“New Zealand is not immune to the international risks of match-fixing and we are taking pre-emptive steps to protect our well-deserved reputation for playing fair and the integrity of New Zealand sport”
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The New Zealand government have announced that they are making match-fixing a criminal offence under its Crimes Act of 1961.
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“They have to look for an alternate venue [during the elections]”
India’s home minister, Sushil Kumar Shinde, has told the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that the government will not be able to assign security units to the Indian Premier League (IPL) due to the federal elections.
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Sandra Jayasuriya has allegedly been paid 20 million rupees
Former Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya’s wife has filed for divorce due to malicious desertion, according to Anoma Gunathilake, who is Sandra Jayasuriya’s attorney.
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Pakistan’s four-year drought could end if Sri Lanka tour the warn-torn nation
Sri Lanka’s President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, has announced that the national team are willing to tour Pakistan, four years after they were ambushed by militants in the Pakistani city of Lahore, which resulted in the deaths of eight locals and six players getting injured.
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Jarvis is the latest player to snub Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe pace bowler Kyle Jarvis has announced his retirement from international cricket at the age of 24, stating that he wants to play county cricket in England and become a Twenty20 mercenary.
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The Barbados community is angry about the fact that a Barbadian is not leading the country’s CPL franchise
Protests have broken out amongst the Barbados community after West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard was appointed to lead the Barbados Tridents during the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).
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The stadium will be torn down after the World Twenty20
Bangladesh’s civil aviation and tourism minister Faruk Khan has revealed that the stadium currently being built in the popular tourist destination of Cox’s Bazar for the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20 will only be used on a temporary basis.
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Rambukwella mistook the cabin door for the toilet
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) are currently investigating an incident where one of their A-team players, Ramith Rambukwella, tried to open an aeroplane’s cabin doors while the flight was 35,000 feet in the air after mistaking it for the toilet.
