The International Cricket Council has assured the Pakistan Cricket Board that 2008 Champions Trophy would be held in Pakistan as scheduled from September 10, PCB Chairman Nasim Ashraf said today. Ashraf, who returned after a meeting with ICC officials including acting Chief Executive Dave R

BCCI's Indian Premier League today added to its star cast by signing South African all-rounder Shaun Pollock and New Zealand's Jacob Oram for next year's Twenty20 competition. The Indian Board also confirmed that Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar has joined the league. "To have Akhta

The BCCI today launched its own cash-rich domestic and international Twenty20 leagues with the support of top Test playing nations, a move which is seen as a counter to the unofficial venture floated by the Essel Group. The high-profile league was announced by BCCI vice-President Lalit Modi

Sachin Tendulkar returned here early this morning from what's generally perceived to be his last tour of England as a cricketer along with teammates Zaheer Khan, Ramesh Powar and Wasim Jaffer. The ace batsman, deprived of some well-deserved three-figure knocks by some poor umpiring decisio

The International Cricket Council has taken a policy decision to let the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) independently handle the threat posed by rebel Indian Cricket League. According to sources in the Pakistan Cricket Board who are privy to the last ICC executive board meeti

Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Naseem Ashraf has lauded the country's players for showing patriotism by turning down lucrative offers to join a break-away Indian league. "I am pleased to know players' sentiments and they proved they only want to play for Pakistan. The league is only s

Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Naseem Ashraf today issued a clear warning to former captain Inzamam-ul Haq, saying he would not be considered for national selection if he decides to play for the breakaway Indian Cricket League. "Since the International Cricket Council (ICC) does not re

Sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports today said it has acquired telecast rights of one-day internationals to be played between India and Scotland in August. ESPN Star Sports will broadcast the matches from August 16, which will be played during India's tour of England, Ireland and Scotland, t

Legendary all-rounder Kapil Dev has rated Test cricket as the "ultimate" but said it was fine to play the shorter versions -- the one-dayers and the twenty20s -- to generate funds for keeping the five-day matches alive. "As long as Test cricket remains in the world, I think it

Australian Cricketers' Association Chief Paul Marsh has criticised the International Cricket Council for premature staging of the Twenty20 World Cup this year, saying the initial focus should be its development at domestic level. "The administrators need to work out, is Twenty20 serio

Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif can heave a sigh of relief as the Court of Arbitration for Sport today dismissed an appeal by the World Anti-doping Agency against the Pakistan Cricket Board's decision to overturn a doping ban on them. The CAS said in its verdict that it rejected the WADA app

Indian cricket team has been fined for its slow over-rate during its nine-wicket victory against Ireland in its one-day international match on June 23 here. Match Referee Alan Hurst of the Emirates Elite Panel imposed the fines after Rahul Dravid's side was ruled to be one over short of its

England and Wales Cricket Board Chairman David Morgan is set to take over as next President of the International Cricket Council in 2008, according to BBC. A formal announcement to this effect is expected later in the week as ICC officials are holding a series of meetings here ahead of the

With Australia's blunt refusal to visit South Africa to play Tests on the traditional dates of December 26 and January 2, Cricket South Africa CEO Gerald Majola has said the national team's 2008-09 tour of Down Under would be their last away series in the peak holiday time. Australia a

After the criticism about the World Cup in the Caribbean stretching for too long, the International Cricket Council is looking to shorten the tournament to five weeks in its future editions. "Yes, we are looking at the duration of future World Cups," ICC Chief Executive Malcolm S

Cricket South Africa President Ray Mali was today appointed as the Acting President of the International Cricket Council following the death of Percy Sonn last month. Mali will assume the role of Acting President with immediate effect and in so doing he steps down as president of CSA, also w

Former England coach Duncan Fletcher was the unnamed foreign candidate who has been invited for discussions with the BCCI Search Committee here on June 9, Cricket Board sources said here today. The sources, however, dismissed speculation about Arjuna Ranatunga, saying the former Sri Lankan

ESPN Star Sports has bagged the telecast rights of Afro Asia cup after Nimbus bagged out of the deal citing absence of big names in the tournament. Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has awarded the worldwide rights for telecasting the second edition of Afro Asia Cup to ESPN Star Sports, the compan

Cricket Australia Chairman Creagh O Connor today mourned the death of International Cricket Council President Percy Sonn and said the South African did his best to make cricket a better game. O'Connor said Australian cricket was saddened by the death of 57-year-old Sonn, who died yeste

The International Cricket Council officials have been forced to look into their constitution and regulations to find out who will automatically succeed President, Percy Sonn who has fallen seriously ill in Cape Town. According to South African newspapers his personal assistant George Hector

A staunch critic of the Robert Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe, Australian Prime Minister John Howard said his government would take whatever legitimate action it takes to scrap the national cricket team's tour of the trouble-torn African nation. Howard said the government was exploring legal wa

Cricket Australia has shot back at its Sri Lankan counterpart for terming Adam Gilchrist's squash ball tactic as "unethical" and defended their vice-captain as a "highly principled man". CA Spokesman Peter Young refused to admit that Gilchrist gained an unfair advantage

Irked by the "unethical" charge levelled at Adam Gilchrist for using a squash ball in his gloves in the World Cup final, outgoing Australian coach John Buchanan said people should not make fuss over this "non-issue". More than a week after the final in which Gilchrist bel

India will play South Africa in a three-match limited overs cricket series to be held in Ireland in late June and early July. "The Irish Cricket Union (ICU) is proud that two such great cricketing nations as India and South Africa are coming to Ireland to play each other and against I

The Indian Cricket Board has slammed the International Cricket Council for the World Cup final fiasco and threatened to bring a no-confidence motion against its office-bearers, who have become "more and more bureaucratic". In a scathing reaction to the goof-up in the World Cup fin

Indian captain Rahul Dravid and Zaheer Khan were subjected to dope test after the team had suffered a humiliating five-wicket defeat at the hands of Bangladesh in a group B match. The two players were picked for dope tests from the Indian team according to International Cricket Council's

Pakistan has protested against the International Cricket Council's instructions to its players to speak in English at the post-match presentation ceremonies during the World Cup.The Pakistan team's media manager, Pervez Mir said that the ICC had not stopped the players from speaking in Urdu at

Pakistan pacer Rana Naved ul Hasan and Umar Gul were summoned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for random dope test after their opening World Cup match against the West Indies.ICC had summoned Umer Gul and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan for a random dope test after the World Cup opening match

A glittering ceremony under floodlights will mark the grand opening of ICC 9th edition of Cricket World Cup at Trelawny Multi-Purpose Stadium about 220 kilometers from here in the evening today. More than a thousand performers, as part of over two and a half-hour ceremony, will be demonst

A two-member team of International Cricket Council (ICC) today received tapes of alleged conversation between West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels and bookie Mukesh Kochar ahead of the January 21 ODI. "We have handed over the tapes and transcripts to N.S. Virk -- regional security