On the evening of Tuesday August 24 the ACO welcomed the arrival of the first neutral Test officials to be officiating at Lord’s from the same nationality: Tony Hill, Steve Davis and Billy Bowden were all at Lord’s to speak to and entertain ACO members.
Teenage paceman Josh Hazlewood is a shock inclusion in the Australia Test for next month’s tour of India, alongside fellow quick Peter George.
South Africa will play Pakistan in an extra Twenty20 international during their tour of the United Arab Emirates later this year to help raise funds for those affected by the Pakistan floods.
Cricket Australia has renewed the contract of national coach Tim Nielsen until the end of the 2013 Ashes series. “I am excited about the coming phase in Australian cricket,” Nielsen revealed.
The one-day international between Sri Lanka and New Zealand – part of the ongoing tri-series in Dambulla – has been postponed due to bad weather, with a fresh toss scheduled for Friday.
The International Cricket Council has apologised to England spinner Graeme Swann for leaving him off the initial long-list for Cricketer of the Year and belatedly added him to 16 other contenders.
Josh Davey turned in remarkable figures of 5-9 as Scotland levelled their two-match one-day series against Afghanistan with a six-wicket win in Ayr.
A maiden one-day century from wicketkeeper Gary Wilson saw Ireland to an impressive 70-run win over the Netherlands in the first ODI at Clontarf.
Unbeaten centuries from Mohammad Shahzad and Karim Sadiq propelled Afghanistan to a resounding nine-wicket win over Scotland in the first ODI in Ayr
Scotland narrowly missed out on a draw, going down to Afghanistan by 229 runs. Seamer Hamid Hassan took 11 wickets in the match at Ayr.
