Features on Cricket - Haroon Lorgat

ICC rejects PCBs appeal against IPLs snubbing of Pak cricketers
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has reportedly rejected the Pakistan Cricket Boards (PCB) application against the Indian Premier League (IPL) for snubbing Pakistani cricketers, saying it can not take action against any domestic association. ANI

India safe to host World Cup: ICC chief
ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat has expressed optimism that all major cricket nations would work in accord to ensure that next years World Cup does not get derailed in the wake of growing terror threat to the host country, India. ANI

Asoka de Silva honoured for reaching 100-ODI landmark
Asoka de Silva of the Emirates Elite Panel of International Cricket Council (ICC) Umpires was on Friday honoured for completing a century of ODIs, a landmark reached during the recently concluded series between Australia and Pakistan Down Under. ANI

ICC proud of IOC recognition
The International Olympic Committee session in Vancouver, Canada yesterday approved its Executive Boards decision to convert the provisional recognition of the ICC to full recognition. ANI

ECB demands scrapping of controversial umpire decision referral system
England has submitted a formal complaint and demanded scrapping of the umpire decision referral system after the Daryl Harper controversy in South Africa. ANI

Cricket World Cup trophy unveiled in Dhaka
The countdown for the 2011 Cricket World Cup has begun officially with the unveiling of the trophy at a ceremony in the Bangabandhu Conference Centre in Dhaka, Bangladesh. ANI

Kotla pitch: ICC issues show cause notice to BCCI
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Monday sought an explanation from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) over the unfit nature of the pitch that led to the abandonment of the fifth and final one-day international between Sri Lanka and India in New Delhi. ANI

Dhoni receives ICC Test Championship mace
Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was awarded the Test Championship mace from International Cricket Council (ICC) Chief Executive, Haroon Lorgat, after leading his team to the pinnacle of ICC Test rankings. ANI

Test Championship mace to be presented to Dhoni in New Delhi today
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be presented with the Reliance Mobile ICC Test Championship mace today in New Delhi. ANI

Test Championship mace to be presented to Dhoni in Delhi
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be presented with the Reliance Mobile ICC Test Championship mace on Sunday here. ANI

All 16 squads announced for ICC U19 Cricket World Cup
All 16 squads have now been named ahead of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2010, which takes place in New Zealand next month. ANI

ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2010 to be launched in New Zealand on Monday
The ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2010 (U19 CWC) will be launched in Dunedin, New Zealand on Monday (November 23). ANI

Australia to open 2011 World Cup campaign versus Zimbabwe
Australia will open their World Cup defence in 2011 with a match against Zimbabwe in Ahmedabad on February 21, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Monday. ANI

Butt rubbishes baseless match-fixing charges labeled against captain, coach
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ijaz Butt has rubbished match-fixing allegations leveled against captain Younis Khan and coach Intikhab Alam. ANI

ICC says Pak match-fixing claims not worth spending energy on
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has brushed aside the match fixing allegations labeled against the home side by a Pakistani Parliamentarian. ANI

Lorgat says ICC should not be fully blamed for scheduling woes
International Cricket Council (ICC) CEO Haroon Lorgat has said that the sports governing body should not cop all the blame over scheduling woes and added that member nations must be mindful of fixturing overkill and player burn-out. ANI

Tendulkar, Dhoni feature in video supporting ICC Champions Trophy 2009
Indian cricketers Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Gautam Gambhire have joined several top cricketers of the world to promote this years ICC Champions Trophy. ANI

Hero Honda named as global partner for ICC Champions Trophy
The International Cricket Council has announced Hero Honda Motors Ltd as a global partner for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2009, which takes place in South Africa from September 22 to October 5. ANI

ICC clears Pakistan players of bookie contact
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has cleared Pakistan players of coming in contact with bookmakers on their recent tour of Sri Lanka. ANI

ICC announces IRTP working group to end BCCIs whereabouts concerns
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has constituted an International Registered Testing Pool (IRTP) working group to resolve the concerns the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on the implementation of the whereabouts clause incorporated in World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) regulations. ANI

ICC Champions Trophy prize pool at record level of four million dollars
The teams in this years ICC Champions Trophy (ICC CT) in South Africa will be battling it out for a record prize pool of four million dollars, it was confirmed today. ANI

Oxford to host two-day ICC history conference this week
An outstanding group of current and former administrators and players as well as leading academics, historians and statisticians will gather this week in Oxford for the ICC History Conference. ANI

Sri Lanka Cricket board meets ICC CEO Lorgat in Colombo
ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat on Friday met with officials from Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) in Colombo as part of the ongoing process of information sharing with Members. ANI

PCB to retain share of World Cup fees: ICC
The International Cricket Council has agreed to pay the Pakistan Cricket Board a fee of more than 10 million dollars as a World Cup co-host, despite Pakistan being stripped of its scheduled 14 limited-overs matches for security reasons. ANI

ICC CEO Lorgat not ready for more Twenty20 at international level
International Cricket Council (ICC) CEO Haroon Lorgat insists that he would not be seduced into programming more Twenty20 tournaments at the international level. ANI

ICC says champions league not in official calendar
The Champions League Twenty20 tournament will not be recognised as part of the official calendar of the International Cricket Council (ICC) as the event due to be launched this October is played among domestic teams. ANI

