The International Cricket Council on Wednesday rubbished match-fixing allegations against the Pakistan cricket team in the just-concluded Champions Trophy in South Africa. ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat also gave a clean chit to Australian umpire Simon Taufel who was officiating the semi-final match between Pakistan and New Zealand. “It is not worthy of spending any [...]
Following the immense success of the umpire decision review system used on a trial basis in the recent India-Sri Lanka series in July-August this year, the International Cricket Council (ICC) is now planning to extend it to other Test series too. “That was a very positive piece of work we attended to at the (ICC) [...]
India and Pakistan have hardened their position on the tournament going ahead as scheduled from September 12 onwards in Karachi and Lahore, leaving the ICC only with the possibility of a cancellation otherwise. An option is to relocate the tournament to Sri Lanka, the official alternate venue – a solution that ESPN-Star Sports (ESS), the [...]
A miffed International Cricket Council (ICC) sent a strong second warning to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for starting the Champions League Twenty20 event ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan. A top BCCI official confirmed that they had received a e-mail from Haroon Lorgat. The newly appointed CEO of ICC, indicated that [...]