‘ICC’ Archives
Passionate Bangladesh provides perfect opening
Those who were not at the Bangabandhu National Stadium will never know just how successful and moving the opening ceremony of the 2011 World Cup was. Those who saw it on TV would have cringed at Sonu Nigam crooning an English inspirational song, Bryan Adams of all people being the top draw, [...]
World Cup searches for certainty
Once every four years, cricket meets to do some ironing - over creases and conflicts, differences and discords - and tries to set out its most perfectly // // coordinated wardrobe for its disparate, argumentative global audience. For a sport where a day's play can last 24 hours [...]
Cheema’s onslaught gives England a big scare
Rizwan Cheema gave England a massive scare in their opening World Cup warm-up match against Canada, as he blazed 93 from 70 balls from No. 7 to give life to a faltering run-chase at Fatullah and raise the very real prospect of an embarrassing upset. However, five wickets for Stuart Broad on his [...]
Bresnan confident over recovery
Tim Bresnan is confident of being ready for England's opening World Cup match against Netherlands on February 22 as he continues his recovery from the calf injury that forced him home early from Australia. There had been concerns that the problem could scupper Bresnan's hopes altogether but the [...]
ICC happy with pakistani cricketers’ verdict
The ICC is "satisfied" with the verdict and punishments handed out to three Pakistan players on Saturday on charges of spot-fixing during the Lord's Test last summer. A three-member tribunal found Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir guilty of offences under article 2 of the ICC's [...]
Tribunal defers verdict till February 5
Three Pakistani players will have to wait until February 5 to discover the eventual outcome of the spot-fixing charges laid on them by the ICC. A six-day hearing in Doha, Qatar failed to come up with a verdict on the various corruption charges that Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir [...]
Will New Zealand put up a fight?
First the good news: Daniel Vettori, who missed the first ODI, is fit to play the second game. However it's learnt that Brendon McCullum is a doubtful starter and New Zealand, who are already missing Jesse Ryder, have lost the services of Daryl Tuffey due to a bicep strain. Of late, there seems [...]
BCCI defers decision on Kochi to December 5
The IPL governing council has deferred its final decision on Kochi franchise to December 5. Shashank Manohar, the BCCI president, said that the Kochi owners had submitted their reply on Saturday evening to the board's termination notice asking them to resolve their differences. He said the council [...]
ICC Test Championship on move
The prospect of a Test Championship has come a step closer as part of an extensive restructuring of the international game after the ICC's chief executive committee (CEC) laid out a set of proposals for five-day and one-day cricket. Along with the Test Championship, which has been earmarked for [...]
