ICC Men’s T20 World Cup postponed to 2022
July 22, 2020
- The International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia 2020 has been postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Quinton De Kock and Laura Wolvaardt named as Cricketer of the year in Cricket South Africa’s annual awards
July 5, 2020
- Quinton de Kock and Laura Wolvaardt won the highest accolade that Cricket South Africa (CSA) has to offer when they were identified SA Men’s and SA Women’s Cricketer of the Year in their particular categories at CSA’s virtual awards ceremony.
West Indies cricket legend Everton Weekes passes away
July 2, 2020
- Famous West Indies batsman Sir Everton Weekes has passed away at the age of 95. Weekes, who scored 4,455 runs at an average of 58.61 in 48 Tests, is the only man to make centuries in five back-to-back Test innings
Shashank Manohar retires as ICC Chairman, Imran Khwaja to be appointed as interim head
July 1, 2020
- Shashank Manohar’s tenure as the International Cricket Council’s first independent chairman ended on 1st July. ICC Chairman Shashank Manohar has retired after 4-year tenures at its helm. Imran Khwaja to be appointed as interim head until a successor is elected.
Muttiah Muralitharan named Most Valuable Test cricketer of 21st century
June 30, 2020
- Former Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan has been titled as the Most Valuable Test Player of the 21st Century by the Wisden Cricket Monthly magazine. Data concerning the performance of players had been gathered from 2000 to 2020.
India’s Nitin Menon to be the youngest umpire to enter ICC Elite Panel
June 29, 2020
- India’s Nitin Menon on 29th June became the youngest ever to be involved in the International Cricket Council’s Elite Panel of Umpires for the forthcoming 2020-21 season, substituting England’s Nigel Llong.
Cricketer Clare Connor to be appointed as first female MCC president in 233 years
June 25, 2020
- Former England women’s captain Clare Connor is to be appointed as the first female president of Marylebone Cricket Club in its 233-year history.
- Connor, now the England and Wales Cricket Board’s head of women’s cricket, is prepared to take up her new post on October 1, 2021, subject to the membership’s approval.
Retired cricketer Rajinder Goel passes away
June 22, 2020
- Former left-arm spin legend Rajinder Goel, whose benchmark Ranji Trophy wicket haul of 637 scalps still there, passed away in Rohtak because of age-related sickness on 21st June. He was 77.
DK Jain receives one-year extension as BCCI Ethics Officer and Ombudsman
June 19, 2020
- Former Supreme Court judge DK Jain has received a one-year continuation by the Board of Control for Cricket India (BCCI) to serve as BCCI’s Ethics Officer and Ombudsman.
Vasant Raiji, world’s oldest first-class cricketer, passes away at age of 100
June 15, 2020
- It’s a gloomy day for the cricketing world as it lost its oldest living first-class cricketer, Vasant Raiji. Raiji made a century in his real life as he passed away at the age of 100.