ICC chief expresses concern on Afghanistan not having a women’s team in T20 World Cup, says ‘Until something changes’

With the International Cricket Council announcing the dates for 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup to be held in Bangladesh from 6 October, the cricket body expressed its concerns over Afghanistan cricket board to develop women’s cricket. ICC chief Geoff Allardice on Sunday said that unless there is some change to the situation in Afghanistan,  the …

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ICC mandates stop-clock rule from T20 World Cup 2024: What is it?

T20 World Cup 2024: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday mandated the use of stop clocks in limited-overs international matches and said that it will become permanent in all ODIs and T20Is from June 2024, starting with the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 in the West Indies and USA. The stop-clock rule was …

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ICC: ICC scouts for social media partner as deal with Meta concludes

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has issued an invitation to tender (ITT) for the official social media partner from 2024 to 2027. Meta India was the incumbent social media partner of the ICC for the last four years, beginning in 2019. Following the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023’s record-breaking social media performance, the ICC …

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India vs Afghanistan T20 match: ICC shares ‘perfect mirror image’ of Kohli and Bumrah, netizens react | See post here

The International Cricket Council shares a viral image of Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah from the India vs Afghanistan T20 match. The International Cricket Council on Thursday shared the ‘perfect mirror image’ of Indian legendary cricketers Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah from the India vs Afghanistan T20 match on its official X (formerly Twitter) handle. …

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Newland pitch gets away with ‘unsatisfactory’ rating by ICC

The pitch in Cape Town, where India beat South Africa inside five sessions of a test match last week, has incurred one demerit point after being rated “unsatisfactory”, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Tuesday. The Newlands contest lasted 642 balls with India registering a series-levelling victory in the shortest ever test in which …

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Usman Khawaja: Australia batter Khawaja reprimanded by ICC over black armband to support Palestinians in Gaza

Australia batter Usman Khawaja has been reprimanded by the International Cricket Council for wearing a black armband in support of Palestinians in Gaza during the first cricket test against Pakistan. ICC regulations prevent cricketers from displaying messages of political, religious or racial causes during international matches. Khawaja was born in Pakistan and is the first …

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