The ICC multi-nation tournament scheduled for the West Indies in 2010 has been shortened from a Champions Trophy to be another World Twenty20.
It will be the third such tournament since the very successful first event in South Africa in September 2007.
The decision has been taken because this year’s 50-over-a-side Champions Trophy has been postponed by […]
The rescheduling of the Champions Trophy will contribute to player burnout and more cricketers considering early retirement to take up lucrative Twenty20 deals, according to the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA). Tim May, the FICA chief executive, said players faced a “ridiculous” workload over the next two years.
Australia will be one of the teams […]
The postponed Champions Trophy has been rescheduled to take place in Pakistan from 24 September to 5 October 2009.
The tournament was due to be played in Pakistan last month, but was postponed because of security concerns.
A single city will now host the 12-day competition rather than the two proposed for this year’s event.
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The ICC have rescheduled the Champions Trophy tournament in Pakistan which was postponed due to security concerns.
It will now take place between September 24 and October 5, 2009 with the matches being played in a single city in Pakistan, rather than the two which were proposed for this year’s aborted version.
The tournament will be staged […]
The ICC will hold the postponed Champions Trophy between September 24 and October 5, 2009, it was decided during the second day of its board meeting in Dubai. The announcement ends months of uncertainty about the event which was originally scheduled for September this year in Pakistan but was postponed after several participating countries refused […]
The city of Rawalpindi will play host to Pakistan’s second Test match against India early next year, said the PCB.
Rawalpindi was dropped from the list of host venues for the ICC Champions Trophy on security grounds earlier this year following a spate of bombings in the country. Read more
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Ricky Ponting said the Islamabad blasts have justified his country’s decision of opting out of the Champions Trophy.
The Australian captain shuddered to think what would have happened had his team been in Pakistan for the Champions Trophy, which was eventually postponed. Read more
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Denying a rift between the Asian bloc and the western world, ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat believes a misconstrued picture by security experts hired by various boards to assess the situation in Pakistan led to the postponement of the Champions Trophy. Speaking to Business Day, Lorgat said that countries that opted out of playing in […]
Chaminda Vaas and Chamara Silva are notable absentees from Sri Lanka’s squad for the Canada Cup Four Nation Twenty20 tournament to be played in Toronto next month, while Dilhara Lokuhettige, Jeevantha Kulatunga and Thilina Kandamby have been rewarded for consistent first-class contributions.
Kumar Sangakkara, who underwent a surgery on the index finger of his right hand […]
The Pakistan Cricket Board’s latest attempt to fill the void left in their fixture schedule following the postponement of the Champions Trophy could be again set for failure.
The PCB this week sent a formal request to the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) inviting them to play two Tests in the strife-torn nation in November. […]
ICC have reiterated their belief that next year’s postponed Champions Trophy in Pakistan will go ahead.
The tournament was originally scheduled to begin on Friday, but after concerns by a number of the ICC’s member nations regarding security in the strife-torn country a decision was made last month to postpone the event until September or October […]
The PCB has blamed India for the failure to finalise new dates for the Champions Trophy at the ICC’s recent meeting.
Highly-placed PCB sources told PTI that India had made this point during the ICC’s chief executives committee meeting in Dubai, where fresh dates for the tournament were discussed but nothing was finalised. Read […]