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Pycroft to stand as match referee in India vs Pakistan Super Fours game as well

Pycroft to stand as match referee in India vs Pakistan Super Fours game as well

The match referee at the centre of the handshake row has been entrusted with the Super Fours game on Sunday

20-Sep-2025•Shashank Kishore

ICC says PCB breached protocol, objects to apology video

ICC says PCB breached protocol, objects to apology video

The governing body stated that the use of a mobile phone to record the meeting was a breach of PMOA protocol

19-Sep-2025•ESPNcricinfo staff and PTI

Pycroft given just a few minutes' notice ahead of India-Pakistan handshake-gate

Pycroft given just a few minutes' notice ahead of India-Pakistan handshake-gate

The ICC match referee is believed to have said to Pakistan that he was merely the messenger of India's decision not to shake hands on Sunday

18-Sep-2025•ESPNcricinfo staff

PCB chief Naqvi demands 'immediate removal' of match referee Pycroft

PCB chief Naqvi demands 'immediate removal' of match referee Pycroft

The demand from Naqvi, also the Asian Cricket Council president, came a day after the PCB had alleged that Pycroft had "requested the captains not to shake hands at the toss"

15-Sep-2025•Danyal Rasool

Agha skips presentation after India refuse handshakes with Pakistan players

Agha skips presentation after India refuse handshakes with Pakistan players

India captain Suryakumar Yadav said the move was planned in alignment with the BCCI and the Indian government

14-Sep-2025•Shashank Kishore

Indian team tells match-referee Jadeja used pain-relief cream on finger

Indian team tells match-referee Jadeja used pain-relief cream on finger

Jadeja and Rohit met with match-referee Pycroft to clarify visuals of spinner rubbing a substance on his bowling finger

09-Feb-2023•Nagraj Gollapudi

Rawalpindi pitch earns second 'below average' rating of 2022

Match referee Andy Pycroft ruled that the surface provided "almost no assistance to any type of bowler"

13-Dec-2022•ESPNcricinfo staff

Crowd trouble from displeased SL fans delays India's win

Crowd trouble from displeased SL fans delays India's win

With India needing eight runs to win, Sri Lanka fans, clearly displeased with their team's show, began to throw plastic bottles into the ground causing a 35-minute disruption

27-Aug-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Kapil Dev spares India's blushes

Kapil Dev spares India's blushes

John Ward reports on Kapil Dev;s amazing 175 not out which rescued India from humiliation at Tunbridge Wells

16-Feb-2007•John Ward

Zimbabwe stun feeble Australians

Zimbabwe stun feeble Australians

John Ward reports on Zimbabwe's historic World Cup victory over Australia in June 1983

16-Feb-2007•John Ward

Nkala named captain of Zimbabwe A

Nkala named captain of Zimbabwe A

Mluleki Nkala, the 25-year-old allrounder, has been named captain of Zimbabwe A for their match against Bangladesh A tomorrow in Dhaka

10-Dec-2006•Cricinfo staff

Pycroft: 'Don't write off Zimbabwe'

Pycroft: 'Don't write off Zimbabwe'

Andy Pycroft, Zimbabwe's team manager, wants to put in the background the politics and the economics that have afflicted Zimbabwe's cricket in recent times

20-Apr-2006•Haydn Gill

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No specific threat to Bangladesh team in India, says ICC security assessment

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13-Jan-2026 • 23 hrs ago•Danyal Rasool