Funding is expected to be expanded to the women’s refugee team in Afghanistan. Last year, the cricket boards of England, Australia and India, plus the International Cricket Council (ICC), announced a combined program to support players who were exiled after the Taliban returned to power in 2021. Sources told BBC Sport that the working group
England will not face any action from the International Cricket Council (ICC) over Ben Stokes’ retirement video. The ICC wrote to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) about the video in which former England captain Stokes told his teammates of his decision to retire after the third Test against New Zealand. The footage was
The International Cricket Council is formulating plans to address what it has called “significant corruption concerns” at franchise tournaments around the world. In documentation seen by BBC Sport, the ICC’s integrity unit reported that there was “increasing evidence” that corrupters were “infiltrating leagues and players in a number of different member territories”. The ICC now
The ICC has been investigating allegations of war crimes in Darfur for more than 20 years, since the previous round of violence in the 2000s. “What we see are patterns of crime that, in fact, were the same patterns of crime 20 years ago, when the Security Council first referred this situation to us,” he
The world governing body had also previously informed the ECB that any footage filmed at the PMOA must not contain audio or be released before the conclusion of a match. Speaking at the end of day four, Stokes explained why the public announcement was made during the game, detailing that it was a plan between
Rankings were introduced to protect players and promote fair competition between bat and ball in Test matches. The standard of the pitch is crucial in influencing the outcome of a game, as wickets with favorable spin potentially favor a team, or a pitch with favorable spin helps the team with faster bowlers. The ICC says