Cricket

Former Pakistan international Shahzaib Hasan has become the sixth player to be handed a ban by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) as part of its investigation into the spot-fixing scandal which marred the second edition of Twenty20 competition the Pakistan Super League (PSL).

Cricket Canada has agreed a partnership with Indian media and entertainment company Mercuri Group to launch a new Twenty20 league in the country.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has named the eight venues for its new Twenty20 competition under a revamped model for assigning rights to its major events.

Cricket South Africa’s latest efforts to form a new Twenty20 competition have been rejected by its Members’ Council, according to reports.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has threatened to strip the 2021 Champions Trophy from India amid a dispute with the Indian government, as Indra Nooyi, chairman and chief executive of multinational food and beverage corporation PepsiCo, was today (Friday) named as the organisation’s first independent female director.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has today (Thursday) closed an investigation into allegations of corruption concerning an Ashes Test match between Australia and England last year, stating there is “no evidence” to suggest any wrongdoing took place.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed the eight cities that will host the 2020 edition of its World T20 tournament, which will be held in Australia.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced that Antigua and Barbuda, Guyana and St Lucia will be the venues for the 2018 Women’s World Twenty20, the first edition of the national team tournament to be held on a standalone basis.

The International Cricket Council has today (Thursday) charged Rajan Nayer, a cricket official in Zimbabwe, with three counts of breaching the ICC Anti-Corruption Code in the latest match-fixing episode to hit the sport.

The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has launched a new Twenty20 competition with the goal of making it one of the world’s leading leagues.

Optus Stadium, a new 60,000-seat venue in the Australian city of Perth, has been granted approval by the International Cricket Council to stage international Test, limited overs and Twenty20 matches ahead of its official opening later this month.

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), owner of the Lord’s Ground in London and recognised as the sole authority on the Laws of Cricket, has called on the Board of Control for Cricket in India to back the sport’s ongoing bid to become part of the Olympic Games, adding that the BCCI’s reluctance is the only remaining barrier facing the efforts.

The teams that will compete in the England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) new Twenty20 competition will not be named after cities or counties, according to The Times.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has maintained it remains in a healthy financial position, despite having to accommodate reported losses of approximately R180m (€11.2m/$13.3m) from the failed launch of a new Twenty20 competition.

James Sutherland, the chief executive of Cricket Australia, has said there is “no evidence” that players from either side were involved in alleged plans to fix part of the third Ashes Test between Australia and England in Perth.

Former Pakistan batsman Nasir Jamshed has been handed a one-year ban by the Pakistan Cricket Board, the latest sanction issued by the PCB amid the corruption probe into the 2017 season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) Twenty20 competition.