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T20 cricket ``very likely`` to be included in 2028 Los Angeles Olympics: Report Cricket may well be on its way to a return in the Olympics fold, with the T20 format "very likely" to be included in the list of sports for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics Games. As per a report in The Guardian, men's and women's T20 cricket competitions will be eligible for winning medals at the Olympics. Notably, cricket's first and only appearance in the Olympics was through a one-off gold medal match in the 1900 Games in Paris. The report added that the curren...
T20 cricket ``very likely`` to be included in 2028 Los Angeles Olympics: Report
T20 cricket ``very likely`` to be included in 2028 Los Angeles Olympics: Report
Source: IANS
29/07/2023 11:29:32 AM
Bollywood star, cricket greats combine to launch World Cup campaign The International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) have joined forces to unveil a new campaign ahead of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup in India later this year. The 'It Takes One Day' campaign was launched in Mumbai on Thursday just 77 days out from the first match at this year's World Cup, with the campaign aiming to connect fans across the world to the ‘Navarasa’ which symbolises the nine emotions fans most commonly experience...
Bollywood star, cricket greats combine to launch World Cup campaign
Bollywood star, cricket greats combine to launch World Cup campaign
Source: IANS
20/07/2023 12:45:14 PM
Ganguly advises India to play fearless cricket to end ICC title drought  Former BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has advised the Indian team to play fearless cricket in order to end the long title drought at International Cricket Council (ICC) events. Fans had high hopes from India at the World Test Championship final, but they suffered a crushing defeat against Australia at The Oval. With another loss, India's prolonged hunt for their first ICC title since 2013 continues. After the Champions Trophy win in 2013, India have featured in four semifinals ...
Ganguly advises India to play fearless cricket to end ICC title drought
Ganguly advises India to play fearless cricket to end ICC title drought
Source: IANS
13/06/2023 5:32:10 PM
Gavaskar calls three demerit points for Indore Test wicket Legendary India batter Sunil Gavaskar was critical of the poor rating and three demerit points given to the pitch for third Test at Indore, and pointed out the first Test between Australia and South Africa in Brisbane in December last year. On Friday, just after Australia won by nine wickets to make four-game scoreline 2-1, the International Cricket Council (ICC), post a report submitted by match referee Chris Broad, rated the pitch as "poor" under its Pitch and Outfield Monitori...
Gavaskar calls three demerit points for Indore Test wicket
Gavaskar calls three demerit points for Indore Test wicket "little harsh", ponders over pitch for Ahmedabad
Source: IANS
4/03/2023 2:14:23 PM
Eight teams confirmed as automatic qualifiers for 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup The International Cricket Council on Tuesday confirmed eight teams have been identified as automatic qualifiers for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024, to be held in Bangladesh, after the end of the eighth edition of the tournament that saw Australia win their sixth title. As per the qualification process, the top three teams from each group earn direct qualification along with the hosts and the highest-ranked team outside of the six direct qualifiers from the 10-team tournament. Au...
Eight teams confirmed as automatic qualifiers for 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
Eight teams confirmed as automatic qualifiers for 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
Source: IANS
1/03/2023 2:24:44 PM
England's Scrivens named ICC Women's Player of the Month for January  The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday announced England's Grace Scrivens as the winner of the ICC Women's Player of the Month awards for January 2023. Scrivens became the youngest recipient of the ICC Women's Player of the Month award after starring in the first-ever ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup. A dominant figure with bat and ball throughout the tournament, her all-round performances saw her claim the Player of the Tournament prize. Equally, England'...
England's Scrivens named ICC Women's Player of the Month for January
England's Scrivens named ICC Women's Player of the Month for January
Source: IANS
13/02/2023 5:57:12 PM
Sky Sports to broadcast ICC tournaments in UK and Ireland until the end of 2031  Sky Sports will be broadcasting all International Cricket Council (ICC) tournaments in the UK and Ireland till the end of 2031 after signing a new eight-year deal with the cricket's world governing body. For the first time, there will be a direct contractual relationship between the ICC and Sky Sports. "We are delighted to partner with Sky Sports until 2031 as the home of ICC cricket in the UK and Ireland. For the first time the partnership will be a direct relationship w...
