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18/01/2019

HBL PSL 2019 Anthem is out now 🔥🔥🔥

16/09/2017

Ali Rehman

21/09/2016

Lahore Qalandars have unearthed a truly unique prospect in Yasir Jan, an ambidextrous quick who can generate serious pace with both arms

18/07/2016

They call Dhoni the best captain but wait compare his stats with Misbah ul Haq..
And we all know who played most at home and who has a better side.
MS Dhoni Misbab ul haq
2008-2014 2010-
Total: 60 43
Won: 27 21
Draw: 18 11
Lost: 15 11
W/L: 1.50 1.90
Win%: 45% 49%
Loss%: 30% 23%

15/07/2016

14/07/2016

And They call sachin best player..
Just imagine if younis plays 200 test matches

24/06/2016

SL 254/7 (50.0 ov)
ENG (still to bat)
RR 5.08

24/06/2016

"Ireland are set to play their first ever full international on English soil next year"

History will be made when England host Ireland for the first time in an international fixture, with the two sides set to play two one-day internationals next year.
The fixtures will begin England’s 2017 international summer with Bristol hosting the first encounter on May 5 before Ireland play their first full ODI at the home of cricket when they take on England at Lord’s on May 7.

24/06/2016

"Difficult to fit Olympics into cricket calendar - ICC's Tim Anderson"

There has been a push for Twenty20 cricket to become an Olympic sport, but chances of that happening may diminish if the ICC reverses its decision to switch the World T20 from a two-year to a four-year cycle.

Cricket is recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which, it is understood, has "encouraged" the ICC to apply for the inclusion of a Twenty20 event in the Olympics, featuring up to 12 teams, both men and women.

While governing bodies of other sports have been quick to seize the exposure Olympic status can provide, the ICC has maintained a deliberate approach to the matter. At the last two ICC board meetings - on February 3 and April 24 in Dubai - they have deferred taking a final position on whether or not to make an application to the IOC.

If the World T20 continues to take place once every two years, there is a chance that it would clash with the quadrennial cycle of the Summer Olympics. ICC head of global development Tim Anderson conceded it would be difficult to squeeze two major global T20 championships into the same calendar year.

"It's a big decision, there are some pros and cons," he told ESPNcricinfo, "The ICC board has had long discussions and more recent discussions about the potential of cricket to participate in the Olympics. There's been direct conversations with the IOC very recently and I think the continued dialogue with the IOC is really important but at this point our board has not made a decision in that regard.

"I think one of the additional pieces to the dynamic now is lots of discussion around the possibility of having two World Twenty20s in a four-year cycle," Anderson said. "That would be great for cricket, too, I think and if that did happen, then you've got a really packed schedule of Twenty20 cricket internationally. Whether that positive move means that potentially another positive move is not possible, that's certainly one of the conversations that's happening at the board right now.

"It's hard to really say whether it's possible to fit two World Twenty20s and an Olympic Games in a four-year cycle. Obviously if we have two World Twenty20s it's going to make the calendar much tighter and more difficult I would imagine. But I think the appetite right now around the board and Full Members for consideration of reform of international cricket is really strong. All of these things have been taken into consideration."

Financial permutations are also a major factor. While the ICC controls broadcast rights and revenue distribution for its own competitions, they would cede both to the IOC for an Olympic T20 tournament. However, with the increase in government funding for sports with Olympic status, member countries who lose out on ICC revenue can still make up the difference.

The ICC's confirmed cycle of tournaments, in conjunction with the end of the current TV broadcast rights contract, ends in 2023. An opportunity to tweak the international calendar at the end of 2023 is one reason why the ICC had targeted an Olympic T20 competition in 2024.

ICC had unveiled a strategic plan to help develop cricket in the USA and if Los Angeles wins the hosting rights for that year's Summer Games, there could be a chance that the ICC would submit an application to the IOC to include cricket. However, they would need to do so by September 2017 - when the host for the Olympics is announced - if cricket realistically has a hope of being approved for the 2024 Summer Games.

In the past, administrators from leading Full Members have been reluctant to have cricket in the Olympics. England's Giles Clarke had once claimed "we don't have the space in our calendar." However, Anderson claims the "appetite for reform" is as strong.

"We obviously know that the Associate and Affiliate members are keen for it to happen," Anderson said. "There's lots of positive things being discussed about the reform of the international cricket program which for AMs is potentially really really important. It's a part of a very large and complicated conversation."

