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RAWALPINDI: The pitch used in the Rawalpindi Test – the first of the three-match series between Pakistan and England – has been rated below average by the International Cricket Council on Tuesday. 

The pitch which yielded around 1768 runs throughout the course of five days, has earned its second demerit point within a year for providing little to no assistance to the bowlers.

According to the ICC, match referee Andy Pycroft released his findings on Tuesday and the venue received its second consecutive rating of ‘below average’ since the same rating was given to the pitch after the first Test between Pakistan and Australia in March, earlier this year.

“It was a very flat pitch which gave almost no assistance to any type of bowler. That was the main reason why batters scored very fast and both sides posted huge totals. The pitch hardly deteriorated during the course of the match.” Pycroft said.

“Since there was very little in it for the bowlers, I found the pitch to be “below average” as per the ICC guidelines.” he added.

Pycroft’s report has also been forwarded to the Pakistan Cricket Board

After receiving consecutive demerit points under the ICC Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process, the venue is at serious risk of getting suspended from hosting any international cricket if more demerit points are lost.

According to ICC guidelines, when a venue accumulates five demerit points (or crosses that threshold), it will be suspended from hosting any international cricket for a period of 12 months, while a venue will be suspended from staging any international cricket for 24 months when it reaches the threshold of 10 demerit points.

It is pertinent to mention here that many batting records were tumbled on the flat Rawalpindi surface during the first Test, including the highest total scored and four centurions on the opening day of a Test match. England smashed 506/4 with help of astounding hundreds from Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Harry Brook and Ollie Pope on the first day.

England sealed a sensational 74-run win against Pakistan in Rawalpindi Test following a tense final session on the final day.

DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday, announced a new format for the biggest ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in 2024, scheduled to be hosted in the West Indies and the United States of America (USA).

The record 20-team T20 World Cup will take place in two phases before the knockout stages.

In a press release, sent out by the ICC, the cricket governing body confirmed 12 teams already booked their spot in the forthcoming mega event.

“The top two teams in each of the four groups of five will move to a Super Eight phase, where the remaining sides will be split into two groups of four,” ICC stated.

“The top two in each group will then make their way to the semi-finals,” the statement added.

Consequently besides hosts USA and West Indies, Pakistan, India, South Africa, Netherlands, New Zealand, England, Australia and Sri Lanka booked their spot in the next edition of the T20 World Cup.

Meanwhile, the remaining better-ranked Afghanistan and Bangladesh also qualified for T20 World Cup 2024.

The remaining eight spots for the 2024 edition will be determined through regional qualifiers.

Two teams each will qualify from Africa, Asia, and Europe while one team each from the Americas and EAP regions will make their way into the global event.

It is pertinent to mention that England edged Pakistan by five wickets in T20 World Cup 2022 Final to lift their second title.

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LAHORE: Former Pakistan Test cricketers Javed Miandad and Rashid Latif gave lectures in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Level 3 Coaching Course here on Friday.

According to the details, the ICC Coaching Course is underway here at the National High-Performance Centre where two legendary cricketers of Pakistan participated and shared valuable tips with the participants.

Legendary batter Miandad shared valuable information regarding batting coaching with the participants, while former captain Latif lectured on wicketkeeping coaching.

It is pertinent to mention that numerous former cricketers including Imran Farhat, Taufeeq Umar, Zulfiqar Babar and Mohammad Yousuf were among the participants in the ongoing Coaching Course.

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KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ramiz Raja has expressed his concerns over the unfair system of financial share by the International Cricket Council (ICC) to cricket boards and aimed to make Pakistan the second-best cricketing economy.

PCB Chairman claimed to raise the issue of unfair share on the ICC platform during the upcoming general meeting for the new cycle of the Future Tour Programme (FTP) while proposing that the system of funding should be based on either team’s ranking or the commercial prospects.

“ICC had developed this system a long ago, in which the big cricket board secured the major share for themselves,” he said in an interview given to a Youtube channel Cricket Baaz with Waheed Khan

“The share base for cricket boards should either be based on the cricket – team retaining top ranks across all format should get the funding accordingly,” he added

He further went on to elaborate that it was unfair if Pakistan got a meagre 10 per cent share of all the revenue earned through the showstopper Pakistan-India contests, meanwhile India got 90 per cent.

