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Lankan legend Muralitharan to be inducted into ICC Hall of Fame
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Apr 20 (ANI): Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has announced that spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan will become the first player from the nation to be inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame during the 2017 Champions Trophy, which is to be held in England and Wales in June.
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Bangladesh recall Shafiul Islam for Champions Trophy
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Apr 20 (ANI): Bangladesh have recalled right-arm pacer Shafiul Islam to their 15-man squad for the Champions Trophy to be held in England and Wales from June 1 to June 18.
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Starc, Lynn included in Australia's squad for Champions Trophy
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], Apr 20 (ANI): Australia have named the injured duo of Mitchell Starc and Chris Lynn in their 15-man squad for the Champions Trophy to be held in England and Wales from June 1 to June 18.
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Ganguly, Sangakkara among commentators for ICC Champions Trophy
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Apr 18 (ANI): The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday announced a stellar line up of commentators as well as detailed broadcast production plans, which for the first time in cricket, include Player Tracking for the ICC Champions Trophy to be held in England and Wales
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Indian workers to get affected as Australia to abolish 457 visa programme
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New South Wales [Australia], April 18 (ANI): Australia will abolish the 457 visa programme which is used by companies to bring in temporary foreign workers and will replace it with a tighter program.
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Ex-England pacer Isa Guha becomes first woman to join PCA board
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Apr. 13 (ANI): Former England pacer Isa Guha has become the first woman to join the board of the Professional Cricketers' Association (PCA). The PCA is the representative body for first-class cricketers in England and Wales.
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Harbhajan Singh, 7 others named Champions Trophy ambassadors
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Apr.12 (ANI): The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday announced eight stalwarts of the modern era as the Ambassadors for this summer's ICC Champions Trophy which will be staged at three iconic venues of England and Wales from June 1 to June 18.
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ECB wants Root, Morgan to understand responsibility of playing `exciting c
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], Mar. 21 (ANI): The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has called on new Test skipper Joe Root and his ODI counterpart Eoin Morgan to "understand their responsibility to play exciting cricket for future generations to connect with and for fans to get behin
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Stuart Broad receives MBE from Prince Charles
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Feb. 11 (ANI): England pacer Stuart Broad has received an MBE from Prince Charles after the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) interviewed him, along with batsman Joe Root and all-rounder Ben Stokes to succeed Alastair Cook as captain of the national cricket team.
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Cook knew it was time to `step aside`, says Strauss
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Feb. 7 (ANI): England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) director of cricket Andrew Strauss believes Alastair Cook's decision to step down from the post of Test captain stemmed from his reservations about "how much he had left in the tank".
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Alastair Cook steps down as England Test captain
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [U.K], Feb.6 (ANI): Alastair Cook has stepped down as England's Test captain after a record 59 matches in charge, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) confirmed on Monday.
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British prisons seeing record levels of suicides, violence: Ministry of Ju
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Feb. 3 (ANI): A report released by United Kingdom's Ministry of Justice has revealed that suicides, assaults and self-inflicted harm in British prisons have all reached new record levels with 354 deaths being reported behind bars in England and Wales last year, including 11
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