Cricket

International Cricket Council (ICC) president Mustafa Kamal has resigned from his position as the fallout from his public criticism of umpiring decisions in the recent World Cup quarter-final match between India and his native Bangladesh continues.

The IPL (Indian Premier League) has been hosted in two countries away from its homelands in its short history. Now there is the real prospect of it having a permanent international presence. Elisha Chauhan reports.

West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) president Dave Cameron has been elected for a second term in charge of the governing body despite enduring a turbulent spell at the helm over recent months.

Jagmohan Dalmiya has been elected as president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) more than a decade after he last ran the organisation.

English cricket stakeholders are discussing the possibility of wide-ranging changes for the game at domestic and international level, including shortening the length of the Test match and one-day international (ODI) formats.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has confirmed the election of Colin Graves as its next chairman.

Cricket Australia will launch a women’s version of its popular Big Bash Twenty20 competition from next season.

Cricket Australia chairman Wally Edwards will present plans to rebrand the sport’s one-day international (ODI) format as ‘World Cup Cricket’ at an International Cricket Council (ICC) meeting in Melbourne on Monday.

Indian telecommunications group Reliance Communications has agreed a partnership with social networking platform Twitter for the on-going 2015 Cricket World Cup.

India Cements, owner of the Chennai Super Kings, has approved the transfer of ownership rights to the leading Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise to a newly formed subsidiary as Indian and world cricket supremo N Srinivasan continues to weigh up his involvement in the team.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced Australia and New Zealand will co-host the 2020 edition of its World Twenty20 national team tournament.

From the giants such as the IOC based in the heart of sport administration in Lausanne, to the smaller IFs (international federations) dotted around the world, sports rights-holders are facing a battle to stay relevant.

Ireland and Afghanistan have been grouped with the International Cricket Council’s full member countries, allowing them the opportunity to qualify directly for the 2019 Cricket World Cup one-day international (ODI) tournament.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has issued an ultimatum of legal action in its battle to win compensation from the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) following West Indies’ aborted tour of India last year.

Indian and world cricket supremo N Srinivasan will be forced to choose between his role at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and his ownership of the Chennai Super Kings Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise after the country’s Supreme Court ruled on the controversy surrounding the 2013 edition of the Twenty20 competition.