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(c)Cricinfo en-gb http://www.cricinfo.com/logos/rss/ci.gif http://www.cricinfo.com/ The ICC has reaffirmed that Pakistan will not be a host nation for the 2011 World Cup, and has ruled out UAE or another fifth nation from stepping in as temporary hosts http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/410516.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/410516.html Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:03:25 GMT Haroon Lorgat has conceded that players may reduce or end their involvement in international cricket to participate in lucrative domestic Twenty20 leagues http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/406837.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/406837.html Sun, 31 May 2009 18:38:55 GMT The ICC has clarified that the forthcoming Champions Twenty20 League in India in October this year has not been included in the Future Tours Programme (FTP), contrary to some media reports http://www.cricinfo.com/championsleague/content/story/406256.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/championsleague/content/story/406256.html Wed, 27 May 2009 16:16:35 GMT The ICC today confirmed it had responded formally by rejecting the legal claims initiated last week by the PCB concerning the hosting of the 2011 World Cup matches http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/404371.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/404371.html Thu, 14 May 2009 18:18:21 GMT The ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat has lauded the progress shown by Afghanistan, whose senior side recently qualified for one-day international status, and whose juniors this week reached the final of the Asian Cricket Council Elite Cup, a precursor to http://www.cricinfo.com/afghanistan/content/story/402732.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/afghanistan/content/story/402732.html Sun, 03 May 2009 14:53:03 GMT The Indian board's commitment to fight corruption in cricket has come under the scanner after it has emerged that it stayed silent for months on an ICC offer to provide full anti-corruption cover for the IPL this year, mainly because of the fee involved http://www.cricinfo.com/ipl2009/content/story/402377.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ipl2009/content/story/402377.html Fri, 01 May 2009 05:28:17 GMT Pakistan ponder two options to play their home games, including a designated neutral venue and a 'surrogate' hosting http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/401135.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/401135.html Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:05:19 GMT Twenty20 cricket poses a greater corruption threat than the traditional forms of the game, Haroon Lorgat, the ICC chief executive, has said http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/401130.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/401130.html Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:04:54 GMT Javed Miandad, the PCB's director general, has said he was 'shocked' by the ICC's 'hasty' decision to move the 2011 World Cup out of Pakistan http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/401090.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/401090.html Tue, 12 May 2009 13:01:47 GMT Pakistan have lodged a protest with the ICC over the shifting of the 2011 World Cup matches from the country due to security reasons http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/400952.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/400952.html Tue, 12 May 2009 13:03:01 GMT The ICC's Chief Executives' Committee (CEC) has recommended that the Champions Trophy in September be shifted from Sri Lanka to South Africa following concerns over weather conditions in the island nation during that period. The ICC board is expected to t http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/394846.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/394846.html Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:14:51 GMT ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat's has said umpires Simon Taufel and Steve Davis needed to be "more rational" in their assessment of the security in Lahore http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/394406.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/394406.html Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:33:05 GMT ICC president David Morgan has played down suggestions that the 2011 World Cup will be moved away from Pakistan where some of the matches are scheduled to be staged http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/393309.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/393309.html Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:05:10 GMT Cricket Australia officials will meet in Dubai on Thursday with counterparts from Pakistan to discuss moving the scheduled 2010 Test series to England. The discussions will take place a day after New Zealand Cricket announced it would not travel to Pakist http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/393259.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/393259.html Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:38:36 GMT ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat believes the referral system has improved and has helped considerably in making correct decisions. "The referral system has improved the rate of giving correct decisions," he said http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/391295.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/391295.html Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:13:18 GMT The ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat has asked the 2011 World Cup organising committee to consider shifting venues in case the political climate in Pakistan worsens http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/391150.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/391150.html Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:00:16 GMT After the sensational abandonment of the second Test between West Indies and England at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, the two teams will meet again on the island for the third Test on Sunday at the old Antigua Recreation Ground http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/390682.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/390682.html Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:15:41 GMT Sri Lanka is the ICC's preferred venue for the Champions Trophy after it removed the tournament from Pakistan during its meeting in Perth http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/388685.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/388685.html Mon, 02 Feb 2009 02:54:51 GMT The ICC will make a special request to the Australian government that Peter Chingoka, the Zimbabwe Cricket chairman, be allowed to attend its board meeting in Perth http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/385030.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/385030.html Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:14:57 GMT The ICC has joined hands with the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA) to formally launch the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, as part of the ICC's centenary year celebrations http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/385019.html?CMP=OTC-RSS http://www.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/385019.html Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:22:27 GMT