T20 cricket takes center stage for the immediate future
Suddenly, attention has shifted in both men’s and women’s cricket to T20 cricket and is set to stay there for some months.
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T20 World Cup: Zimbabwe coach confident of reaching Super 12
Zimbabwe will open their campaign against Ireland on Monday before facing West Indies and Scotland in the first round in Hobart, needing to win two matches to guarantee a place in the Super 12 stage. "We should be winning all three games," said Houghton. "Anything less than that will be disappointing." Zimbabwe have played some impressive cricket since Houghton, Zimbabwe's first Test captain back in 1992, was appointed for his second stint as national coach in July, a week before the World Cup qualifying tournament in Bulawayo.
Namibia living the dream after 2021 T20 World Cup breakthrough
Namibia were the surprise package on their T20 World Cup debut a year ago, reaching the Super 12 stage, and are looking to build on that momentum in Australia and cause a few upsets.
Emirates-based player gets 14-year ban for attempted match-fixing
Chhayakar was found guilty by an ICC Anti-Corruption Tribunal of attempting to influence aspects of the UAE's one-day international series in Zimbabwe in 2019 as well as matches in the Global T20 franchise tournament in Canada in the same year. "We first encountered Mehar Chhayakar through his involvement in organising a corrupt cricket tournament in Ajman, in 2018," the ICC said in a statement. "The charges for which he has now received a lengthy ban are further examples of his continuing efforts to corrupt and damage our sport.
Former UAE domestic cricketer banned for 14 years for corruption
A former participant in cricket in the UAE has been banned from the sport for 14 years after being found guilty of corruption.
Cricket-Emirates-based player gets 14-year ban for attempted match-fixing
(Reuters) - Mehar Chhayakar, an Indian cricketer formerly based in the United Arab Emirates, has been banned from all cricket for 14 years for seven breaches of the sport's anti-corruption code, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Wednesday.
T20 World Cup 2022: Class of 2014 a reminder how much UAE cricket has changed
Eight-and-a-half years feels like a lifetime in UAE cricket. But it is no longer than anywhere else.
UAE cricket player banned 14 years for match-fixing, including Canadian tournament
A domestic player from the United Arab Emirates has been banned from all cricket for 14 years after being found guilty of seven charges relating to match-fixing in an international series in April 2019 and a Twenty20 franchise tournament in Canada later that year.