PCBs no vote helped ICC to move World Cup out of Pak
The Pakistan Cricket Boards decision to stay away from voting helped the International Cricket Council to move World Cup matches out of Pakistan. ANI

ICC rejects PCB legal notice challenging decision to shift 2011 World Cup
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has rejected the Pakistan Cricket Boards (PCB) legal notice challenging its decision to shift 2011 World Cup matches from the country. ANI

Decision to shift 2011 World Cup matches was made unanimously: ICC
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has put aside all allegations that the decision to shift the 2011 World Cup matches from Pakistan was taken in a hurry, saying the issue was discussed appropriately before the final decision was taken. ANI

Pawar chairs organising committee meeting of World Cup 2011
The Central Organising Committee (COC) for the ICC Cricket World Cup (ICC CWC) 2011 met in Mumbai on Tuesday to continue preparations for the tournament. ANI

India gets lions share of 2011 World Cup matches
India will get the lions share of the 2011 World Cup matches, given the unstable and precarious security and political situation in the three other host countries - Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. ANI

Broken leg chair Pak must seek neutral venues if it wants to play international cricket: ICC
Pakistan must admit that the leg of a chair is broken and unless it fixes it, it has to seek neutral venues if it wants to play international cricket. ANI

Hadlee inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame
Legendary New Zealand all-rounder Sir Richard Hadlee was formally inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame during the lunch interval on the first day of the third and final Test between New Zealand and India at Basin Reserve, Wellington on Friday. ANI

New Zealand mulls hosting Pak home series in November
The New Zealand Cricket Board is mulling over an idea of hosting a part of the scheduled Pakistan cricket tour in November, as the recent surge in terror activities in Pakistan has made it impossible for foreign teams to visit the country. ANI

ICC President, CEO meet New Zealand Cricket board
ICC President David Morgan and Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat on Thursday met the board of New Zealand Cricket as part of their ongoing process of information sharing with Members. ANI

Gould, Hill join worlds elite umpires
The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced that umpires Tony Hill and Ian Gould have been added to the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires following the annual review and selection process. ANI

Tributes paid to Bucknor on retirement from Test cricket umpiring
Test cricket on Sunday said farewell and thanks to West Indian Steve Bucknor, the most experienced umpire to date in the longest form of the game. ANI

Taufel seeks clarification from ICC through his Lahore attack report
Over a week after the Lahore terror attack on the Sri Lankan cricket players and officials, Australian and ICC elite umpire Simon Taufel has sought an explanation from the crickets apex governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), which has urged umpires to be more rationalon the issue. ANI

Hair labels ICC chief Lorgat a bully
Test umpire Darryl Hair has labeled ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat a bully for telling on-field officials caught in the recent Lahore attack to be more rational about their experience. ANI

ICC says it cant guarantee players safety after Lahore attack: Logart
The International Cricket Council has said it cant guarantee the safety and security of international cricketers in any part of the world following the Lahore terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team. ANI

Young cricketers stage protest in Patna against Lankan attack
Young cricketers here staged demonstration against the attack on Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan. ANI

Indias cricket fraternity condemns attack on Lankan cricketers
Indias cricket fraternity and political leaders condemned the terror attack on Sri Lanka team in Lahore saying the incident threw a question mark on the future of the game which has maximum followers in the subcontinent. ANI

ICC chief condemns attack on Lankan cricketers in Pakistan
International Cricket Council Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat has condemned the attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Pakistan. ANI

ICC to pay tribute to Bucknor after he quits
The ICC today confirmed that Emirates Elite Panel umpire Steve Bucknor had announced his retirement from officiating, effective at the end of his upcoming Test and ODI assignments in South Africa. ANI

ICC chief denies changing venue of 2011 World Cup
International Cricket Council CEO Haroon Lorgat has categorically denied the reports carried in a section of media about changing the venue of 2011 World cup and added that the decision would be taken after assessing security arrangements at that time. ANI

Pak, Lanka players and officials briefed on new ICC Anti-Doping Code
The ICC has briefed the Pakistan and Sri Lanka players, backroom staff and officials on the new ICC Anti-Doping Code (2009) which came into effect on January 1,2009. ANI

West Indies, England players raise awareness of HIV
Players from the West Indies and England teams took time out of their training ahead of the second Test match in Antigua to meet with local youngsters as part of the ICCs global HIV/AIDS awareness partnership with UNICEF, UNAIDS and the Global Media AIDS Initiative. ANI

ICC not to tolerate doping scandals to tarnish crickets image
Shortly after the Indian Premier League (IPL) slapped a year long ban on Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif , the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday said that it would not tolerate doping scandals in the sport. ANI

Second ICC Broadcaster and Sponsor Forum ends in Dubai
The second annual two-day ICC Broadcaster and Sponsor Forum was held in Dubai this week. ANI

ICC to relocate Champions Trophy from Pakistan
In what may be seen as a major jolt to the Pakistan Cricket Boards hope of reviving international cricket in the country, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has decided to relocate the 2009 Champions Trophy from Pakistan. ANI

ICC to relocate Champions Trophy from Pakistan
In what may be seen as a major jolt to the Pakistan Cricket Boards hope of reviving international cricket in the country, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has decided to relocate the 2009 Champions Trophy from Pakistan. ANI

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