Category: CRICKET
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BCB and PCB advise ICC that Bangladesh confirms tour of Pakistan
Dubai-April 15, 2012: The ICC Board were informed today that the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have agreed the Bangladesh tour of Pakistan will take place and will involve one One-Day International and one Twenty20 International to be held in Lahore. The ICC Board, having due regard to its duty of…
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ICC to host first-ever curator workshop in Dubai
Dubai, April 10, 2012: The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced the details of the first-ever curator workshop, to be held in Dubai on 11 and 12 April, covering a wide range of issues involved in pitch preparation. The workshop will be attended by the head curators and turf managers of all the 10 Full…
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England holds on to number-one Test ranking
Dubai, April 07, 2012: England will start its domestic international season next month as the number-one ranked Test side in the Reliance ICC Test Championship after retaining the top spot following its eight wickets victory over Sri Lanka in the Colombo Test as the two-Test series ended in a one-all draw on Saturday test ranking.…
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Hussey, Ponting and Sammy champion ICC Think Wise partnership in the Caribbean
Dubai, April 07, 2012: ICC Think Wise partnership, Cricket stars Mike Hussey and Ricky Ponting of Australia and Darren Sammy of the West Indies, along with members of their respective squads, have taken part in coaching clinics with local children in Barbados as part of the ICC’s global Think Wise campaign, a partnership that aims to…
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Dilshan found guilty of breaching ICC Code of Conduct
Dubai, April 06, 2012: Dilshan found guilty, Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan has been fined 10 per cent of his match fee after being found guilty of breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the second Test between his side and England at the P Sara Oval, Colombo on Thursday. Dilshan was charged with a Level…
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Jeff Crowe to complete half-century of Tests as match referee
Dubai – April 06, 2012: Jeff Crowe will become the fifth member of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees to complete a half-century of Tests. Mr Crowe will achieve the milestone on Saturday when he takes the field for the coin toss in Bridgetown for the first Test between the West Indies and…
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14th National Veteran Senior Cricket Cup, Faisalabad Veteran Beat Textile Tigers
Lahore-Pakistan, April 02, 2012: 14th National Veteran Senior Cricket Cup match Faisalabad VS Textile Tigers played at Ali Garh Cricket Ground. Faisalabad batting first 329/4 after 30 overs. Muhammad Shakeeb batting well 163 runs not out, Ejaz Ahmad Junior 75, Ejaz Mehmood 63 & Muhammad Atif 22 runs not out. Textile Tigers bowling Maqsood Ali…
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ICC World Twenty20 tickets go on global sale today
Colombo, March 30, 2012: Twenty20 tickets, The global sale of tickets for the ICC World Twenty20 2012 Sri Lanka began at 9am GMT this morning with demand expected to be high for the first ICC World Twenty20 to be held in Asia. A maximum of four tickets can be purchased by each person for the…
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De Villiers and Clarke become number-one ranked Test batsmen
Dubai, March 30, 2012: South Africa’s AB de Villiers has reached the number-one batting position for the first time in his career where he has been joined by Australia captain Michael Clarke in the latest Reliance ICC Player Rankings which were released on Friday. De Villiers’ move to the top of the batting chart is…
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Sharad Pawar thanks the ECB and volunteers for making Twenty20 Qualifier a “fantastic success”
Dubai, March 25, 2012: ICC President Sharad Pawar has thanked the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) for hosting a fantastic ICC World Twenty Qualifier UAE 2012, for the second successive time. He added that the success of the tournament will ensure that cricket continues to be well supported in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Mr Pawar said:…