Hamid Hassan came away with mixed memories from the ICC Combined XI match, claiming two key wickets but also needing a trip to hospital ‘My body is now pretty spectacular as I have some interesting coloured bruises, some of which are green, yellow and blue’
Convicted Pakistani pace bowler Muhammad Asif has filed an appeal against his International Cricket Council (ICC) ban in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Hamid Hassan is looking forward at another chance to impress
Former Australia bowler Stuart MacGill, writing in the Age, says the DRS isn’t 100% accurate and it doesn’t have to be, however the call for a referral should be left to the umpire. First, you can’t blame the BCCI for not using the DRS. The ICC decided to allow its members to make a choice and they did. They know decisions will go for and against them. Second, despite the fact that Aleem Dar, one of the best umpires in the world, has called for the DRS to be uniformly…
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has approved the nomination of its president Mustafa Kamal to the ICC presidency. The issue now moves to the ICC, which is expected to formally accept the …
Nur Khan, the former head of the PCB who passed away recently, would be remembered as a visionary when it came to sports administration, even though cricket wasn’t his favourite sport, writes Osman Samiuddin in the National. He proposed the idea of neutral umpires in Tests long before the concept was introduced. At the very first meeting he attended of the International Cricket Conference (as the ICC was then) as head of the Pakistan board, Nur Khan told those around him he was ashamed to be sitting with them. “I’ve…
A selection of the leading Associate and Affiliate players, led by Ireland captain William Porterfield, will get their chance to compete against England, the No. 1 Test team in the world, next month after it was confirmed they will form part of England’s preparations for the Test series against Pakistan in the UAE. ICC Combined AM XI William Porterfield (captain, Ireland), Saqib Ali (UAE), Kyle Coetzer (Scotland), George Dockrell (Ireland), Majid Haq (Scotland), Hamid Hassan (Afghanistan), Mohammad Nabi (Afghanistan), Boyd Rankin (Ireland), Mohammad Shahzad (Afghanistan), Paul Stirling (Ireland), Christi Viljoen…
NEW DELHI: Interpol said Friday it was looking at a possible tie-up with the International Cricket Council (ICC) a
Mohammad Ashraful’s career sums up Bangladesh’s performance over the last decade: plenty of promise but not much success due to dodgy technique and temperament
Guernsey will host the 2012 ICC Europe coach development conference: “Player Potential to Performance”. It takes place in January with 26 coaches attending from 14 countries. The conference provides a player-centred approach to coach development. The conference will take coaches on a journey from how to identify and nurture talented cricketers to implementing strength and conditioning programmes to support their development. “The conference is about taking coaches on a journey and offering them an insight into key topics that face talented young players,” said Chris Porter, ICC Europe regional development…