ICC's next board meeting is in July in Edinburgh.

24/06/2016

BCCI announces mini IPL for September

BCCI has decided to host a shortened version of the IPL overseas every September, starting this year, branding it the "mini IPL" or "IPL overseas". BCCI president Anurag Thakur said the final dates and format will be announced in due course.

"In the month of September, the BCCI is willing to host a mini IPL or IPL overseas," Thakur said at the end of the board's working committee meeting in Dharamsala on Friday. "[It will be] a shorter format, not home and away matches but a lesser number of matches; in a two-week window we will be able to complete it."

Thakur said that with the Duleep Trophy - India's first-class zonal competition - scheduled for the end of September, the BCCI only had a restricted window available for the mini IPL. "It is a tight schedule. It is in a less than two-week window we have to organise [the tournament]. And we have to look into various details: which country we can play in, how many teams, how many players should participate, who will be the broadcaster - all these issues need to deliberated, but we are keen to play in that window."

Sony owns the broadcasting rights for the IPL till 2017, but it is understood that Star, which holds the rights for home series in India, is a strong contender to bag the overseas IPL deal. "More details can be shared once we speak to the various stakeholders," Thakur said. "We'll speak to the franchises, to the broadcaster, and look at the revenue model before finalising the dates and the format."

The USA and the UAE were two options that were discussed at both the IPL governing council meeting and the working committee meeting, but Thakur remained non-committal about the venue. "There are many options, many countries host the IPL. So there will be a process to look at the various time zones available, various markets available, which could be the best partner country, whether every year it should be hosted in that country or the countries can be changed."

At the meeting, the BCCI also decided to pass the proposal to hold Ranji Trophy games at neutral venues in the coming season, and replace the state-based domestic T20 tournament - the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy - with a zonal-based competition. A release issued after the meeting also said the board will have a separate marketing budget in the coming season to "popularise" Test cricket, and restrict the participation of players in Under-19 World Cups.

23/06/2016

The future of the ICC Champions Trophy is back in doubt. It is understood that the tournament is highly likely to be scrapped after the 2021 tournament, in India, and could even be abolished after next year's tournament, in England, should a new ODI league be introduced from 2019.

The Champions Trophy was originally meant to be scrapped after the 2013 edition, but the huge commercial success of that year's tournament in England led to it being retained, at the expense of the World Test Championship that had been scheduled for 2017.

However, now the tournament faces being a victim of the ICC's ongoing review of the structure of international cricket. Under the latest proposals an ODI league, of 13 nations, is being planned from 2019, culminating in a play-off between the leading two sides in 2022.

It is felt that, with an ODI league alongside the World Cup, a third 50-over tournament would be superfluous, adding unnecessarily to the schedule and risking confusion among casual fans by creating three winners of 50-over international tournaments in the space of 24 months.

Although the Champions Trophy has proved hugely popular, in part due to its condensed nature - 15 matches will be played over 18 days in next year's competition - the ICC has never been enamoured with having two marquee tournaments in 50-over cricket alongside the World Twenty20, and had planned to scrap the tournament as far back as 2011.

Over seven editions, and despite the concise nature of the tournament, the Champions Trophy has struggled to build up a clear identity. An additional factor is the anticipated return of the World T20 to a two-year cycle. That proposal is likely to be ratified at the forthcoming ICC Annual Conference in Edinburgh.

As part of the ICC's proposals for reforms to the schedule of the international game, it is envisaged that structured competitions - ICC global events, and the leagues in Test and ODI cricket - would take up less than six months a year, creating ample time for countries to organise extra bilateral cricket, such as the Ashes, and for players to participate in domestic T20 leagues.

The commercial implications of scrapping the Champions Trophy are not a great concern. This is because the extra value of a biennial WT20 would more than offset the costs of its removal.

Indeed, it is understood that senior figures from the ICC have recently met with Star Sports in Dubai to discuss the future of ICC events and whether to retain the Champions Trophy.

It is possible that, as part of the negotiations for Star Sports to broadcast the two extra WT20s in this broadcasting cycle, scheduled for 2018 and 2022, they would agree for the 2021 Champions Trophy to be scrapped.

If it was agreed that the 2021 Champions Trophy would not take place, India, the scheduled hosts for that tournament, would be well-placed to host another WT20, in 2022 or 2024, instead.

16/05/2016

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