Sky Sports to broadcast ICC tournaments in UK and Ireland until the end of 2031
Sky Sports to broadcast ICC tournaments in UK and Ireland until the end of 2031
Source: IANS
28/01/2023 10:54:12 AM
U19 Women's T20 World Cup holds a lot of promise, can 'transform the landscape': Sachin Tendulkar Legendary India batter Sachin Tendulkar believes the inaugural edition of ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup in South Africa holds a lot of promise and has the potential to transform the landscape for women's cricket worldwide. The inaugural U19 Women's T20 World Cup is set to begin on January 14 with 16 teams vying to make history by becoming the first to get their hands on the coveted trophy. All 41 games will be played in Benoni and Potchefstroom, with the final to be held on Jan...
U19 Women's T20 World Cup holds a lot of promise, can 'transform the landscape': Sachin Tendulkar
U19 Women's T20 World Cup holds a lot of promise, can 'transform the landscape': Sachin Tendulkar
Source: IANS
13/01/2023 5:09:56 PM
India to play warm-up matches against Australia, Bangladesh ahead of U19 Women's T20 World Cup India will be playing warm-up matches against Australia and Bangladesh ahead of the inaugural edition of U19 Women's T20 World Cup, to be held in South Africa from January 14-29. As per the announcement from the International Cricket Council (ICC) on warm-up fixtures for all 16 teams, the matches will begin from January 9 and run for two days ahead of the first match of the tournament on January 14. India's first warm-up match is against Australia on January 9 at the Steyn City ...
India to play warm-up matches against Australia, Bangladesh ahead of U19 Women's T20 World Cup
India to play warm-up matches against Australia, Bangladesh ahead of U19 Women's T20 World Cup
Source: IANS
7/01/2023 4:27:30 PM
Look forward to strengthening our partnership with ICC in the years ahead: Disney Star Indian media conglomerate Disney Star expressed delight over retaining ICC Media Rights in the country for four years, saying they are looking forward to strengthening their partnership with the International Cricket Council (ICC) in coming years. The ICC on Saturday evening confirmed Disney Star will be the home of all ICC cricket action in India for the next four years after it won the TV and digital media rights of both men's and women's global events till the end of 2027. Di...
Look forward to strengthening our partnership with ICC in the years ahead: Disney Star
Look forward to strengthening our partnership with ICC in the years ahead: Disney Star
Source: IANS
28/08/2022 11:52:03 AM
Cricket-Disney Star to broadcast ICC events in India to end of 2027  Disney Star will broadcast International Cricket Council (ICC) events in India after bagging the digital rights to both men's and women's global competitions through to the end of 2027, the sport's governing body announced on Saturday. The ICC said in a statement  that Disney Star won the rights following a single round, sealed-bid process, adding that the deal had yielded a "significant uplift" to the rights fee from the previous cycle. The tender, bidd...
Cricket-Disney Star to broadcast ICC events in India to end of 2027
Cricket-Disney Star to broadcast ICC events in India to end of 2027
Source: Reuters
28/08/2022 9:42:22 AM
Root, Bairstow, Mitchell shortlisted for ICC Men's Player of the Month for June England batters Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root, and Daryl Mitchell of New Zealand were on Monday nominated as the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men's Player of the Month for June 2022. Bairstow, the stylish England batter, who struck a hundred against India in the rescheduled fifth Test at Birmingham, is enjoying a brilliant run with the bat in the longest format this year. In the three-match ICC World Test Championship series against New Zealand, Bairstow accumulated 394 runs at...
Root, Bairstow, Mitchell shortlisted for ICC Men's Player of the Month for June
Root, Bairstow, Mitchell shortlisted for ICC Men's Player of the Month for June
Source: IANS
5/07/2022 4:22:24 PM
Europe's emerging nations begin race to qualify for ICC T20 World Cup 2024 With the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 set to feature a record 20 teams, 28 European nations will kick-start the qualification series in three groups as part of the 'Sub-Regional Qualifiers' beginning later on Tuesday. The emerging nations are battling to earn one of eight places to be decided in regional qualifiers around the globe. The first European Sub-Regional Qualifiers (SRQ C) will be played in Belgium from Tuesday and feature eight teams -- Belgium, Denmark, Gibraltar...
