Cricket

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has said it will form a working group to study the impact of the Supreme Court verdict into the 2013 Indian Premier League (IPL) corruption scandal, stating there is an “urgent need” to address the issue in order to “uphold the paramountcy” of the sport in the country.

International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Dave Richardson has defended the governing body’s decision to cut its World Cup to 10 teams after further criticism of the move this week.

Indian conglomerate JSW Group has abandoned plans to buy an Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise due to the corruption scandal currently engulfing the Twenty20 cricket tournament.

Organisers of the Champions League T20 (CLT20) cricket competition have shelved the event with immediate effect, citing a lack of interest from fans.

The Marylebone Cricket Club has urged the International Cricket Council to rethink its decision to cut the number of teams at the Cricket World Cup to 10, while also calling for cricket to be considered for inclusion at the Olympic Games.

A panel established by India’s Supreme Court has today (Tuesday) recommended the suspension of leading Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals for a period of two years, in the wake of the spot-fixing scandal that hit the 2013 edition of the Twenty20 cricket competition.

Cricket Australia has announced it will stage a match from its first class Sheffield Shield state competition in New Zealand next year.

JSW Steel chairman Saijan Jindal has said his group is set to acquire an Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise amid growing speculation that Royal Challengers Bangalore will become the first team from the Twenty20 cricket competition to change hands.

Australia and New Zealand’s joint-hosting of the 2015 Cricket World Cup generated more than A$1.1bn (€755m/$844m) in direct spending according to analysis carried out by professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Australia will host New Zealand in cricket’s first day-night Test match at the Adelaide Oval from November 27 to December 1.

The International Cricket Council has suspended the USA Cricket Association’s (USACA) membership of the sport’s global governing body amid “significant concerns” over the organisation’s governance, finance, reputation and cricketing activities.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas as its president for the coming year.

Shane Warne has revealed he has booked iconic baseball venues Yankee Stadium, Wrigley Field and Dodger Stadium to stage matches in his All Star Cricket League, a venture the former Australia leg-spin bowler has cast as a cricket equivalent to Formula One and basketball’s Harlem Globetrotters.

The owners of the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) Kolkata Knight Riders franchise are set to acquire the Trinidad & Tobago franchise in the rival Caribbean Premier League (CPL) Twenty20 cricket competition.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) will launch a new women’s cricket tournament next year in a move that abandons its traditional county structure.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has nominated former Test captain Zaheer Abbas to take on the vacant post as president of the International Cricket Council (ICC), the sport’s global governing body.