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 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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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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DUBAI: Pakistan’s left-handed opener Imam-ul-Haq has moved into the top 10 of the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) ODI Men’s Batting Rankings following his brilliant century against Australia in the first ODI on Tuesday.
As per the latest rankings, shared by the ICC, the left-handed opener moved up two places to achieve the 10th spot in the top ODI batters.
The star with the ball for Australia in the first ODI – Adam Zampa, has jumped six places to secure the ninth rank, shared with his Aghanistan counterpart, Rashid Khan.
In the Test rankings, however, Pakistan’s left-arm pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi has replaced New Zealand’s Kyle Jamieson to claim the fifth rank in the Test bowlers’ rankings.
On the other hand, the man of the series of the recently concluded Benaud-Qadir Trophy between Pakistan and Australia – Usman Khawaja has leapt six places to claim his career-best seventh rank, while his countryman Steve Smith has moved to the second spot.
Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne remained the top Test batter, while Pakistani skipper Babar Azam still leads the ODI and T20I batting rankings.
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DUBAI: International Cricket Council (ICC) has introduced in-match penalties to avoid slow over-rates in T20 Internationals.
According to the new rule, teams failing to complete 20 overs in the given time, one fewer fielder will be permitted outside of the 30-yard circle for the remaining overs of the innings.
Popular cricket statistician Mazher Arshad explained this rule on his Twitter account.
“If we were supposed to end at say 9.30 pm and they are at 17.3, the remaining overs will be with just 4 fielders outside the circle,” he wrote.
The world’s cricket governing body believes that this new rule will be effective in completing overs in the given time.