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Lahore: A 'disappointed' Pakistan Cricket Board Wednesday requested the Asian Cricket Council to convene an emergency meeting in the wake of BCCI secretary Jay Shah's statement that India won't travel to Pakistan for next year's Asia Cup. In its first official response to Shah's statement...

Mumbai: BCCI secretary Jay Shah Tuesday made it clear that India won't travel to Pakistan for the Asia Cup next year and will instead push for a neutral venue. The 2023 edition, which will be played in the 50-over format ahead of the ODI World...

Mumbai: World Cup winner Roger Binny was Tuesday elected as the 36th president of the BCCI, taking over from Sourav Ganguy to run the world's richest cricket board. Binny, 67, was elected unopposed at its AGM (Annual general Meeting) here alongside Jay Shah, who was...

Geelong (Australia): Netherlands made heavy weather of a small target before eking out a five-wicket win over Namibia to register their second consecutive victory in the T20 World Cup here Tuesday. Netherlands dished out a fine bowling effort to restrict Namibia to 121 for six...

Melbourne: Australian Test captain Pat Cummins, who also got additional charge of leading the ODI side Tuesday, would have rejected Cricket Australia's (CA) offer had it come a year back, but with almost 12 months of successfully leading the team in the longest format, accepting...

Melbourne: Pace spearhead Pat Cummins was  Tuesday named as Australia's new ODI captain following Aaron Finch's retirement from the format last month. The Cricket Australia (CA) confirmed that Cummins, 29, will lead Australia in next year's ODI World Cup in India. Cummins beat the likes...

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, Monday, launched a scathing attack on the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) over the "unceremonious" exit of Sourav Ganguly as its president. "Injustice has been meted out to him, while Jay Shah, Union Home Minister...

Brisbane: Mohammed Shami made a surprise entry and picked up three wickets in the final over as India beat defending champions Australia by six runs in their first warm-up match of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup at The Gabba Monday. After fifties from KL...

Geelong (Victoria): UAE head coach Robin Singh said he is aware that his team needs to play a "solid" game of cricket to beat Sri Lanka in Tuesday's must-win Group A match in the first round of ICC Men's T20 World Cup and be in...

Geelong: Namibia caused a massive upset on the opening day of the T20 World Cup with a 55-run win over 2014 champions and reigning Asia Cup winners Sri Lanka in a group A match, here Sunday. Namibia, who had impressed in the previous edition 12...