Tag: ICC

  • Results of ICC Cricket Committee meeting at Lord’s

    Results of ICC Cricket Committee meeting at Lord’s

    London, June 01, 2012: The ICC Cricket Committee held its annual meeting at the Lord’s Cricket Ground in London on 30 and 31 May. A wide range of issues were discussed during the two day meeting including: Twenty20 strategy The ICC Cricket Committee continued the important strategic discussions which are ongoing and have previously been…

  • Media accreditation opens for ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2012

    Media accreditation opens for ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2012

    Dubai, June 01, 2012: ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2012, The media accreditation process for all members of the media intending to cover the ICC U/19 Cricket World Cup 2012 is now open. Members of the media who wish to carry out their work at the event are urged to submit the attached application form…

  • Sri Lanka swings into ICC World Twenty20 2012

    Sri Lanka swings into ICC World Twenty20 2012

    Dubai, May 30, 2012: ICC World Twenty20 2012 hosts Sri Lanka will begin its preparation for the upcoming global event that begins on 18 September when it takes on Pakistan later this week in a two-match Twenty20 International series in Hambantota. The two teams will be keen to get some good match practice ahead of…

  • ICC Cricket Committee to meet at Lord’s on Wednesday and Thursday

    ICC Cricket Committee to meet at Lord’s on Wednesday and Thursday

    London, May 28, 2012: The ICC Cricket Committee will hold its annual meeting at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London on 30 and 31 May. A wide range of issues will be discussed during the two day meeting including Twenty20 strategy, the annual review of the Decision Review System (DRS) and the format of ODI cricket.…

  • No 1 ranked Chanderpaul extends his advantage over de Villiers

    No 1 ranked Chanderpaul extends his advantage over de Villiers

    Dubai, May 22 2012: de Villiers, A maiden 10-wicket haul by England fast bowler Stuart Broad has given him a career-best ranking in the latest Reliance ICC Player Rankings which were released a day after England beat the West Indies by five wickets at Lord’s, to go 1-0 up in the three-Test series. Broad recorded…

  • Strauss receives Reliance ICC Test Championship mace

    Strauss receives Reliance ICC Test Championship mace

    London, May 16, 2012: England captain Andrew Strauss on Wednesday received the prestigious Reliance ICC Test Championship mace for leading the team that finished on top of the Reliance ICC Test Championship table on the annual cut-off date of 1 April. Clive Lloyd, chairman of the ICC Cricket Committee and former West Indies captain, presented…

  • Cricket: Kenya-Namibia fixtures postponed

    Cricket: Kenya-Namibia fixtures postponed

    Dubai, May 16, 2012: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed that next month’s fixtures between Kenya and Namibia in Kenya have been postponed. Nairobi Gymkhana was to host the four-day ICC Intercontinental Cup match between the two sides from 6-9 June, followed by two 50-over-a-side Pepsi ICC World Cricket League Championship matches on 11…

  • ICC Board proposes David Richardson for post of Chief Executive

    ICC Board proposes David Richardson for post of Chief Executive

    Dubai, May 10, 2012: The ICC Board will recommend to the ICC Annual Conference that David Richardson, the ICC General Manager – Cricket, succeeds Haroon Lorgat as the ICC Chief Executive Officer. The ICC Nominations Committee met in Mumbai at the weekend to interview four ‘outstanding candidates’ for the Chief Executive’s role and on Thursday…

  • Chanderpaul back on top of the world after nearly four years

    Chanderpaul back on top of the world after nearly four years

    Dubai, April 29, 2012: West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has regained the number-one ranking in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen after hitting two half-centuries in the Dominica Test which Australia won by 75 runs to claim the series 2-0. The series victory put Michael Clarke’s side ahead of India in third position…

  • Bangladesh Cricket Board yesterday postponed its national team’s tour of Pakistan

    Bangladesh Cricket Board yesterday postponed its national team’s tour of Pakistan

    Dakka-Bangladesh, April 20, 2012: Bangladesh Cricket Board, Bangladesh was scheduled to tour Pakistan, which has been a no-go land for international cricket teams since the 2009 terror attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore. The Tigers were to play a one-day international and a Twenty20 match on April 29 and April 30. BCB’s…