 2012: ICC CWC 2015, Six of the eight teams that are currently part of the Pepsi ICC WCL Championship and ICC Intercontinental Cup are turning their attention in the coming weeks to the longer formats of the game with the upcoming fourth round fixtures of the two tournaments. Ireland is hosting Afghanistan…
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Results of the ICC Chief Executives’ meeting
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 25, 2012: ICC Chief Executive, The ICC Chief Executives’ Committee (CEC) met in Kuala Lumpur on 24 and 25 June 2012. Among the decisions and recommendations made were: Decision Review System (DRS) CEC recommended to the Board the universal application of the DRS after being satisfied with the technology enhancements provided…
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ICC World T20 trophies continue global tour
ICC Media Release, Trent Bridge, June 24, 2012: Stuart Broad, England’s Twenty20 captain, and West Indies captain Darren Sammy were at Trent Bridge on Sunday (24 June) ahead of the sides’ Twenty20 International getting up close to the ICC World Twenty20 trophies. Broad was part of the victorious England team that won the ICC World…
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Sangakkara and Cook make upward movements
Dubai, June 24, 2012: Kumar Sangakkara and Alastair Cook have made impressive gains in the latest Reliance ICC Player Rankings for ODI batsmen which were released on Sunday after the completion of Sri Lanka-Pakistan and England-West Indies series, and the Ireland-Australia ODI that was washed out on Saturday in Belfast. Sangakkara is now ranked fourth…