This week's highlights (June 27 - July 03, 2016)

Cricket will be included in the 2024 Olympics if Rome wins the hosting rights, according to the president of the Italian cricket board.

Rome, Paris, Los Angeles and Budapest are bidding to host the Games and, under new regulations, the local organising committee has the opportunity to add five sports to the schedule at its own discretion.

Source: Stuff

In a rare gap in their busy schedules Hardys wine brought together two legendary former international cricketers to chat at Lord’s about the most modern forms of the game.

There have been three great captains of Pakistan. The first was A.H. Kardar, the country’s first Test captain. Born in Lahore, and talent-spotted by the senior Nawab of Pataudi, Kardar played for India before Partition. He led Pakistan to victory over India in its second-ever Test match in Lucknow in 1952, and even more famously over England at the Oval Test in August 1954. Uniquely, Kardar won at least one Test match in Pakistan’s inaugural series against each other country.

Mohammad Amir says it is a miracle he will soon be back playing Test cricket at Lord's and he wants to make the fans proud.

Mohammad Amir says it is a miracle he will soon be back playing Test cricket at Lord's and he wants to make the fans proud.

Brendon McCullum and Eoin Morgan have agreed to be a part of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) draft for the second edition of the tournament. The draft is expected to take place in October this year in the United Arab Emirates.

Cricket may be a popular game in the major countries that it is played in but it is yet to find its footing as a global sport. One of the biggest ways in which the game can be expanded is by including in some of the biggest multiple-sport events such as the Olympics, the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games among others.

KARACHI: New Zealand batsman Brendon McCullum and England's one-day international captain Eoin Morgan have agreed to take part in Pakistan Super League's (PSL) player draft.

Mohammad Amir says he feared he would never play cricket again during his five-year spot-fixing ban for bowling deliberate no-balls at Lord's in 2010.

Stuart Thompson has confirmed he is taking a break from cricket to receive treatment for performance anxiety.

The 24-year-old says his absence from recent Ireland and North-West Warriors games was because of the condition.

Saudi Arabia was today unanimously elected as the International Cricket Council’s 39th Associate Member during its Full Council* meeting in Edinburgh on Thursday.

PESHAWAR: One of Pakistan Super League's (PSL) five teams, Peshawar Zalmi, on Friday announced they will retain most of their playing line-up during PSL's second season.

Misbah-ul-Haq, the Pakistan captain, has said Mohammad Amir can become the best bowler in the world as he and his team-mates set about trying to regain the trust of the English public this summer.

Many are the coaching roles held by Mickey Arthur, but none so strange as his new post as the head coach of Pakistan’s cricket team – possibly sport’s most amazing organism.