Cricket

The USA Cricket Association (USACA) has signed a licensing agreement with sports development company Global Sports Ventures that it says will lead to the development of a franchise-based Twenty20 league in the country.

The International Cricket Council has entered into a partnership with the CSM Sport & Entertainment division of marketing services group Chime Communications, with a view to enhancing the commercial performance of its associate and affiliate members.

Colin Graves, the chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), has said that discussions with players and club members will be crucial in honing plans to introduce a new domestic eight-team Twenty20 competition.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has today (Wednesday) been forced to withdraw plans for a two-tier system for the Test format of the sport, amid reported opposition from four full members.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has become the latest governing body to embrace the concept of day-night Tests by announcing that it will stage a game in Dubai during the West Indies’ tour of the United Arab Emirates.

The Hong Kong Cricket Association (HKCA) has announced that its Hong Kong Sixes tournament will return next year, with the national team competition having last been staged in 2012.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has filed a petition in the country’s Supreme Court seeking a review of its decision to uphold the majority of reform measures put forward by the RM Lodha panel.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has been handed a deadline of October 15 to implement a series of sweeping reforms to its governance, with the organisation continuing its legal action against the process.

Four more South African cricketers, including former international player Thami Tsolekile, have been banned from the sport for conspiring to fix matches in the 2015 edition of domestic Twenty20 competition the T20 Challenge Series.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has today (Tuesday) announced that an agreement has been reached to play two Twenty20 matches in the United States between India and the West Indies later this month, with a view to developing the initiative into an annual event.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is considering plans to launch a second Twenty20 club competition that would rival the likes of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and Australia’s Big Bash League (BBL), according to The Telegraph.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) is to introduce racial quotas as part of a wider effort to address concerns over a lack of transformation across some of the country’s national sports teams.

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have jointly appointed Steve Elworthy as managing director for the 2019 World Cup, along with two other major national team tournaments which will take place in England and Wales next year.

International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive David Richardson has expressed his concern the sport’s fledgling bid to secure a place on the Olympic programme may have become more difficult due to the negativity surrounding golf’s place at the Games.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has stepped up its efforts for cricket to be included in major multi-sport events by stating it will submit an application for a women’s competition at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, while the global governing body said it has held “constructive” talks over major reforms for the sport’s three formats.