The Pakistan Cricket Board had reportedly asked the ICC to implement the hybrid model for all of its global tournaments in India after the world cricket body pushed for the hybrid model for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
Jay Shah, the former honorary secretary of the BCCI, was elected unopposed as the Independent Chair of the International Cricket Council (ICC) on August 27. The biggest challenge for him is to resolve the ongoing matter pertaining to the venue of the ICC Champions Trophy.
"Cricket should win, that's most important but with respect for all. We are going to do what's best for cricket. Whichever formula we go for, it would be on equal terms," PCB Chief Mohsin Naqvi told reporters after the virtual meeting with the ICC on Saturday.
The ninth edition of the ICC Men's Champions Trophy was originally scheduled to take place in Pakistan on February 19, 2025, but the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) refused to send their team to Pakistan due to security issues and demanded a hybrid model.
The ICC issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, his former defence minister, and Hamas military commander Ibrahim Al-Masri, also known as Mohammed Deif, over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Gaza conflict.
The drama surrounding the ICC Champions Trophy is not ending. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had stated that the trophy would be visiting destinations like Skardu, Hunza and Muzaffarabad. However, ICC has refused Pakistan from taking it to conflicted PoK cities.
Pakistan are the current ICC Champions Trophy holders, having won it in 2017 after beating India at The Oval in the final by 180 runs. Sarfaraz Ahmed was the captain of Pakistan.
The Green Park Stadium in Kanpur hosted the rain-marred 2nd Test between India and Bangladesh. There was no play possible on days two and three of the Test match. However, India still managed to win the game on the final day.
The calls of truncating Test matches have gotten louder in recent times with matches increasingly getting done and dusted before the fifth day. In the recent series, two of the three India-New Zealand matches and two of the Pakistan-England games were done by the fourth day.
Several players have lauded the move made by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as it is expected to create a "safer, kinder and healthier online community for the sport". The ICC Women's T20 World Cup will get underway with the clash between Bangladesh and Scotland.
The ninth edition of the Women's T20 World Cup is set to get underway today in Dubai with two matches to be played on the opening day. 10 teams will fight it out for the glory over the next two weeks or so even as Australia will be keen on lifting the trophy for the seventh time.
"The charges relate to international cricket and the Lanka Premier League. The ICC, in agreement with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), acted in accordance with Articles 1.7.4.1 and 1.8.1 of the Code," the ICC statement said.
"The Decision Review System (DRS) will also be available at all matches, with a Hawk-eye Smart Replay system in place that enables the TV umpire to instantly review synchronized multi-angle footage for accurate decision-making," the ICC media release said.
The women's T20 World Cup is set to commence on October 3 in the United Arab Emirates. The matches will be played across two cities - Dubai and Sharjah. The tournament was earlier set to take place in Bangladesh but was moved due to political unrest in the country.
The International Cricket Council has raised the prize money of the Women's T20 World Cup 2024 in a step towards equalling the money for the men's and women's World Cups. The upcoming Women's World Cup 2024 will have a total prize money of $7,958,000 (INR 66,64,72,090).
An Africa XI vs Asia XI three-match ODI series took place in 2005 and then in 2007. The Afro-Asia Cup as it was called was about to be sidelined quietly before being revived for 2009. However, it was eventually cancelled and it seems that there might be another attempt at reviving the tournament.
Jay Shah was elected unopposed as ICC Chairman and the world body confirmed the same on Tuesday. Shah will take over the top post from Greg Barclay on December 1 and will also be the youngest ICC Chairman at 35.
The broadcast rights for the T20 cricket world cup were given to Star India Private Limited by the International Cricket Council, the ED said.
The ICC had announced the fixtures for the upcoming Women's T20 World on May 5. The tournament is going to witness the participation of 10 teams who will be divided equally into two groups of five each.
ICC has charged 25-year-old Sri Lankan spinner Praveen Jayawickrama for breach of the Anti-Corruption Code having been failed to report the approach from the bookies to fix certain matches. The said matches took place in 2021 and the bowler has gotten 14 days to respond to the charges.
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