ICC board meeting

Cricket officials who hoped this week might end with one sort of resignation from the International Cricket Council (ICC) had to cope with another as Michael Holding quit its cricket committee.

Strife-torn Zimbabwe will remain a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC), officials said on Friday, after the deeply-divided world body worked out a last-minute compromise.

Zimbabwe have agreed to skip next year's World Twenty20 in England to end a stalemate with the International Cricket Council (ICC), Zimbabwe Cricket chairman Peter Chingoka said.

Gavaskar stood down in May amidst concerns the role was incompatible with his media commitments

West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels's two-year corruption ban has been upheld by the ICC

"I am happy and relieved, my stance is vindicated"

No consensus yet. ICC will meet again on Friday to resolve the contentious issue

World cricket chiefs were locked in delicate negotiations Tuesday to conjure a face-saving compromise

Will oppose any moves to throw Zimbabwe out of world cricket and is counting on rest of Asian bloc for support

Zimbabwe Cricket managing director Ozias Bvute said he could not understand why the likes of South Africa and England had frozen ties with his organisation while Zimbabweans continued to compete at international level in other leading sports.