Cricket

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.

A new Twenty20 cricket tournament has been unveiled in the United Arab Emirates which aims to provide a future pathway for legends of the sport following their retirement from the international game.

Najam Sethi has said he will not take up the position of International Cricket Council (ICC) president in a bid to allow the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to nominate an ex-cricketer for the role.

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.