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Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) today confirmed the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia 2020 has been postponed until next year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic At today’s meeting of the IBC Board (the commercial subsidiary of the ICC), windows for the next three ICC men’s events were also agreed to bring clarity to the calendar and ...

Sri Lankan police have ended their investigation into the 2011 World Cup final, but found no evidence of match-fixing. Sri Lankan police say two players and a chief selector were questioned in connection with the investigation, and are satisfied with the explanations of all three. The investigation unit questioned former captain Kumar Sangakkara for nine hours, while Arvinda de Silva ...

Pakistan ODI and T20 cricket team captain Babar Azam has said that the T20 World Cup should be on time. The International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 World Cup is scheduled in Australia from October 18 to November 15, but there has been talk of postponing the mega event due to the corona virus, according to media reports. Done, only the ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — 30 June 2020 — The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), together with the Mexican Baseball Federation and respective Local Organizing Committee (LOC), today announced the postponement of the 2020 WBSC U-23 Baseball World Cup® to 24 September to 3 October 2021, in consideration of the global health and safety measures and travel limitations pertaining to the coronavirus ...

LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ehsan Mani has said that it is difficult to hold the ICC T20 World Cup this year.The ICC is not looking at events this year due to the corona virus, but the absence of events will not cause any financial loss. Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ehsan Mani answered media questions on the video link.Ehsan ...

Dubai:Global cricket chiefs on Thursday announced to move forward with plans of staging the T20 World Cup, in Australia, as per schedule despite the coronavirus pandemic which has halted all major sporting events. The conference call brought together the chief executives of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC’s) 12 full member nations and three associate representatives. Global cricket is at a ...

Dubai:The International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Thursday that all qualifying events for the 2021 T20 World Cup and 50-overs version in 2023 that were scheduled to be held before June 30 have been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The flu-like virus has infected more than 470,800 people around the world and killed over 21,200, according to a Reuters ...

England will begin the defence of their Women’s World Cup title against Australia in Auckland next year the day after New Zealand open the tournament on February 6, Waitangi Day. The 30-day, 31-match tournament concludes with the final at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on March 7. In total there will be six venues: Eden Park, Dunedin, Hamilton, Mount Maunganui, the ...

England 143 for 5 (Sciver 57) beat West Indies 97 (Kirby 20, Ecclestone 3-7) by 46 runs England took another step towards the title decider by booking their place in the semi-finals with a convincing victory over West Indies in Sydney. Before her side left for the tournament, England’s new Australian coach, Lisa Keightley, had stated that she expected her ...

Lahore:Pakistan national women’s team will begin their journey in the all-important ICC Women’s T20 World Cup today against the West Indies Women in Canberra. Under the captaincy of Bismah Maroof, who will be leading the side in a world event for the first time, Pakistan will be eying to secure a semi-final berth for the first time. Since the last ...