Cricketnext editor Jamie Alter joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the ICC Champions Trophy 2013.
Q. Good day Jamie ! Although many RR matches are yet to be contested and it is too early to decide the final four, but since you'll b asked this many times more- who n how do u c the final four for the CT13? Asked by: Mansoor
A. India, West Indies, New Zealand and Australia....
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05:08 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Sydney: Tim May on Wednesday quit as head of cricket's international players' union after eight years, lashing out at the sport's powerbrokers and their alleged "threats, intimidation and backroom deals". May, who was last month controversially ousted from an International Cricket Council players' committee amid allegations of pressure from India, said he was tired of battling the governing body. "More and more we see allegations of corruption and malpractice on...
08:21 AM, Jun 05, 2013
London: More than 20 English county cricketers and two umpires are being questioned by anti-corruption detectives as part of the ICC's match-fixing investigation. The ICC is speaking to players who were involved in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), which featured cricketers from around the world. Ravi Bopara, Owais Shah, Kabir Ali, Phil Mustard and Dimitri Mascarenhas are among the players who have either been or will be interviewed by the...
07:04 PM, May 31, 2013
Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt and fast bowler Mohammad Asif, who lost their appeal at the Court of Abritration for Sport against spot-fixing bans, were the first players with team-mate Mohammad Amir to be punished by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Players implicated in corruption cases: Life bans May 2000: Former Pakistan captain Salim Malik banned for life by a judicial inquiry conducted by judge Malik Mohammad Qayyum. Malik was...
10:49 AM, May 16, 2013
New Delhi: India have no plans to pull out of next month's Champions Trophy over a rumbling controversy surrounding a former Indian player's election to an International Cricket Council (ICC) panel, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Monday. The BCCI has been accused of using its clout to get former India spinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan elected to the ICC Cricket Committee. Sivaramakrishnan beat Australian Tim May...
09:57 PM, May 13, 2013
New Delhi: Even as the controversy over Laxman Sivaramakrishnan's appointment to the ICC Cricket Committee raged on, the BCCI on Monday received support from its Asian allies Sri Lanka and Pakistan who claimed allegations of the Indian Cricket Board forcing a re-vote were baseless. The furore over the appointment seemed to have created a rift in the cricket world with the Asian countries throwing their weight behind BCCI, which is...
04:30 PM, May 13, 2013
Dubai: The ICC has announced the schedule of warm-up matches to be played in the lead-up to the Champions Trophy, to be staged at Cardiff Wales Stadium, Edgbaston and The Oval from June 6 to 23. The warm-up matches will be played from May 30 to June 4 at the three tournament venues. In line with previous ICC events, none of these matches will carry official ODI status. On May...
11:35 PM, May 09, 2013
Dubai: The ICC on Thursday clarified its stand on the recent appointment of Laxman Sivaramakrishnan as the players' representative in its Cricket Committee, saying a re-vote was conducted due to confusion over the first voting process. Sivaramakrishnan, who is employed by the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) as a commentator, replaced Tim May on the ICC cricket committee, an appointment that attracted criticism from various quarters. "In January this year, because...
07:53 PM, May 09, 2013
Melbourne: Fuming after L Sivaramakrishnan's appointment as a players' representative in the International Cricket Council, the Australian players' union has called the ICC the "most ineffective governing body in world sport". "It's a really sad day for cricket," Australian Cricketers Association (ACA) CEO Paul Marsh was quoted as saying by The Australian. "This issue encapsulates all that's wrong with cricket at the moment. The irony of the situation is the...
10:09 AM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: Preferring not to say it in as many words, former Australian spinner and FICA boss Tim May on Tuesday made a veiled reference to his ouster from the ICC's Cricket Committee, saying he is more interested in the apex body "policing" and maintaining its stated "governance". There have been allegations that the BCCI forced some of the captains of the member boards to vote in favour of former...
08:12 PM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: Revealing BCCI's another arm-twisting move, a report in Australia's The Daily Telegraph on Tuesday said that the Indian board's president N Srinivasan used power tactics to get Laxman Sivaramakrishnan on the ICC Cricket Committee by "threatening countries to ensure that the majority of Test captains voted against Tim May". Sivaramakrishnan replaced May on the influential cricket committee for a three-year term on Monday. May has a history of...
09:08 AM, May 07, 2013
Karachi: Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt has agreed to undergo rehabilitation while serving his ban for spot-fixing because he wants to resume his cricketing career once the suspension ends. The 28-year-old was banned for 10 years, with five of those suspended, by an International Cricket Council (ICC) tribunal in 2011 after being found guilty of arranging deliberate no-balls to be delivered in a 2010 Lord's test against England. Butt and...
11:58 AM, Apr 24, 2013
Dubai: The International Cricket Council on Saturday paid tribute to former England captain and ex-ICC match referee Mike Denness, who passed away at the age of 72. "We are sad to hear the news of Mike's passing and our thoughts go out to the members of his family and friends," said ICC Chief Executive David Richardson. Mike was a fine cricketer, a successful administrator at the Kent County Cricket Club...
01:33 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Dubai: The International Cricket Council on Tuesday announced the launch of an archive website which will have footages of ICC events dating back from 1975 World Cup to the latest Women's World Cup 2013. The website, www.iccarchive.com, is the definitive online search engine of past ICC Events, the world body said in a release. With over 3,000 hours of the greatest moments from ICC events and digital transfer capability, there...
09:15 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Cricket Australia approached the International Cricket Council and requested that the 30-man list of probables not be made public. ...
09:30 AM, Apr 02, 2013
Cricket Scotland and Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond (KNCB) have been awarded $1.5 million over the next three years by the International Cricket Council (ICC) under its Targeted Assistance and Performance Programme (TAPP) agreement. ...
04:12 PM, Mar 11, 2013
The ICC board has concluded its two-day meeting in Dubai and announced a sum of $1.8million to New Zealand Cricket as well as recognising the value of domestic Twenty20 leagues. ...
02:03 PM, Jan 31, 2013
Ashraf had no doubt that day-night Tests will increase the value of five-day cricket. ...
10:54 AM, Nov 08, 2012
Cricket Australia applauded the move, but the BCCI was lukewarm towards the idea despite having tried the concept in a domestic final in 1997. ...
04:50 PM, Oct 31, 2012
Apparently World or World XI can be associated only with teams in ICC-sanctioned events, but the matches in Karachi are not ICC approved. ...
08:49 PM, Oct 17, 2012
