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British actor Stephen Fry announced as new MCC President

Stephen Fry, who has been president of mental health charity Mind for more than a decade, is also a playwright, comedian and film director.

'Bowlers should not have any second thoughts now': Ravichandran Ashwin on controversial runout at non-striker's end

Custodians of cricket laws, the Marylebone Cricket Club earlier this month re-classified the controversial runout, from law 41's 'unfair play' and incorporated it within law 38 pertaining to legitimate run outs.

David Warner still believes Mankading is 'spirit of cricket issue and batter's fault'

Australian opener Warner still believes run-out at non-striker's end is a "spirit of cricket issue and batter's fault" despite the MCC amending the code to remove it from unfair play laws.

Explained: Why 'Mankading' is no longer unfair play and other changes made to cricket laws

The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) on Wednesday announced its new Code of Laws for 2022, which will come into effect from 1 October this year.

Non-striker run-outs no longer unfair play, saliva completely banned: MCC announces several changes in laws of cricket

Run-outs at non-striker's end have often triggered heated debates on spirit of the game and several players like India's premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin have advocated for it as a fair mode of dismissal.

ICC to replace 'batsman' with gender-neutral term 'batter' from T20 World Cup

Last month, the Marylebone Cricket Club announced it would be replacing the word 'batsman' with 'batter' in the Laws of Cricket. That change will now be reflected across all ICC playing conditions going forward.

MCC to use gender neutral term 'batters' in laws to 'reinforce cricket's status as an inclusive sport'

MCC encouraged others to adopt the updated terminology following the announcement of the change to the Laws.

MCC to discuss study on bamboo bats as cheaper alternative to traditional willow ones

The article, published in the Journal of Sports Engineering and Technology on Sunday, also found the laminated bamboo bat possessed a larger sweet spot, making it "a batsman's dream".

Black armbands, 2-minute silence across British sport to mark Prince Philip's death

BBC, the national broadcaster, took the decision to remove an England women's football game against France from one of its television channels.

MCC open to changing rules of short-pitch bowling, suggests tweaks in Umpire's Call

The Committee, headed by Mike Gatting and which also includes the likes of Kumar Sangakkara, Sourav Ganguly and Shane Warne, stressed on maintaining balance between bat and ball.