“We told them that if India is not getting its proper due and importance then India might be forced to form a second ICC of its own”
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) threatened to form its own world cricket body before the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket Australia agreed to help them revamp the International Cricket Council (ICC).
The article suggested that Carberry had been a victim of racial discrimination
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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have referred The Guardian’s article, in which they interviewed batsman Michael Carberry, to the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) after they were unhappy with the tone and some of the content within the article.
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The national team are still demanding a 12 per cent cut of the profits that SLC will make from the World Twenty20
Despite Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) CEO Ashley de Silva hinting that the contract dispute between the board and the national team was over, it seems that things have taken a turn for the worse as the situation has escalated into a full-blown crisis.
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“Mr Sameer Chowdhury made numerous assurances that the money will be paid ‘tomorrow’ or ‘next week'”
Several players who represented the Chittagong Kings in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) have once again complained that they have yet to be paid.
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“We could not support anything that went against our interests and our cricket”
Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Zaka Ashraf has revealed that he was threatened by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) after he opposed their revamp proposal.
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“We had all been extremely surprised at how much pressure was being put on SLC by the big boards”
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have announced that they have opposed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket Australia’s revamp proposals.
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“There is no truth at all to these malicious and damaging comments”
Cricket South Africa have denied rumours and speculation that Graeme Smith threatened to step down as captain of the Test team if wicketkeeper Thami Tsolekile was included in the final XI for the ongoing Test series against India.
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“I’ve played in the IPL and I feel as though I’ve ticked that off my list and now I want to win more trophies with Nottinghamshire”
England batsman Michael Lumb has decided to put his county career ahead of the Indian Premier League (IPL) after agreeing to sign a new three-year contract with Nottinghamshire.
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“Some of those scenes were ugly at the end of that game and we do have a duty to play the game in the right way”
England captain Alastair Cook has denounced both teams for the “ugly” scenes that ensued towards the end of the first Ashes Test in Brisbane and stated that it cannot happen again.
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“In the last few years I think I’ve developed it as a skill and it has helped me take the wickets that I have”
England pace bowler James Anderson has announced that he doesn’t have any plans to stop sledging after he was involved in a heated verbal conflict with Australia captain Michael Clarke towards the end of the first Ashes Test in Brisbane.