Europe's emerging nations begin race to qualify for ICC T20 World Cup 2024
Europe's emerging nations begin race to qualify for ICC T20 World Cup 2024
Source: IANS
28/06/2022 4:04:17 PM
ICC head paints grim picture of Test cricket, says they'll get fewer in years to come Head of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Greg Barclay on Saturday painted a grim picture of Test cricket, saying there will be fewer five-day games played annually, and that he doesn't foresee women's Tests to "be part of the landscape moving forward". The New Zealander added that there's precious little the cricket's global governing body can do as ICC's events and T20 leagues across the world crowd the calendar. Barclay, who assumed charge of the I...
ICC head paints grim picture of Test cricket, says they'll get fewer in years to come
ICC head paints grim picture of Test cricket, says they'll get fewer in years to come
Source: IANS
4/06/2022 1:57:36 PM
Andrew Symonds' memorial service to be held on May 27 Townsville (Queensland), May 23 (IANS) The family of late Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds, who died in a single car crash on May 14 at the age of 46, has said that a memorial service for the legendary cricketer will take place at the Riverway Stadium here on May 27. A report in cricket.com.au said on Monday that Australian greats such as Ian Healy, Adam Gilchrist, Darren Lehmann, Jimmy Maher and former women's team head coach Matthew Mott will be among those who will speak at...
Andrew Symonds' memorial service to be held on May 27
Andrew Symonds' memorial service to be held on May 27
Source: IANS
23/05/2022 5:49:45 PM
New Australian women's interim cricket coach Nitschke rules out wholesale changes Melbourne, May 23 (IANS) Australian women's cricket team interim coach Shelley Nitschke has ruled out wholesale changes to the squad as it prepares for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and the tri-series against Ireland and Pakistan. Nitschke, who was appointed as an assistant to then head coach Matthew Mott in 2018, took charge of the women's side after the latter recently quit his job to become England men's white-ball coach. Nitschke said she will first try to as...
New Australian women's interim cricket coach Nitschke rules out wholesale changes
New Australian women's interim cricket coach Nitschke rules out wholesale changes
Source: IANS
23/05/2022 3:36:36 PM
India further cement lead at the top in ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings India have further cemented their position at the top of the ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings following the annual update released on Wednesday. The Rohit Sharma-led side's lead over England on the top of the charts has extended to five rating points, from one previously. "The new rankings reflect all T20I series completed since May 2019, with those completed prior to May 2021 weighted at 50 per cent and subsequent series weighted at 100 per cent," the International Cricket C...
India further cement lead at the top in ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings
India further cement lead at the top in ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings
Source: IANS
4/05/2022 3:11:22 PM
ICC launches '100 per cent Cricket Year of Women's Cricket' on Women's Day The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday launched the '100 per cent Cricket Year of Women's Cricket' campaign to coincide with the International Women's Day in order to further promote gender equality and empower women and girls through cricket. The global governing body for the sport said in a statement on Tuesday that, "The 100 per cent Cricket Year of Women's Cricket campaign has been introduced to help drive transformative change and be part of accele...
ICC launches '100 per cent Cricket Year of Women's Cricket' on Women's Day
ICC launches '100 per cent Cricket Year of Women's Cricket' on Women's Day
Source: IANS
8/03/2022 12:54:25 PM
Women's ODI World Cup: Teams can play matches even with nine fit players Teams at the women's ODI World Cup starting next week will be allowed to take the field even with nine fit players in case of a Covid-19 outbreak. According to reports from New Zealand, which will be hosting the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup from March 4-April 3, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed that female members of a team's support staff will be permitted to field in a match in the case of a significant Covid outbreak, with games to proceed so long as a ...
Women's ODI World Cup: Teams can play matches even with nine fit players
Women's ODI World Cup: Teams can play matches even with nine fit players
Source: IANS
24/02/2022 12:20:52 PM
IND v SA: Indian Test team, led by Virat Kohli, departs for South Africa The Indian Test cricket team, led by Virat Kohli, departed for South Africa early on Thursday morning to take part in a three-match series starting with a Boxing Day Test from December 26 in Centurion. The three Tests in Centurion, Johannesburg (January 3-7), and Cape Town (January 11-15) will be part of the ICC World Test Championship cycle from 2021 to 2023. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) shared pictures of team members Jasprit Bumrah, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane,...
