The PSL will start on February 4
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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have sold all five Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchises – Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta and Islamabad – for $93 million over a 10-year period.
This is the biggest broadcast deal the ICC have ever signed
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The International Cricket Council (ICC) have signed their biggest-ever broadcast partnership with Star India and Star Middle East.
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The two-tier Test system will give teams like Afghanistan the chance to play against Full Member nations
With the World Test Championship set to be scrapped after a lack of support from both sponsors and broadcasters, the International Cricket Council (ICC) are interested in introducing a two-tier Test cricket system.
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The ICC have been advised to rethink their position on the World Test Championship
There are grave concerns that the World Test Championship, which is scheduled to be held in the United Kingdom in 2017, may be scrapped after sponsors and broadcasters appeared hesitant about investing in the tournament.
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Napier will host the first match of the series
After the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and New Zealand Cricket (NZC) agreed on the dates of their series, it was announced that India would kick off their tour of New Zealand in January with an ODI in Napier.
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Pakistan toured India in December 2012
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have revealed that they have lost approximately USD 80 million (Approx. Rs 482 crore) in its broadcast deal with Dubai-based Ten Sports after failing to host India for a bilateral series.
The Real Time Snickometer would become an automated part of the DRS
In the past number of series there have numerous decisions involving batsmen edging the ball that have left commentators, pundits and fans all scratching their heads, but their cries of better technology being needed for edges have been answered after Australia-based company BBG Sports invented the Real Time Snickometer, which is said to “have taken the Hot Spot system from an accuracy of around 85% to a current accuracy of 95%”.