While expressing his desire to make Pakistan the second-best cricketing economy, Chairman PCB conceded the economic strength of the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI).

“It is not sensible to unnecessarily begrudge the economic strength of any board. If I was in their place I would’ve also assumed it my right to be the first pick, be it FTP or the tournament window given to the various boards,” he claimed. “That’s why I want to make ourselves the second-best cricketing economy, if not the best.”

The Chairman PCB also asserted that unlike other boards he felt privileged not to be dependent on BCCI for the finances.

“I feel privileged while sitting at the ICC table, unlike other boards who look toward BCCI for their coffers,” he maintained. “We are lucky that we are standing on our own feet, we have respect and our team is doing well in international cricket,” he concluded.

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DUBAI: New entrant to international cricket Pakistan’s leg-spinner Tuba Hassan made a significant impact in her debut month as she has won the International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s Player of the Month award for May 2022.

Tuba, for her brilliant home series with the ball against Sri Lanka Women’s team, won the ICC Women’s Player of the Month Award for May 2022.

The leg-spinner, who just played her first international game in May, found herself immediately in the nomination before winning the award in her first nomination.

In her debut international match, the leg-spinner shone with a splendid bowling figure of 3-8, which bolstered her to claim the Player of the Match award on her debut.

Tuba, however, then only managed to pick up a wicket each in the next two games but was outstanding with her economy. The leg spinner picked a total of five wickets in the series at an average of 8.8 and an astounding economy of 3.6; to claim the Player of the Series award in Pakistan’s 3-0 clean sweep.

To win the POTM title, Tuba edged past her skipper Bismah Maroof and 17-year-old Trinity Smith from Jersey.

It is pertinent to mention here that Tuba has become the first Pakistan player to win the ICC Women’s Player of the Month award. Whereas, Fatima Sana is the only player to win the annual ICC Award as the right-arm pacer has won the ICC Women’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year award in 2021.

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DUBAI: Following his sensational batting form, Pakistan’s captain and star batter Babar Azam has claimed the fourth position in the latest Test batting rankings announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC), here on Wednesday.

Babar has been elevated from fifth to the fourth spot in the latest rankings released by the ICC, as he surpassed New Zealand’s skipper Kane Williamson with a rating of 815 compared to the latter’s 806 ratings.

Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne remained at the top of the Test batters’ rankings, followed by England’s Joe Root as Australia’s Steve Smith slipped to the third spot.

It is pertinent to mention here that Babar still holds the top position in the ODI and T20I batters’ rankings with 891 and 818 ratings respectively.

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DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday, announced the qualification pathway for the biggest ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in 2024, scheduled to be hosted in the West Indies and the United States of America (USA).

In an official statement released by the ICC, the cricket governing body revealed the road to the biggest ICC T20 World Cup, which is set to feature a record 20 teams.

The eight top-performing teams of the forthcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia alongside the hosts West Indies and the USA will automatically qualify for the global event.

The remaining next top-ranked teams will also qualify automatically for the marquee event; taking the tally to 12.

The remaining eight spots will then be decided after the regional qualifier events. Two teams each will qualify from Africa, Asia, and Europe while one team each from the Americas and EAP regions will make their way into the global event.

According to the ICC, a total of 66 teams will fight it out in the regional qualifiers with the goal of making their way into the biggest ICC T20 World Cup. Hungary, Romania, and Serbia, are all set to make their debut during the pathway events.

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DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday, announced to expand the upcoming ICC Women’s Championship 2022-25 and the qualification pathway for the 2025 Women’s World Cup.

In an official statement, the cricket governing body announced the inclusion of ninth-ranked Bangladesh and tenth-ranked Ireland, in an attempt to foster the growth of the women’s game.

With the inclusion of the two new teams, the ICC Women’s Championship 2022-25 will now feature 10 teams. Each team will play eight three-match series (four home and four away) over the next three years.

