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Cricket: Smith rejects India whitewash forecast

Steve Smith dismissed predictions Wednesday that Australia face another series whitewash against India but admitted they had to show more fight to have any chance of stopping the world's number one Test team.
22 February 2017, 09:47 AM

Cricket: Afridi unveils Champions Trophy 2017 in Dubai

With 100 days to go before the first ball is bowled in the eighth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy, the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 Nissan Trophy Tour was launched in the backyard of the International Cricket Council headquarters at the ICC Academy on Tuesday, 21 February.
22 February 2017, 08:15 AM

Cricket: Sri Lanka's Dickwella gets two-match ban for another misconduct

Sri Lanka opener Niroshan Dickwella has been banned for two limited-over matches after his latest breach of ICC code of conduct, the International Cricket Council said on Tuesday.
21 February 2017, 06:53 AM

India thump Tigresses by nine wickets

India made short work of Bangladesh’s paltry target of 156 as they romped home in 33.3 overs for the loss of one wicket during the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier, 5th Super match at Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo today.
17 February 2017, 05:08 AM

DRS enabled umpires to make 98.5 percent correct calls: ICC

The ICC Chief Executive David Richardson has revealed that the Emirates Panel of Umpires' usage of the Decision Review System (DRS) has enabled them to attain a staggering accuracy rate of 98.5 percent.
16 February 2017, 10:15 AM

Cricket: Glenn Maxwell won't risk riling his mate Virat Kohli

There's few members of Australia's current Test squad with a deeper knowledge of what makes India's red-hot skipper Virat Kohli tick than Glenn Maxwell.
15 February 2017, 08:44 AM

Bangladesh outclass Ireland

A superb effort from the bowlers and an accomplished chase by the batters leads the Bangladesh women's cricket team to a seven-wicket victory over Ireland in their first Super Six match of the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier
15 February 2017, 07:52 AM

Bangladesh Cricket: Shakib, Mushfiqur achieve career-high Test rankings as batsman

Bangladesh Test captain Mushfiqur Rahim and allrounder Shakib Al Hasan achieved career-high positions as batsman in the latest MRF Tyres ICC Test Player Rankings.
15 February 2017, 05:36 AM

Bangladesh beat Scotland by 7 wickets

Bangladesh defeated Scotland by seven wickets in the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier match at Colombo Cricket Club Ground today.
10 February 2017, 10:54 AM

Virat Kohli becomes the first to smash four double-tons in four successive series

India captain Virat Kohli became the first batsman in Test history to score double centuries in four successive series, when he scored 204 against Bangladesh in one-off Test match in Hyderabad today.
10 February 2017, 07:22 AM

Ambidextrous Shaila stuns the cricketing world

The 27-year-old Sharmin performed the miraculous act in Bangladesh women's game with Pakistan this morning.
8 February 2017, 08:42 AM

Bangladesh women lose to Pakistan by 67 runs

A day after a thumping victory against Papua New Guinea, Bangladesh women's team suffered a crushing defeat in their second ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier match at the P Sara Oval in Colombo today.
8 February 2017, 08:16 AM

Bangladesh post 215 for 6 against Papua New Guinea

The Bangladesh women's team gets off to a winning start in their ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier campaign by defeated Papua New Guinea by 118 runs in the opener.
7 February 2017, 08:04 AM

Tigresses primed for PNG in today's opener

Bangladesh women's team captain Rumana Ahmed said that her team had tuned up well by beating Ireland in the warm-up game before today's ICC World Cup Qualifiers opening match against Papua New Guinea at the Colombo Cricket Club ground.
6 February 2017, 18:00 PM

Cricket: BCCI's Media Manager Nishant Arora resigns

The Indian cricket team's media manager Nishant Arora has resigned after the Committee of Administrators (COA) decided to shut down the Delhi office of BCCI.
6 February 2017, 09:01 AM

Cricket: Match dates revealed for ICC Women's World Cup 2017

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has today revealed the match dates for this summer’s ICC Women’s World Cup in England and Wales.
5 February 2017, 08:17 AM

ICC moving away from Big Three formula

The International Cricket Council (ICC) Board has agreed in principle to constitutional and financial changes that will effectively dismantle the Big Three formula imposed upon the governing body of cricket in 2014.
4 February 2017, 18:00 PM

Cricket: Stage set for ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier 2017

A chance to qualify for the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017, places in the next ICC Women’s Championship and ODI status for the next four-year cycle – there’s a lot at stake in the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier 2017 to be held in Colombo from 7-21 February.
30 January 2017, 09:59 AM

Cricket: Warner seizes top spot in ODI rankings for the first time

Australia opener David Warner has wrested the top spot in the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for ODI Batsmen with a stupendous run in recent matches that is a warning for other teams in the year of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017, which will be held in the United Kingdom from 1-18 June.
27 January 2017, 08:45 AM

Cricket: Pakistan captain Azhar handed ban for slow over-rate

Pakistan one-day international captain Azhar Ali has been suspended for one contest and fined 40 percent of his match fee for the team's slow over-rate in Thursday's game against Australia, cricket's world governing body (ICC) has said.
27 January 2017, 06:32 AM