IND v SA: Indian Test team, led by Virat Kohli, departs for South Africa
IND v SA: Indian Test team, led by Virat Kohli, departs for South Africa
Source: IANS
16/12/2021 5:02:20 PM
Treat bubble breach during T20 World Cup very seriously: ICC tells team managements The International Cricket Council (ICC) has placed the onus of any bio-bubble breach during the T20 World Cup on the team managements, but warned them that they should "treat it very seriously". "The ICC has sent out a detailed plan to every nation participating in the T20 World Cup, with a good understanding of the expectations of participant now established. It has placed the onus on the team management of each squad to ensure that expectations are met. "We're ...
Treat bubble breach during T20 World Cup very seriously: ICC tells team managements
Treat bubble breach during T20 World Cup very seriously: ICC tells team managements
Source: IANS
8/10/2021 2:44:10 PM
T20 World Cup venues to operate at 70 per cent fan capacity In a sign that things could be as close to normal as possible during the ICC T20 World Cup, scheduled to commence in the UAE and Oman later this month, the organisers have announced that all venues in the UAE will be "operating at approximately 70 per cent of maximum seated capacity", the International Cricket Council said on Monday. "In the UAE, all venues will be operating at approximately 70 per cent of maximum seated capacity, whilst Abu Dhabi has also introduced new soc...
T20 World Cup venues to operate at 70 per cent fan capacity
T20 World Cup venues to operate at 70 per cent fan capacity
Source: IANS
4/10/2021 2:20:11 PM
Shafali Verma, Sneh Rana nominated for ICC Player of the Month award Indian women cricket team players Shafali Verma and Sneha Rana were on Wednesday nominated for ICC Women's Player-of-the-Month award for June. Batter Shafali and all-rounder Sneh face competition for the award from England left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone, who too has been nominated. New Zealand's Devon Conway and Kyle Jamieson, who both were part of their country's series win over England as well as the World Test Championship (WTC) final win against India have been nomin...
Shafali Verma, Sneh Rana nominated for ICC Player of the Month award
Shafali Verma, Sneh Rana nominated for ICC Player of the Month award
Source: IANS
7/07/2021 2:37:07 PM
ICC begins process to identify hosts for white-ball events post 2023 The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday said it has commenced the process to identify the hosts for the men's white-ball events to be held post 2023, following the expansion to its event programme in the next cycle. The hosting of the ICC World Test Championship Final, the ICC women's and under-19 events in the new cycle will be determined in a separate process that will get underway later this year. Eight men's ODI and T20 events, comprising two ICC Men's Cric...
ICC begins process to identify hosts for white-ball events post 2023
ICC begins process to identify hosts for white-ball events post 2023
Source: IANS
5/07/2021 3:19:05 PM
ICC to partner UNICEF in fundraiser for Covid relief The International Cricket Council (ICC), through its 'Cricket for Good initiative', has launched a fundraising campaign to support UNICEF's emergency Covid-19 response in South Asia. The campaign was launched ahead of the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) final being played between India and New Zealand in Southampton from Friday. The world cricket governing body said in a statement that, "ICC's support to UNICEF at this critical time will harness the power an...
ICC to partner UNICEF in fundraiser for Covid relief
ICC to partner UNICEF in fundraiser for Covid relief
Source: IANS
18/06/2021 2:09:07 PM
ICC to stick with percentage of points system for 2021-23: ICC CEO The International Cricket Council (ICC) will stick to percentage-of-points-won method for ranking teams in the 2021-2023 World Test Championship (WTC) cycle, said Geoff Allardice, the apex body's chief executive officer (CEO). "We are going to stick with the percentage-of-points-won method to rank teams," Allardice said. "When we looked at the first 12 months of the competition you had teams on a number of points, but it was all relative to how many series they had pl...
ICC to stick with percentage of points system for 2021-23: ICC CEO
ICC to stick with percentage of points system for 2021-23: ICC CEO
Source: IANS
15/06/2021 12:39:28 PM
ICC to induct 10 former cricketers into Hall of Fame The International Cricket Council (ICC) will induct 10 former players from five different eras in its Hall of Fame ahead of the World Test Championship final. "Ten legends of the game who have made a significant contribution to the history of Test cricket will be inducted to join 93 players who are already in the illustrious list of ICC Hall of Famers making the total now to 103," the ICC said in a statement on Thursday. "The special intake will see two players from each ...
ICC to induct 10 former cricketers into Hall of Fame
ICC to induct 10 former cricketers into Hall of Fame
Source: IANS
10/06/2021 2:09:44 PM