Cricket

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.

The IMG agency has agreed a deal to extend its event management rights contract with Twenty20 cricket competition the Indian Premier League (IPL), according to the Ahmedabad Mirror.

Former South Africa national team player Lonwabo Tsotsobe, a one-time No.1 bowler in the one-day international format, has been handed an eight-year ban by Cricket South Africa (CSA) as a long-running investigation into a match-fixing scandal concerning the 2015 season of domestic Twenty20 competition the T20 Challenge Series wraps up.

Cricket Australia (CA) has hit out after the Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA) today (Thursday) confirmed that its members would boycott a forthcoming tour of South Africa as the dispute over a new pay deal continues to rumble on.

The Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA) has said its members will boycott a forthcoming tour of the national team’s development squad to South Africa unless a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is struck with Cricket Australia (CA).

Australian cricket is set to enter lockout mode after the sport’s national governing body said today (Friday) that a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with players will not be agreed.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has outlined its plans for reform of the governance of the sport in the United States following the expulsion of the USA Cricket Association (USACA), while it has taken further steps to return international cricket to Pakistan and has appointed Imran Khawaja as deputy chairman.

The Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA) has today (Friday) called for emergency mediation after rejecting Cricket Australia’s (CA) latest offer for a new pay deal ahead of a deadline of June 30 for an agreement to be reached.

Afghanistan and Ireland have today (Thursday) become cricket’s 11th and 12th Test-playing nations, while the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) has come to an agreement to end its financial dispute with the International Cricket Council (ICC).

A variety of domestic and international investors, including franchise owners from the Indian Premier League (IPL) and Pakistan Super League (PSL), have been confirmed among the eight team owners in Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) new T20 Global League.

Indian cricket star Virat Kohli has signed a lucrative extension to his endorsement deal with tyre manufacturer MRF.

Cricket South Africa has unveiled a R350m (€24m/$27m) renovation programme for the country’s cricket venues.