<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>International Cricket Council: News &amp; Videos about International Cricket Council - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/International_Cricket_Council</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about International Cricket Council from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:19:24 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>International Cricket Council: News &amp; Videos about International Cricket Council - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/International_Cricket_Council</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about International Cricket Council from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Indian Premier League start date announced</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/08/11/cricket.ipl.twenty20.start/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/08/11/cricket.ipl.twenty20.start/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The third edition of the Indian Premier League will start on March 12 next year, the governing council of the Twenty20 competition have announced.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>World Cup matches moved out of Pakistan</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/04/17/cricket.pakistan/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/04/17/cricket.pakistan/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The International Cricket Council have moved all 2011 World Cup matches out of Pakistan, due to the uncertain political situation in the country.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>ICC suspends cricket at Antiguan stadium</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/03/17/cricket.antigua/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/03/17/cricket.antigua/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua, the venue of last month's farcical 10-ball Test match between West Indies and England, will not host international cricket for at least 12 months the International Cricket Council has announced.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Butt to make complaint over Broad claims</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/03/05/cricket.pakistan/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/03/05/cricket.pakistan/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Pakistan cricket chief Ijaz Butt has vowed to make a complaint to the International Cricket Council after reacting angrily to claims made by match referee Chris Broad and Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan about the terror attack in Lahore.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ex-ICC chief: Future bleak for Pakistan cricket</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/03/04/cricket.isolation/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SPORT/03/04/cricket.isolation/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>It will be years before international cricket can be played again in Pakistan following the brazen attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore, the former chief of cricket's world governing body said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:24:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>ICC referee Broad hailed as attack hero</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/03/cricket.pakistan.hero/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/03/cricket.pakistan.hero/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Former England batsman Chris Broad has emerged as a hero after the armed ambush in Pakistan that killed seven people and wounded eight Sri Lankan Test cricketers.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Lahore attack puts World Cup in doubt</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/03/pakistan.attack.cricket.reax/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/03/03/pakistan.attack.cricket.reax/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan has sent shock waves around the sporting world and raised fears about the future of international cricket matches, including the 2011 World Cup, in Pakistan.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe pull out of Twenty20 championships</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/07/04/cricket.icc/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/07/04/cricket.icc/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Zimbabwe have pulled out of next year's World Twenty20 championships in England, but have retained their full-member status with the International Cricket Council.</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe to pull out of Twenty20 championships</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/07/04/cricket.zimbabwe/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/07/04/cricket.zimbabwe/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Zimbabwean cricket delegation has recommended that its national team drop out of a high-profile international tournament next year, the sport's world governing body said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cricket: Still a gentleman's game?</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/06/19/cricket.india/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/06/19/cricket.india/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>It's 6.30 a.m. on a rainy morning in New Delhi. Modern School is closed for the summer, but its sports fields are bursting with energy. Around 30 boys, between the ages of seven and 17 are running around, some swinging bats in the air, others practicing their bowling. They come here five days a week to attend a cricket coaching camp. 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domestic Twenty20 match in Mohali.</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 15:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>It's just not cricket claims Wisden editor</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/04/09/cricket.fairplay/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/04/09/cricket.fairplay/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The editor of cricketing "bible" Wisden has hit out at the growing threat of physical violence on the field and called on the world governing body the ICC to take firmer action.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 13:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Umpire Hair restored to Test status</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/03/18/cricket.hair/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/03/18/cricket.hair/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Australian Darrell Hair has been reinstated as a Test match umpire by the International Cricket Council following a meeting in Dubai on 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16:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Umpire Hair drops case against ICC</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/10/09/cricket.hair/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/10/09/cricket.hair/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Australian umpire Darrell Hair has dropped his case for racial discrimination against cricket's governing body. </description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Woolmer 'died of natural causes' </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/06/02/cricket.woolmer/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/06/02/cricket.woolmer/index.html</guid><description>Jamaican police are to announce next week that Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer died of natural causes and was not murdered as they had initially stated, Britain's Daily Mail said on Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 2007 08:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>ICC president Sonn critically 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deadline</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/10/19/cricket.compensation/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/10/19/cricket.compensation/index.html</guid><description>The England and Wales Cricket Board have given the Pakistan Cricket Board until the end of the month to settle a compensation claim of more than 800,000 pounds ($1.49 million) for lost revenues at August's Oval Test.