Cricket

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has today (Thursday) announced the departure of chief executive Haroon Lorgat amid reports of concerns over preparations for its new T20 Global League competition.

South Africa has become the first major cricket nation to confirm the scheduling of a four-day Test match amid growing momentum for change to the sport’s most historic format.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has handed a five-year ban to national team batsman Khalid Latif, the stiffest sanction issued so far in the spot-fixing probe surrounding the Pakistan Super League (PSL) Twenty20 competition.

Bollywood actress Preity Zinta has completed the ownership line-up for Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) T20 Global League by securing control of the Stellenbosch franchise.

Proposals to include cricket in the 2022 edition of multi-sport event the Commonwealth Games have been dropped, according to ESPNcricinfo.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has today (Wednesday) welcomed the five-year ban handed out to national team player Sharjeel Khan for his role in a spot-fixing scandal connected to the Pakistan Super League (PSL) Twenty20 competition, stating it illustrates its “zero tolerance” approach against corrupt practices.

India is set for a new international-standard cricket stadium, with a 25,000-seat venue having been lined up near the city of Agartala.

Edgbaston became the first English county cricket ground to host a day/night Test match last week when England played the West Indies. Ben Cronin spoke to Warwickshire County Cricket Club's chief executive Neil Snowball to find out if the new format had been of commercial benefit to the county.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has today (Monday) confirmed it will stage a Twenty20 series against a World XI in Lahore next month, ahead of the potential for further games in the country against Sri Lanka and the West Indies.

The Committee of Administrators, established earlier this year by India’s Supreme Court to oversee the implementation of new governance rules at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), has asked for three of the sporting governing body’s office bearers to be removed.

Najam Sethi has targeted the return of top-level international cricket to Pakistan after being elected as the new chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

Cricket Australia (CA) and the Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA) have today (Thursday) agreed terms on a new pay deal that is set to avert the threat of arbitration proceedings and concern over the status of the showpiece Ashes series against England.

Justice RM Lodha, the architect of a major reform process planned for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), has hit out at the governing body’s latest move in the process, stating it removes the “vital organs” from his plan.

Cricket Australia (CA) chief executive James Sutherland has today (Thursday) opened up to the prospect of independent arbitration in order to lift the body’s pay dispute with the Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA), adding that the prospect of short-term contracts could also be on the cards.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has promoted Hemang Amin to the role of chief operating officer of the Indian Premier League Twenty20 competition.

Cricket West Indies (CWI) has offered an olive branch in the long-running dispute with some of its star players by reaching an agreement for a “temporary amnesty” that will allow them to return to the fold for one-day internationals.