LONDON: India captain Virat Kohli has ruled out participating in the initial stages of the England and Wales Cricket Board’s new 100-ball format and says he is worried that commercial concerns are eroding the quality…
LONDON: Cricket teams could become 12-a-side under radical proposals for the new 100-ball competition being considered by the England & Wales Cricket Board, reported The Telegraph. Under the shocking plan, each side would select…
LAHORE: Pakistan will not have to wait long to be reunited with Mohammad Amir after the fast bowler’s UK visa was issued on Tuesday. The PCB confirmed that Amir will fly out to…
LONDON: The ECB’s proposed 100-ball tournament due to launch in 2020 will be aimed at a more “casual” cricket audience with a specific attempt to draw more “mums and kids” to the game, according…
LAHORE: Kevin Piteresen has called time on his illustrious and ‘controversial’ cricketing career. The 37-year-old will ply his trade for the last time with the Quetta Gladiators in the Pakistan Super League…
The quest to abbreviate cricket into shorter formats seems increasingly unending. It was as recently as in 2003 – a mere fourteen years ago – that the cricket world was introduced by the…
English fast bowler to return to London in 48 hours SYDNEY: England fast bowler Steven Finn has been ruled out of the Ashes series against Australia after scans showed he has torn his…
LONDON: Ben Stokes will not travel with the England squad to Australia on October 28 but no final decision has been taken on his involvement in the Ashes, cricket chiefs said Friday.…
LONDON: English cricket chiefs are exploring deploying “giant tents” to ensure rain no longer stops play, a report said on Wednesday. Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper said research was being carried out into…
BRISTOL: The England and Wales Cricket Board insisted Sunday it had “no firm position” on playing four-day Tests, adding they were “sensitive to the potential effects of any change to the traditional…
Pakistan Cricket Board on Monday condemned Danish Kaneria’s ‘anti PCB statement’ in India, reminding him that the ban on him was imposed by England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). The leg-spinner, who…
The European Central Bank held its key interest rates steady on Thursday, but analysts believe it could pave the way for new stimulus measures soon, despite growing resistance in Germany. The ECB’s…
All eyes were on the European Central Bank (ECB) on Monday following the resounding ‘No’ in the Greek referendum, with the ECB seen as the only institution capable of calming market panic and preventing the Greek economy from collapsing.
England captain Alastair Cook has tried to dampen concerns that the players are heading for a contracts dispute with the ECB, over an increase in payments for the leading cricketers, in compensation…
The European Central Bank (ECB) has left eurozone interest rates unchanged at 0.75%, as had been widely expected. Many analysts do not expect the ECB to alter rates from their current record…
Asian shares and the euro paused from recent gains on Thursday, as investors awaited the European Central Bank’s policy meeting later in the day and President Mario Draghi’s view on euro zone…
An impasse over plans for the European Central Bank to supervise banks, the European Union’s most ambitious financial reform, takes centre stage at a finance ministers’ meeting on Wednesday. France and Germany,…
