Wasim Khan on Mohammad Amir: “Amir decided to quit Test cricket two years ago and discussed it with Mickey Arthur, who had a few sessions with him on this issue and eventually made him understand that it is not the right decision”
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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) managing director Wasim Khan has revealed that left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir wanted to quit Test cricket two years ago.
“I don’t want anybody to go through what I actually went through over those two years”
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Kent all-rounder Darren Stevens has opened up about how be became involved in a “brutal” anti-corruption investigation while playing in the 2013 edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).
“On the day of release before sales began (at 11.30am on November 6) the book had topped 150,000 copies in orders”
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Legendary India batsman Sachin Tendulkar’s autobiography, Playing It My Way, has already “broken all records for an adult hardback on pre-order subscriptions across both fiction and non-fiction categories”.
“I am hugely excited by this new appointment and the opportunity to help build the next generation of England players”
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Somerset’s director of high performance, Andy Hurry, has been appointed to take charge of the England Development Programme at the National Cricket Academy in Loughborough.
“I want to return to cricket before my eight-year ban is up”
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Disgraced Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful has announced that he has appealed against the eight-year ban that was handed to him after he admitted to being involved in a match-fixing scandal during the 2013 edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).
Collier has been the ECB’s chief executive for nearly a decade
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David Collier will step down as chief executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) after nearly a decade.
“The sooner we understand that Kevin has had his time, the better”
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England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) managing director Paul Downton has once again reiterated that there is no place for Kevin Pietersen in the national team.
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“He is a Middlesex man through and through, with an outstanding reputation within the game”
Former England captain Andrew Strauss has joined Middlesex’s executive board after Paul Downton left to become the managing director of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
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“This role offers me a chance to make a real contribution to the ability and character of England players and coaches in the years to come”
Former England team director Andy Flower has been appointed as the England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) Technical Director of Elite Coaching.
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“It’s the cricket competition that everyone is talking about and from next year, only on Sky Sports can viewers follow the IPL live”
Sky Sports have bagged the rights to broadcast the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the next three years, starting from 2015.