Cricket

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.

The administration of Pakistani cricket has suffered further upheaval after the country’s government removed Najam Sethi as chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

Sport New Zealand's funding from the country's government will return to its baseline level in the 2014-15 financial year.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed plans to launch a new Women’s Championship in August.

Newly-appointed International Cricket Council (ICC) president Mustafa Kamal believes the sport’s value would be “diluted” by a place at the Olympic Games.

Cricket Australia has appointed M&C Saatchi’s Melbourne office as its lead creative agency.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) competition have handed life bans from the sport to Lou Vincent after the former New Zealand batsman today admitted to match-fixing offences.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Najam Sethi claims his organisation was forced to accept recent sweeping changes made by the International Cricket Council (ICC) or face bankruptcy.