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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?

ICC rates Bengaluru pitch for India-SL second Test rated as 'below average'

The Chinnaswamy Stadium pitch in Bengaluru, which was used for the second Test between India and Sri Lanka earlier this month, was on Sunday rated "below average" by the ICC. India had defeated Sri Lanka by 238 runs in the Test which began on March 12 and ended inside three days. The venue thus received one demerit point under the ICC Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process. "The pitch offered a lot of turn on the first day itself and though it improved with every session, in my view, it was not an even contest between the bat and ball," match referee Javagal Srinath said in a statement issued by ICC. Srinath's report has been forwarded to the BCCI. In 2017, the Bangalore wicket was rated as below average by ICC match referee Chris Broad after the second Test between India and Australia. According to the revised ICC Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process, which was introduced on January 4, 2018, "if a pitch or outfield is rated as being substandard, that venue will be allocated a nu

ICC Women's World Cup: India aim for consistency in clash against England

Their confidence high after a win over West Indies, India would look for much-needed consistency with the bat against a struggling England in their fourth league stage match of ICC Women's World Cup.

Shane Warne changed the landscape of cricket by reviving leg-spin, says ICC

Warne died of a suspected heart attack, at the age of 52 on Friday in Koh Samui, Thailand.

ICC WC: Virat Kohli 'cheers' for Women In Blue ahead of Ind-Pak clash

Virat Kohli on Wednesday called everyone to cheer for 'Women In Blue' ahead of the India and Pakistan match in the upcoming Women's ODI World Cup.

Canada to refer ICC to examine alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine

Canada has decided to refer the situation in Ukraine to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to probe alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity by Russian forces in Ukraine, its government said

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2022 sees massive jump in prize money

The overall prize money has also seen an increase of 75 per cent

ICC T20I Rankings: Moeen Ali reaches third spot among all-rounders

Moeen shined despite the tourists losing the five-match series 3-2 in Barbados where Moeen made 108 runs at a strike rate of 146

Ex-Zimbabwe captain banned by ICC for 3.5 years under anti-corruption code

In a statement, the ICC said Taylor admitted to being in breach of the provisions of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code.

Smriti Mandhana named ICC women's Cricketer of the Year for 2021

India opener Smriti Mandhana on Monday was named as ICC women's Cricketer of the Year for 2021.

Sharma, Pant and Ashwin included in ICC Men's Test Team of the Year

India opener Rohit Sharma, wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant and off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin have been included in the ICC Men's Test team of the year for 2021.

ICC ODI men's Team of The Year: After T20s, no Indians in this one too

No Indian player featured in the global body's 'ODI Team of the Year' which features two players from minnows Ireland.