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The Oval, Lord's to host World Test Championship finals in 2023, 2025: ICC

The Oval and the iconic Lord's will host the World Test Championship (WTC) Final in 2023 and 2025 respectively, the game's governing body ICC said on Wednesday. England were identified as the hosts for the next two WTC Finals during the ICC Annual General Meeting in Birmingham in July. "We are delighted to be hosting next year's ICC World Test Championship Final at The Oval which has such a rich legacy and an amazing atmosphere, which is ideal for such an important fixture on the calendar," ICC chief executive Geoff Allardice said in a statement. "Following that we will then take the 2025 Final to Lord's which will provide a fitting backdrop to the ultimate Test. "Last year's final between New Zealand and India in Southampton was an engrossing encounter and I am sure fans the world over would be looking forward to the next WTC final at The Oval." While the venues have been announced, the dates for both the 2023 and 2025 ICC World Test Championship Finals has not been confirmed ...

ICC notifies slew of changes to cricket rules, bans saliva use permanently

Extending the ban on using saliva to shine the ball, the ICC said that it was now prohibited permanently. The practice was originally banned keeping in mind the Covid-19 pandemic

ZEE Ent signs licensing pact with Disney Star for ICC Men's TV rights

Disney Star has sublicensed the ICC Men's TV rights to rival broadcaster ZEE for an undisclosed amount for four years; Disney Star had bid $3 bn for the combined TV and digital rights

ICC auction: Disney Star retains media rights for $3 bn till 2027

Disney Star won the closed-loop bid process after beating rivals such as Sony, Zee and Viacom18

ICC media rights: Winner for 2023-31 cycle to be announced on Saturday

Broadcasters Disney-Star, Sony, Zee and Viacom18 have submitted their bids, it is reliably learnt, after protesting about the lack of transparency in a closed-loop exercise

Viacom18 wants closed-envelope bids for media rights junked, ICC disagrees

Says the cricket governing body must explain PwC's exit from the auction process

ICC gives in to bidders' demands, changes auction rules for upcoming events

For four-year media rights for India, the benchmark price has been set at $1.4 billion. For eight years, the price has been set at $4 billion, 2.8 times the price for four years

Men's FTP '23-'27: India to play 38 Tests, 42 ODIs; no series vs Pakistan

India expectedly has a choc-a-bloc calender but as usual there won't be any bilateral cricket series with Pakistan due to obvious political reasons.

Indra Nooyi to recuse herself from ICC media rights process: Here's why

The ICC's TV and digital rights bundle for the Indian sub-continent will be up for sale with sealed tenders being submitted on August 22.

ICC has to put more time to ensure survival of ODI, Test cricket: Kapil Dev

The growth of franchise T20 leagues has raised a serious question marks over the future of ODI cricket, and concerns for its future down the line, including Test cricket.

Prabath Jayasuriya and Emma Lamb win ICC Player of the Month Awards

The International Cricket Council has announced Sri Lankan spin sensation Prabath Jayasuriya and England batting all-rounder Emma Lamb as the winners of its Player of the Month awards for July 2022.

CWG 2022: Final was superb advert for women's Cricket, says ICC CEO

Geoff Allardice, the CEO of the International Cricket Council, congratulated Australia on winning inaugural CWG women's cricket gold medal beating India by nine runs in a tense final at Edgbaston

England's Brunt reprimanded for breaching ICC code of conduct vs India

England's pace-bowling stalwart Katherine Brunt has been handed an official reprimand for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct during the Commonwealth Games Women's T20I semifinal

World Test C'ships finals in 2023, 2025 to be hosted in Lord's: ICC

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday confirmed that the Lord's Cricket Ground in London will be hosting the World Test Championship finals in 2023 and 2025

ICC awards membership status to Cambodia, Uzbekistan, Cote D'Ivoire

The ICC awarded membership status to three countries on Tuesday during the ongoing ICC Annual Conference in Birmingham.Cambodia and Uzbekistan from Asia, and Cote D'Ivoire from Africa, were all awarded Associate membership status, taking ICC's total members to 108 countries, including 96 Associates.The two Asian teams take the total count of Asian countries to 25 while Cote D'Ivoire is the 21st country from Africa.A major criteria to gain ICC Membership is detailed in 'Participation and domestic structures' of Clause 2.1 (d) of the ICC Membership Criteria. This includes having in place a proper structure with minimum team requirements for 50-over and 20-over tournaments, aside from clear junior and women's pathways.The three new countries satisfied these conditions, with the Cricket Federation of Uzbekistan's (CFU) women's cricket plan involving 15 teams playing organised competitions with a pathway programme for their Under-19 and Under-17 players.Cote d'Ivoire Cricket Federation has

Cricket rights: Indian broadcasters concerned about ICC's auction process

This comes as the governing body of world cricket is auctioning Indian media rights separately from global media rights as India is the largest market for cricket

From households to enterprises to markets, expectations drive decisions

Expectations play an important role in decision-making. Enterprises and the financial markets, for example, allocate funds that reflect their expectations

ICC foresees Ashwin's tactic to become a regular fixture in 20-over cricket

The cricketer retired himself out in the match against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) on Sunday to allow a better finisher to come in and tonk the ball a few times to boost their score

ICC Rankings: Babar Azam retains top spot, Imam-ul-Haq rises to No. 3

South African captain Dean Elgar, after scoring two half centuries in the first Test against Bangladesh is one of the players to gain a few spots in the latest ICC Men's Test Player Rankings

What are war crimes?

Disturbed by the images of deaths in Bucha, in Ukraine, the UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said that reports raise questions of possible war crimes. But what qualifies as a war crime?