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PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf has said that Mohammad Amir will be welcomed back to international cricket once he has served his ICC ban and given financial support in the meantime

CRICKET:CRICKET IRELAND has welcomed the findings of an independent report commissioned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) into its own governance that recommends loosening the criteria for countries to gaining full member status.

Future International Cricket Council (ICC) presidents are likely to have reduced powers after the governing body's board recommended turning the job into an ambassadorial role and creating a new position of chairman.

The Board of the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday recommended to split the role of president with a new chairman's post from 2014, and deferred the nomination of Bangladesh's Mustafa Kamal as vice-president.

The picturesque Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) Stadium in Dharamsala has been approved by the ICC to host international one-dayers and Twenty20 matches

PERTH, Jan 14, 2012 (AFP) – - The strong emergence of the Twenty20 format has the ICC considering a bid to have cricket return to the Olympics after more than a century, ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat said on Saturday.

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England overcame another middle-order wobble to secure a three-wicket win against the ICC Combined XI in Dubai

Alastair Cook admitted England’s batsmen hadn’t started their tour as they’d hoped but wasn’t overly concerned despite an unconvincing display against an ICC Combined XI in Dubai

With the exception of Alastair Cook, England’s batsmen failed to impress on the second day against the ICC Combined XI in Dubai