ICC umpire Mark Benson has retired from the Emirates Elite Panel and has decided to return home to England to take up a contract with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB).

New Zealand Cricket has today announced a commercial partnership with Action Indoor Sports - the country's largest indoor cricket network.

The ICC today announced that Colin Gibson has been appointed as the organisation's Head of Media and Communications.

Task team to submit its report to ICC Board

Giles Clarke: "It was a purposeful and constructive meeting in which we discussed how the ICC can help the PCB in a situation which is beyond its control"

ICC President David Morgan today welcomed news of the launch of the Pakistan v Australia Test and T20I series that will take place in England during July 2010.

Representatives of the ICC Cricket Committee and the MCC World Cricket Committee met in Dubai today for a workshop on the general landscape of cricket with specific reference to the place of Tests and One-Day Internationals in the broader context of the game.

The ICC has confirmed the event technical committee of the ICC Champions Trophy 2009 has approved a change in the England squad for the tournament, which runs until 5 October. Steve Davies may now replace Matt Prior, who missed the matches against South Africa and New Zealand due to illness.

Two of the greats of the game, George Headley and Alan Knott, were formally inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame during the second ODI between England and Australia at Lord's, London on Sunday.

The ICC has confirmed the event technical committee of the ICC Champions Trophy 2009 has approved Graham Onions as a replacement player for Andrew Flintoff in England's squad for the tournament, which runs from 22 September to 5 October.

Australia's Neil Harvey and Allan Border alongside England's Derek Underwood and David Gower were inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame during the tea interval on the first day of the second Ashes Test at Lord's on Thursday.