The latest edition of the ICC Women’s Championship 2022-25 announced!

All you need to know 👇

— ICC (@ICC) May 25, 2022

 

The top five teams after the conclusion of the cycle, the top five teams and the host of the 2025 Women’s World Cup will qualify for the mega event. Whereas, the remaining teams will then have to go through the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier.

It is pertinent to mention here that Australia, having won the last two cycles of the Women’s Championship, will defend their title in the upcoming world cup. The 2022-25 ICC Women’s Championship will begin with the upcoming ODI series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, scheduled from June 1 to June 5 in Karachi.

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DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has picked the top match-saving knocks in the ICC World Test Championship 2023 (WTC23) cycle thus far, Pakistan’s all-format captain Babar Azam and the wicket-keeper batter Mohammad Rizwan also featured in the list.

Pakistan’s top-ranked batter Babar, who played a crucial and match-saving knock against Australia in the Karachi Test and forced the match to end as a draw, has got his name in the top match-saving knocks of the ICC WTC23 so far.

Coming out to bat at 21/2 just after the Lunch on day four, the right-handed batter showed his class and scored 196 off 425 balls, that is also the seventh-highest individual scored in the fourth innings of a Test match.

Set a target of 506 for a win, Pakistan endured the second-longest fourth innings stay in history to salvage a draw, thanks to the gritty knock of Babar.

Another Pakistani batter Rizwan, who also played a crucial knock in the hard-fought draw in Karachi Test, also featured in the list. The right-handed batter scored a gritty 104 not-out on 177 balls.

The wicket-keeper batter put on an important 115-runs partnership with Babat before the latter perished after missing on his maiden double century by a mere four runs. Babar’s dismissal triggered a mini-collapse but Rizwan remained calm and batted with the tailenders to endure a hard-fought draw.

From Babar Azam's defiant knock against Australia to Kraigg Brathwaite's gutsy display against England – we list the top match-saving knocks in the current #WTC23 cycle 📝https://t.co/rFNrx8OzDT

— ICC (@ICC) April 19, 2022

 

The West Indian captain Kraigg Brathwaite’s marathon knock of 160 and 56* runs against England in Barbados, was also added to one of the top match-saving knocks.

Kraigg Brathwaite played the knock of his career when he scored 160 against England in the second Test in Barbados. West Indies scored 411 runs in response to England’s first innings declaration of 507/9, thanks to Brathwaite’s marathon knock facing a mammoth 489 deliveries.

In their second innings, the visitors declared at 185/6, setting a target of 281 runs for the West Indies. The home side was then unable to counter well, and victory appeared to be in England’s grasp. But, with another determined batting display, the skipper Brathwaite halted England’s push for a win, with a valiant 56* in 184 balls, forcing the second Test to end as a draw.

New Zealand’s debutant spinner Rachin Ravindra’s gritty unbeaten knock of 18 against India in the Kanpur Test, has also been added among the top match-saving knocks. Despite the knock not a big score by any means but had vital importance in terms of the touring side’s perspective.

Indian spinners, defending a target of 284, wreaked havoc over New Zealand’s batting line-up but the debutant Ravindra stood firm and played a determined knock to defy India the victory. He batted for 91 deliveries and remained unbeaten for the last wicket with Ajaz Patel, enabling New Zealand pull off a remarkable comeback.

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LAHORE: The International Cricket Council (ICC) will hold the Board of Governing (BoG) meeting from April 7 to April 10, the chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Ramiz Raja and the CEO of PCB Faisal Hasnain will attend the meeting.

According to the details, both Ramiz and Faisal will leave for Dubai tomorrow, the BoG meeting will kick off with the chief executives meeting, in which various issues will be reviewed.

The PCB will then present a special report on Australia’s historic tour to Pakistan. Later, Ramiz will also present the proposed plan for the four-nation T20 tournament at the meeting.

Furthermore, numerous meetings will be held regarding the ICC Cricket Committee, Finance and other committees as well.

It is pertinent to mention here that this will be the first open ICC Board of Governing meeting after a gap of two years as the regulations softened after the drop in COVID-19 cases globally.

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