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2006 09:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Insider's Guide to the ICC Champions Trophy</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/10/13/insider.cricket/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/10/13/insider.cricket/index.html</guid><description>The eyes of the sporting world will be on India on Sunday as the group stages of the ICC Champions Trophy get under way with the hosts facing England. Here's all you need to know about the tournament.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Oct 2006 08:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Umpire Doctrove left off ICC list</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/10/05/cricket.umpires/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/10/05/cricket.umpires/index.html</guid><description>West Indies' umpire Billy Doctrove has been omitted from the list of officials for the ICC Champions Trophy starting in India on Saturday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Insider's Guide to the ICC Champions Trophy</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/10/05/insider.cricket/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/10/05/insider.cricket/index.html</guid><description>The eyes of the sporting world will be on India on Sundayas the group stages of the ICC Champions Trophy get under way with the hosts facing England. Here's all you need to know about the tournament.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Oct 2006 13:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Highlights from the world's press</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/29/tbr.newspapers/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/29/tbr.newspapers/index.html</guid><description>The New York Times focuses on the Zambia's presidential elections, calling it the, "wildest and most entertaining presidential campaign in memory."</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 09:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Umpire Hair is ruled out of Trophy</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/09/28/cricket.tampering/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/09/28/cricket.tampering/index.html</guid><description>Australian umpire Darrell Hair will not officiate at the ICC Champions Trophy in India next month, the International Cricket Council said on Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 13:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan given Inzamam assurances</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/09/27/cricket.hearing/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/09/27/cricket.hearing/index.html</guid><description>The International Cricket Council has told Pakistan they can replace captain Inzamam-ul-Haq in next month's Champions Trophy if he is banned at the ICC disciplinary hearing being held in London.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>India asks for Hair to be removed</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/09/26/cricket.hair/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/09/26/cricket.hair/index.html</guid><description>Hosts India have asked the International Cricket Council not to consider controversial umpire Darrell Hair for next month's Champions Trophy, a senior official said on Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan cannot block umpire Hair</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/09/22/cricket.umpire/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/09/22/cricket.umpire/index.html</guid><description>Pakistan's demand that Australian umpire Darrell Hair should not be appointed at next month's Champions Trophy has been rejected by the International Cricket Council (ICC).</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2006 08:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>ICC name date for Inzamam hearing </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/09/07/cricket.hearing/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/09/07/cricket.hearing/index.html</guid><description>Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq's disciplinary hearing over last month's ball tampering row at the Oval will be held in London on September 27 and 28, the International Cricket Council said on Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2006 10:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan stand by captain Inzamam</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/09/06/cricket.icc/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/09/06/cricket.icc/index.html</guid><description>Inzamam-ul-Haq, who is facing an International Cricket Council (ICC) disciplinary hearing, has been named to lead the Pakistan squad in next month's Champions Trophy in India.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2006 15:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan call for umpire inquiry</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/29/cricket.umpire/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/29/cricket.umpire/index.html</guid><description>Pakistan have asked the International Cricket Council to hold an inquiry into umpire Darrell Hair's conduct in the Oval test before captain Inzamam-ul-Haq's disciplinary hearing.</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2006 08:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>ICC cancels Pakistan crisis meet</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/28/cricket.meeting/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/28/cricket.meeting/index.html</guid><description>The International Cricket Council (ICC) has called of its executive board meeting about the controversial Oval Test between England and Pakistan.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2006 17:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hair says ICC encouraged his offer</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/27/cricket.hair/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/27/cricket.hair/index.html</guid><description>Darrell Hair has said that he was encouraged by the International Cricket Council to make an offer to quit as an umpire following the Pakistan ball-tampering furore at the Oval last week.</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Aug 2006 18:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Three Ws hero Walcott dies aged 80</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/26/crickety.walcott/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/26/crickety.walcott/index.html</guid><description>West Indies cricket legend Clyde Walcott has died in his native Barbados at the age of 80.</description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Aug 2006 17:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Date set for Inzamam disciplinary</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/25/cricket.inzamam/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/25/cricket.inzamam/index.html</guid><description>The International Cricket Council will hold the disciplinary hearing into Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq's actions in the fourth Test on September 15, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shaharyar Khan has revealed.</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2006 20:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>ICC: Hair wanted $500,000 to quit</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/25/cricket.hair/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/25/cricket.hair/index.html</guid><description>International Cricket Council chief executive Malcolm Speed has revealed that Australian umpire Darrell Hair offered to resign after the ball-tampering affair this week in exchange for "a payment of $500,000."