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ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: ICC must bury ridiculous boundary rule to ensure sport's growth beyond hardcore fans and experts
Vedam Jaishankar •Many of cricket’s recent rule changes defy common sense. The first step for the new ICC CEO would be to take stock of them. Certainly this boundary-rule must be the first to be buried if the game has to grow beyond hardcore fans and experts. Over to you ICC.
India vs New Zealand, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: R Sridhar compares outfield to 'skating rink', Kiwi coach calls washout game 'frustrating'
•New Zealand coach Gary Stead on Thursday termed World Cup game wash-out against India as 'unfortunate and frustrating' but agreed with ICC's assertion that reserve days will be a 'logistical nightmare'.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: Governing body says not feasible to have reserve days for league matches as rain woes continue
•Three rained out games and more feared, the ongoing World Cup does seem to be a bit under the weather but the International Cricket Council (ICC) says there's hardly anything it can do to deal with the "extremely unseasonable" cloud cover in the country right now.
India and Pakistan bound by agreement to play in World Cup, says ICC CEO Dave Richardson
•There were demands that India should boycott the game against Pakistan in the World Cup in Manchester on June 16 in the wake of last month's Pulwama terror attack which killed more than 40 CRPF personnel.
PSL 2019: Quetta Gladiators lift maiden title after outclassing Peshawar Zalmi by eight wickets in final
•Darren Sammy-led Peshawar, playing in its third straight PSL final, was restricted to 138-8 after being put into bat by Quetta captain Sarfraz Ahmed
BCCI officials were invited to attend PSL final before tensions emerged due to Pulwama attack, says PCB chief Ehsan Mani
Firstcricket Staff •A PCB official said that invitations to the ICC Chairman, CEO and heads of its affiliated boards were sent out before relations between India and Pakistan had deteriorated in the aftermath of the Pulwama attack.
ICC CEO Dave Richardson believes it is 'wrong to say Test cricket is dying'; defends Shashank Manohar
•ICC CEO Dave Richardson doesn't believe Test cricket has lost its sheen but said the five-day format needs a little bit of boost to keep the interest alive among fans.
ICC boss David Richardson 'confident' of corruption-free World Cup, asks national governments to help in tackling match-fixing
•ICC chief executive David Richardson said there are currently investigations ongoing into corruption and match fixing.
Bangladesh Cricket Board head Nazmul Hassan appointed Asian Cricket Council's president at governing body's AGM
•Although the BCCI skipped the meeting, the head of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), Nazmul Hassan took over as president of the ACC from Ehsan Mani till 2020.
ICC to come up with 'improved' policies to prevent sexual harrassment and bullying of children and vulnerable adults
•In a carefully-worded statement, where the ICC avoided mentioning women specifically and stuck to a gender-neutral description of vulnerable adults, the governing body said it would come up with a new policy to guard against sexual harassment.