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Dubai, Sept 21 (ANI): Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt has accused the England & Wales Cricket Board of being biased in the spot-fixing investigation that has engulfed the Pakistan team, and has threatened to sue those behind the “sinister conspiracy.” “This is biased thinking. This is biased view. This is biased action taken by [...]

London, Sep 21(ANI): England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Chief Executive David Collier has said that the pre-match altercation between England batsman Jonathan Trott and Pakistan fast bowler Wahab Riaz was now a “closed matter”. The incident occurred ahead of Monday’s fourth ODI at Lord’s, when the two players clashed in the nets and had [...]

London, Sep 13(ANI): After a string of controversies in recent weeks, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has now vowed to get tough with players who “overstep the mark” on micro-blogging site Twitter. ECB Managing Director Hugh Morris said that officials were drawing up rules aimed at preventing a repeat of the kind of [...]

London, Sept.9 (ANI): England cricket team coach Andy Flower has admitted that the “gloomy atmosphere” generated by the Pakistan spot-fixing allegations has undermined his side””s achievements. He has also suggested that the England and Wales Cricket Board review its scheduling policy after the second T20 game in Cardiff drew a pitifully small crowd of around [...]

London, Sep.3 (ANI): The chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board, Giles Clarke, has offered to help restructure Pakistan cricket in the wake of the illegal betting scandal after England successfully pressed for the three players under police investigation to be withdrawn from the one-day series. Clarke is the chairman of the International Cricket [...]

Sydney, Sep 2(ANI): Australian all-rounder Shane Watson believes that the dramatic axing of England batsman Kevin Pietersen is related to underlying issues within the team. Pietersen was dropped -for the first time in his career- from the squads announced for the two Twenty20 matches and the five-match ODI series against Pakistan that gets underway at [...]

London, Sep 2(ANI): England batsman Kevin Pietersen could face disciplinary charges for tweeting about his omission despite his apology. National selector Geoff Miller however said that the star batsman might escape punishment, as he has claimed that the post was a mistake. “I’ll talk to KP and if he wants to apologize or thinks there [...]

London, Aug.26 (ANI): England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke has warned that he may soon wield the axe on counties to end what he termed cricket overkill at the domestic level. “We’re looking at a reduction in the amount of domestic cricket. We can’t play three games a week any more. Some tough [...]

Melbourne, Aug 18 (ANI): Ex-Australian coach John Buchanan, who has joined the England and Wales cricket board as a consultant, has rejected reports that he is helping England prepare their game plan for winning the Ashes series this summer. England is considering offering Buchanan a long-term consultancy role, but he insists that his role would [...]

Islamabad, Aug 14(ANI): Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria has been cleared by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to return to Essex in time for today’s Friends Provident Twenty20 semi-final against Hampshire at the Rose Bowl. Kaneria will now join West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo to be the club’s two overseas players. “It is obviously [...]

Sydney, Jun 23 (ANI): Australian captain Ricky Ponting, who became England fans enemy No.1 during last year’s Ashes series, is bracing himself for a fresh verbal barrage during the ongoing ODI series. Fans went after Ponting to such an extent that England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke took the unusual step of pleading [...]

London, June 17 (ANI): Suspended Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi has said that he will sue England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke for libel. In an e-mail, Clarke had accused Modi of indulging in activities which were “detrimental to Indian cricket, English cricket and world cricket at large.” Clarke also alleged Modi [...]

Lahore, Jun.6 (ANI): The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has made it clear that it was for the International Cricket Council (ICC) to decide whether to allow Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria to play for his home side during this summer’s Test series against England or not. “As far as playing for Pakistan is concerned [...]

Islamabad, Jun.5 (ANI): Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria has challenged the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) decision to suspend his registration from the county championship following a match fixing scandal. A spokesman for the ECB has confirmed that Kaneria has appealed against the board’s decision while denying any wrongdoings, The Daily Times reports. The ECB [...]

London, June 4(ANI): The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has told counties to ensure that their ‘cheer girls’ at Twenty20 games do not show too much flesh. The directive was sent after cheer girls during a game between Sussex and Somerset wore skimpy black knickers and ‘little else below the waist’. ECB Twenty20 event [...]

London, Jun.2 (ANI): Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria and his Essex teammate fast bowler Mervyn Westfield are likely to remain suspended from their county team until the police investigates their alleged involvement in match fixing. Kaneria and Westfield have both received letters from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) informing them that their registrations will [...]

Mumbai, May 31 (ANI): Suspended Indian Premier League (IPL) Commissioner Lalit Modi is expected to submit his reply to the second showcause notice of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) today. The BCCI’s second notice has accused Modi of attempting to float a rebel Twenty20 league in England. Modi was served a [...]

London, Apr 23(ANI): The England players are seeking to nail contracts with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), which will take them through to the Ashes summer of 2013, rather than negotiating them annually. Twenty20 skipper Paul Collingwood and his team-mates have refused to sign deals offered to them last September, and will fly [...]

London, Apr 21 (ANI): England cricket team could travel by train to the south of France to catch a flight to the West Indies for the World Twenty20. Most of the England squad are due to fly to Barbados from Heathrow on Sunday morning, but the continuous suspension of flights from London has left the [...]

London, Apr.13 (ANI): The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) would be sponsoring Pakistan’s ‘home’ Test and one-day series against Australia in England in July. This is the first time in the MCC’s 233-year old history that it would be sponsoring a series. “MCC is committed to the health of Test cricket, and by sponsoring the series [...]