</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2006 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>ICC chief can speed crisis talks</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/25/cricket.england/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/25/cricket.england/index.html</guid><description>International Cricket Council chief executive Malcolm Speed is set to arrive in London on Friday as the crisis surrounding Pakistan's tour of England escalates.</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2006 09:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan denied by English weather</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/24/cricket.pakistan/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/24/cricket.pakistan/index.html</guid><description>Pakistan's return to action after Sunday's ball-tampering row was scuppered by the English weather as their one-day match against county side Middlesex was abandoned.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Aug 2006 10:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Inzamam hearing has to be delayed</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/23/cricket.delay/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/23/cricket.delay/index.html</guid><description>The  hearing into Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq's actions during the Oval test ball-tampering controversy, will not go ahead on Friday, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2006 11:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>ICC back umpires in Oval test row</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/23/cricket.umpire/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/23/cricket.umpire/index.html</guid><description>The International Cricket Council (ICC) has rejected Pakistan's demand not to appoint Australian umpire Darrell Hair for any of its future games after his role in the forfeited fourth test against England.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2006 07:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hair hailed as a 'hero' back home</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/22/australia.hair/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/22/australia.hair/index.html</guid><description>The umpire at the center of the ball-tampering row which led to Pakistan forfeiting the fourth Test against England has been hailed as a 'hero' in his native Australia.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Umpire a 'mini-Hitler,' Khan says</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/21/england.cricket0730/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/21/england.cricket0730/index.html</guid><description>There was fury in England and Pakistan Monday over a ball-tampering row that gifted England an infamous Test match win -- with former Test star Imran Khan calling the umpire at the center of the dispute a "mini-Hitler."</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan captain charged over Test</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/21/england.cricket/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/21/england.cricket/index.html</guid><description>Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq has been charged by the International Cricket Council (ICC) with bringing the game into disrepute after his team forfeited the fourth Test against England at the Oval.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2006 07:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>South Africa abandon cricket tour</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/16/cricket.safrica/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/16/cricket.safrica/index.html</guid><description>South Africa will abandon their tour of Sri Lanka after a report by an independent security consultant, said that "the current risk to the team is at an unacceptable level".</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>South Africa delays tour verdict</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/14/cricket.bombs/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/08/14/cricket.bombs/index.html</guid><description>South Africa agreed Tuesday to await an independent security evaluation by the International Cricket Council before deciding whether to pull out from a tri-nation series in Sri Lanka, following a bomb blast near the team's hotel.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 16:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Asian countries to host 2011 Cup </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/04/30/cricket.worldcup/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/04/30/cricket.worldcup/index.html</guid><description>India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will co-host cricket's World Cup in 2011 after beating off opposition from a joint Australia-New Zealand bid.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2006 14:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Debutant Patel sets up India win</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/03/13/cricket.india/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/03/13/cricket.india/index.html</guid><description>India captain Rahul Dravid lavished praise on debutant paceman Munaf Patel after the nine-wicket victory over England in the second Test on Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2006 13:54:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Asia cricket bid not yet submitted</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/03/01/cricket.worldcup/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/03/01/cricket.worldcup/index.html</guid><description>Australia and New Zealand have submitted a bid covering both the 2011 and 2015 World Cups while England also want to host the 2015 event.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Inspired India complete series win</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/02/19/cricket.pakistan/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/02/19/cricket.pakistan/index.html</guid><description>Yuvraj Singh hit an unbeaten century and Mahendra Singh Dhoni a blazing 77 in Karachi on Sunday as India charged to an eight-wicket win over Pakistan.</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2006 13:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Malik undergoes operation on heels</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/12/24/cricket.pakistan/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/12/24/cricket.pakistan/index.html</guid><description>Pakistani all-rounder Shoaib Malik has had surgery on his heels in order to be fit and available for next month's series against India.</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2005 14:07:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Smith cleared for Australian tour</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/11/29/cricket.safrica/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/11/29/cricket.safrica/index.html</guid><description>South African captain Graeme Smith will tour Australia although his injured finger will need protection, Cricket South Africa (CSA) has announced.</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2005 13:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Pakistan wait on bowlers' decision</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/11/17/cricket.pakistan/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/11/17/cricket.pakistan/index.html</guid><description>Pakistan bowlers Shabbir Ahmed and Shoaib Malik have been reported for suspected illegal bowling actions after the first Test win over England.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Chappell turns up heat on Ganguly</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/09/23/cricket.roundup/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/09/23/cricket.roundup/index.html</guid><description>Sourav Ganguly's future as captain looks in further doubt after reports emerged Friday that coach Greg Chappell had advised the Indian cricket board that the skipper was "physically and mentally unfit" to lead the national team.