2011 World Cup mascot named “Stumpy”

The mascot of the 2011 World Cup, which is an elephant, has been named Stumpy. The International Cricket Council made this announcement in Colombo.

India retains number one position in Test cricket

Despite losing the series opener, India managed to retain the numero uno status in the ICC Test Championship table by virtue of a hard-earned draw against Sri Lanka in the second Test in Colombo on Friday.

Imran Khan fears fast bowlers “could go the way of dinosaurs”

Legendary Pakistan all-rounder Imran Khan fears that fast bowlers “could go the way of the dinosaurs” if the international calendar retains its current congested schedule.

Pawar had supported Howard’s nomination: David Morgan

Former ICC Chief David Morgan has come out in support of the new ICC President Sharad Pawar, who is facing severe criticism from all quarters for influencing the ICC members to not support former Australian PM John Howard’s nomination for ICC Vice President, saying that Pawar had no objection to Howard’s candidature and that Pawar, along with Morgan himself, supported the nomination of Howard but the former Australian Premier started losing support in the last week which led to his rejection.

It won’t be long before ICC headquarters shift to Mumbai: Malcom Speed

Former ICC CEO, Malcolm Speed, has lashed out at the new ICC President Sharad Pawar, saying that if John Howard was rejected for lack of experience, then even Sharad Pawar does not qualify to be the ICC President, as he knows “little about cricket administration” while adding that the entire fiasco has a lot more to it than meets the eye.

Oz, NZ PMs back Howard; Pawar insists no rift within ICC

The rift within the International Cricket Council (ICC) seems to be deepening, with the Prime Ministers of Australia and New Zealand backing John Howard and asking him to not withdraw his candidacy for the Vice-President’s post even as the new ICC President, Sharad Pawar, insisted that there is no division within the ICC and that the former Australian PM just didn’t have the numbers to be selected for the post.

Dhoni reclaims No. 1 spot, India No. 2 in ICC ODI rankings

Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Monday regained the number-one batting position while his team returned to the second spot in the ICC ODI Championship after back-to-back victories in the ongoing Asia Cup in Sri Lanka.

Lorgat stresses on importance of the 50-over format on eve of 3000th ODI

International cricket chief Haroon Lorgat insisted on Monday that one-day internationals still had a future as England and Australia prepared to contest the 3,000th one-day at the Rose Bowl on Tuesday.

50-overs format will survive: Haroon Lorgat

International Cricket Council CEO Haroon Lorgat said on Thursday that the ICC will closely watch the split-innings experiment with the One Day format in Australia next year even though it is confident that the 50-over game will survive in its present guise.

Zimbabwe to return to Test cricket next year

After putting up a spirited performance in the recently concluded tri-series featuring India and Sri Lanka, in which they made it to the finals beating India twice in the series, Zimbabwe have more reason to cheer about as they will be making their much-awaited comeback in the longest format of the game against Bangladesh next May.

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