Cricket

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has delayed a decision over whether cricket will feature as part of the 2018 Asian Games multi-sport event in Jakarta.

The introduction of the day-night format into Test cricket has taken another step forward after the International Cricket Council (ICC) said its Cricket Committee is to strongly recommend Test-playing nations consider staging five-day matches under floodlights in order to attract more spectators.

Advertising and public relations giant WPP is launching a new sports marketing agency through GroupM, its global media investment management company.

Cricket legends Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne are reportedly planning to launch a global Twenty20 league featuring former international players.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has said it is hopeful of resurrecting its Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 competition for a third edition later this year.

Indian business conglomerate the Essel Group has confirmed plans to establish a rival city-based Twenty20 cricket league in India.

The Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA), the global umbrella group for players’ representative organisations, has cautioned against international teams playing in Pakistan after it was announced last week that Zimbabwe would become the first nation to tour the Asian country for six years.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has launched an investigation into the registration of company names suggesting the formation of rebel cricket organisations, which have been linked to Indian conglomerate the Essel Group.

Lalit Modi, founding father of the Indian Premier League (IPL), has reiterated he is not part of a potential breakaway world cricket organisation, but has warned the International Cricket Council (ICC) that the initiative is a serious proposition.

Indian conglomerate the Essel Group has rejected suggestions that its pay-television broadcaster Ten Sports is making preparations to launch a breakaway international cricket organisation, although the Mumbai-based company confirmed that it does have global ambitions in the sport.

Fears have emerged over a possible split in world cricket after it was revealed that the Essel Group, the company behind the defunct Indian Cricket League (ICL), has begun registering companies with names that appear to run in competition with national cricket boards.

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), International Equestrian Federation (FEI), International Basketball Federation (Fiba) and International Cricket Council (ICC) have been announced as the latest winners in the inaugural SportBusiness Ultimate Sports Federation and Association Awards.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) has launched a new Twenty20 franchise competition that will serve as the curtain-raiser for the African 2015-16 cricket season.

The Asia Cup national team cricket competition will take place as a Twenty20 tournament in 2016, outgoing Asian Cricket Council (ACC) chief executive Syed Ashraful Haq has announced.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has stated it will withhold its next financial contribution to Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) amid concerns over political interference in the organisation.