Zimbabwe retains ICC membership - official

Download (MP3) Maphosa report - Listen (MP3) Zimbabwe has pulled out of next year's World Twenty20 cricket tournament in England. The decision, announced after an International Cricket Council board meeting in Dubai, ends a deadlock over demands ...

The International Cricket Council's (ICC) decision to change the result of the controversial 2006 Oval Test from an England win to an "abandoned draw" -- which restored the pride of Pakistan cricket -- has created a dangerous precedent for world ...

New ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat reiterated his organization's commitment to keep politics and sport separate Friday, only hours after Zimbabwe was persuaded to skip the 2009 Twenty20 World Cup in England. The 48-year-old South African, who has ...

Pakistan remains confident of hosting the Champions Trophy in September despite security concerns. Sri Lanka is the alternate host for September's one-day international tournament _ featuring the top eight teams in the world _ if a final security ...

Sri Lanka is the alternate host for the Champions Trophy in September if a final security report within 10 days of the Asia Cup finishing on July 6 demonstrates that Pakistan is unsafe. "It's a standard process of the ICC to have a backup venue," ...

After three days of debate and backroom negotiating, Zimbabwe emerged from the ICC's executive board meeting with its membership intact and funding secured...The outcome might amount to a triumph for politicking and face saving, but it will do ...

ICC World Twenty20 2009 Third Associate to replace Zimbabwe in Twenty20 Cricinfo staff July 4, 2008 Zimbabwe's withdrawal from the ICC World Twenty20 in England in 2009 has opened the way for a third Associate county to be invited from next month's ...

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has welcomed Zimbabwe's decision to pull out of the 2009 Twenty20 World Cup. "This will allow the Twenty20 tournament in England to go ahead," Brown said Friday. "It also sends a powerful message to Zimbabwe that ...

Britain has led calls to suspend Zimbabwe from international cricket since the widely criticized presidential run-off last week, in which Mugabe retained power unopposed. It welcomed the decision announced Friday. "I welcome the suspension of ...

Zimbabwe have agreed to skip next year's World Twenty20 in England to end a deadlock over demands that the African nation be suspended because of Robert Mugabe's government, the International Cricket Council said on Friday. "Zimbabwe cricket has ...