Cricket

Mohammad Ashraful will be able to resume playing competitive cricket in 2016 after the former Bangladesh captain had his suspension for match-fixing in the Bangladesh Premier League Twenty20 competition reduced on appeal.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has relocated its World Cricket League (WCL) Division 3 tournament from Uganda to Malaysia due to safety and security concerns.

There was a need for a major platform for consumer engagement that would drive the new brand identity and strengthen and consolidate its leadership position. The Global Partnership with ICC gave LG this platform and hence it was decided to renew the sponsorship for a further term, 2008-2015. 

N. Srinivasan has failed in his latest bid for reinstatement as president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), with India’s Supreme Court granting the Justice Mudgal Committee an additional two months to complete and present its report into alleged corruption in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

David Richardson, chief executive of the International Cricket Council (ICC), has praised Australia and New Zealand’s preparations for the 2015 World Cup but issued a warning over complacency ahead of next year’s national team tournament.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has postponed plans to launch its Pakistan Super League (PSL) Twenty20 tournament this year due to issues with the bidding process.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has unanimously elected former diplomat Shaharyar Khan as its new chairman.

Cricket South Africa has appointed former national team captain Graeme Smith as the tournament director and brand ambassador of its domestic Twenty20 tournament.

Cricket Australia (CA) has announced that the final of the 2014-15 edition of Twenty20 competition the Big Bash League (BBL) will be played at Canberra’s Manuka Oval in a change to the traditional hosting strategy for the showpiece game.

With a return to India imminent following a self-imposed four-year exile, Lalit Modi, the architect of the Indian Premier League (IPL), tells Matt Cutler his plans to shake up the business of cricket once again.

India has been announced as the host of the 2014 Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20), with $6m (€4.4m) in prize money on offer for this year’s edition of the annual cricket tournament.

Cricket is set to remain absent from the Commonwealth Games until at least the 2022 edition of the multi-sport event after the International Cricket Council (ICC) turned down an invitation from the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF).

The winning design for a new 60,000-seat stadium to anchor the Perth Stadium and Sports Precinct project was unveiled today (Thursday), with construction expected to begin by the end of the year.

US investment firm Chalak Mitre Group (CMG) has acquired the Jamaica Tallawahs, reigning champion of Twenty20 cricket competition the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is seeking a new chief executive after David Collier announced he will retire at the end of the 2014 season following a decade in the role.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Najam Sethi has been reinstated by the country’s Supreme Court a day after being removed from his position.