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2005 12:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lawson action blow for West Indies</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/07/17/cricket.lawson/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/07/17/cricket.lawson/index.html</guid><description>West Indies pace bowler Jermaine Lawson has been reported for a suspect bowling action, the International Cricket Council said on Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2005 15:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>India will stage Champions Trophy</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/05/26/cricket.india/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/05/26/cricket.india/index.html</guid><description>The Indian government has cleared the way for the country to host next year's International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy tournament.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2005 13:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Indian board backs Ganguly appeal </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/04/14/cricket.ganguly/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/04/14/cricket.ganguly/index.html</guid><description>India's cricket captain Sourav Ganguly has hired two top lawyers to lead his appeal against the International Cricket Council's decision to ban him for six one-day internationals.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2005 07:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Schumacher donates $10m relief aid</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/01/04/tsunami.relief/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SPORT/01/04/tsunami.relief/index.html</guid><description>Seven-time world Formula One champion Michael Schumacher has donated $10 million to the victims of last week's Asian tsunamis, his manager Willi Weber said during a German telethon on Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2005 21:16:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sri Lankans will continue NZ tour</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/12/28/cricket.srilanka/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/12/28/cricket.srilanka/index.html</guid><description>Sri Lanka's cricket tour to New Zealand will continue, despite the  tsunami, which has killed nearly 19,000 people in their homeland.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2004 09:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Harbhajan in suspect action shock</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/12/20/cricket.india/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/12/20/cricket.india/index.html</guid><description>Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh has been reported for a suspected illegal bowling action, the International Cricket Council said on Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2004 08:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ganguly pays price for slow play</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/11/14/cricket.pakistan/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/11/14/cricket.pakistan/index.html</guid><description>India captain Sourav Ganguly has been banned for two Tests for his team's slow over-rate in Saturday's defeat against Pakistan, match-referee Clive Lloyd said on Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 14 Nov 2004 16:06:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Woolmer named as Miandad is sacked</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/06/16/cricket.pakistan/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/06/16/cricket.pakistan/index.html</guid><description>Former England test player Bob Woolmer has been named coach of the Pakistan national team on Wednesday following the sacking of Javed Miandad.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2004 16:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe postpone Tests this year</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/06/10/cricket.zimbabwe/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/06/10/cricket.zimbabwe/index.html</guid><description>Zimbabwe have agreed to postpone their remaining Tests this year, International Cricket Council president Ehsan Mani revealed on Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2004 14:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe/Australia series scrapped</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/05/21/cricket.zimbabwe/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/05/21/cricket.zimbabwe/index.html</guid><description>Zimbabwe's Two-test series against world champions Australia, to start on Saturday, has been called off.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2004 09:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bowler Mawhire reported for action</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/05/10/cricket.zimbabwe/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/05/10/cricket.zimbabwe/index.html</guid><description>Zimbabwe's Blessing Mawhire has been reported for a suspect bowling action, the International Cricket Council have revealed.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2004 14:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Five new caps named by Zimbabweans</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/05/05/cricket.zimbabwe-srilanka/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/05/05/cricket.zimbabwe-srilanka/index.html</guid><description>Five Zimbabweans will make their debuts in the first Test against Sri Lanka after four players, including former captain Heath Streak, ruled themselves out.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2004 21:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Blair: Zimbabwe is ICC's problem</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/05/05/cricket.zimbabwe/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/05/05/cricket.zimbabwe/index.html</guid><description>British Prime Minister Tony Blair said England's cricket team should not tour Zimbabwe later this year but added that the final decision rested with international cricket chiefs.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2004 13:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ban threat leaves Murali in limbo</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/04/21/cricket.murali/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/04/21/cricket.murali/index.html</guid><description>Sri Lanka's star spin bowler Muthiah Muralitharan, risks a one-year ban if umpires report him for throwing again in any match before March 2005, the International Cricket Council said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2004 07:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>England face ICC ban over Zimbabwe</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/03/10/cricket.england/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/03/10/cricket.england/index.html</guid><description>England could be barred from international cricket and would face a $2 million fine if they refuse to tour Zimbabwe in October on moral grounds.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2004 11:21:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>England's Zimbabwe tour in doubt</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/01/21/cricket.england/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SPORT/01/21/cricket.england/index.html</guid><description>England's cricket tour to Zimbabwe, scheduled for later this year, could be canceled in protest at Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe's regime.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2004 12:49:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>