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The ICC has received complaints from many associate cricket boards and players about the lack of funding received from the apex board. Such complaints have generally fallen on deaf years. Without adequate funding, many nations which have not yet been granted ODI status have not been able to play international matches frequently. These countries cannot […]
One of the major pioneers of cricket will get a permanent memorial at Lord’s with a gate to be newly named after Rachel Heyhoe Flint. The MCC will commission and unveil the gate in the summer of 2022. The North Gate by Wellington Road which is close to the tube station at St John’s Wood […]
Dr. Najibullah Soomro, a doctor based in Perth, has been appointed by the PCB as the chief medical officer of its sports medicine department. After his appointment by the PCB, Dr. Soomro is expected to arrive in Lahore in September to take charge – he will be based at the PCB’s National High-performance Centre in […]
Pakistan will host New Zealand for the first time in 18 years as confirmed by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on August 5. On the tour of Pakistan in September, New Zealand are due to play three one-day internationals and five T20 internationals. Chris Cairns Led New Zealand on the Last Tour in 2003 New […]
A recurring stress fracture in the right elbow has ruled Jofra Archer out of the game for the rest of 2021. Pain in the elbow caused the England paceman to return home from the tour of India at the start of 2021. He was also unable to take part in the IPL and had to […]
England have had to leave all-rounder Ben Stokes out of the Test squad for the five-match series versus India that began on 4 August after the star cricketer announced that he wanted an indefinite break from the game. Stokes, who has been nursing an injured left index finger, cited mental well-being concerns as a reason […]
With a worldwide audience of 177 million, the WTC final between India and New Zealand in Southampton in June was the most-watched among all the series comprising the inaugural World Test Championship, according to a statement by the ICC. Live Viewership of 133 Million The Test match that took place between June 18 and 23 […]
Australia are set for their first tour of Bangladesh since 2017. Ahead of the tour, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has laid out stringent bio-bubble measures. Earlier, a countrywide lockdown was announced by the Bangladesh government to last from 23 July to 5 August after a surge of COVID-19 cases. Australia were due to tour […]
Prithvi Shaw and Suryakumar Yadav are reported to have left Sri Lanka for England on 3 August. The players were added to the Indian squad – as replacements for the injured Washington Sundar and Shubman Gill — for the Test series beginning on 4 August. Using an exemption for elite sportspersons, the duo will be […]
COVID-19 restrictions reduced the Indian squad to nine players in the last two games of the series. Following a positive test for COVID-19 returned by Krunal Pandya, eight more cricketers were identified as close contacts of the all-rounder by the medical team of the BCCI. The eight players were advised to isolate. In a move […]
The Indian team was re-joined on Saturday in Durham by reserve batsmen Easwaran wicketkeeper Saha and bowling coach Bharath Arun, after they had completed a quarantine of 10 days in keeping with the Covid-19 protocols in the UK. According to those protocols, the three players had to complete the quarantine period in London while the […]
In a development guaranteed to bring great relief to the Indian team in England, they were rejoined by their regular keeper-batsman Rishabh Pant after he had recovered from COVID-19 and completed his mandatory quarantine period. In keeping with UK guidelines, Pant underwent a heart test and a COVID-19 test on 26 July after his 10-day […]
Australia and New Zealand will co-host the T20 World Cup 2021. The ICC has announced the T20 World Cup schedule 2021 with a full list of fixtures including the time and venue of each match. Competition to Start on 18 October and End on 15 November The competition will have 45 matches beginning on 18 […]
A gender pay dispute that had erupted a few days before the launch of the Hundred threatened to overshadow the new flagship tournament. According to the media, disappointment was expressed by several female cricketers contracted to play in the Hundred at the ECB’s failure to provide support to part-time cricketers who would be unable to […]
Sandeep Lamichhane, the leg spinner from Nepal, was contracted to play for the Oval Invincibles in the inaugural edition of the Hundred. However, the Nepalese cricketer will not be able to play in the new hundred-ball format game due to visa issues. The Nepalese cricketer is reportedly waiting for a “clean answer” from the ECB. […]