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The owner of Lanka Premier League team Dambulla Thunders Tamim Rahman has been arrested for match fixing.

Details of the charges against Tamim Rehman have not been released. The Lanka Premier League has canceled the Dambulla team’s ownership contract following the arrest.

The Lanka Premier League amanagement says that it was necessary to terminate the contract to save the reputation of the league, if the new ownership does not happen, then League management will manage the affairs of the Dambulla team.

The players auction of Lanka Premier League was held Tuesday. Dambulla Thunders bought Pakistan’s Iftikhar Ahmed and Haider Ali in the Players Auction.

The first T20 match of the four-match series between Pakistan and England has ended without toss due to continuous rain in Headingley, England

The second T20 match of the series between Pakistan and England will be played at Edgbaston on Saturday.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has allotted the Nassau Cricket Stadium in New York to the Indian cricket team for the warm-up match against Bangladesh.

The high voltage match of Pakistan and India is also scheduled to be played in this stadium on June 9.

Fans expressed their disappointment on allotting the Nassau Cricket Stadium to India saying that the Indian team has been given a warm-up match on the ground to get used to the conditions so that they can see the pitch and formulate strategies against Pakistan.

Top officials of ICC are leaning towards the Indian board.

Earlier, ICC had controversially changed the timing by allotting the second semi-final slot to India for the convenience of Indian cricket fans.

In a huge upset before T20 World Cup, USA defeated Bangladesh by five wickets in the first T20 International match of the series.

USA has won the first victory against an International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 top 10 ranking team.

In the match played in Houston yesterday, Bangladesh batted first and scored 153 runs for the loss of 6 wickets.

Tawheed was prominent by playing an innings of 58 runs while Mohammad Riaz scored 31, Soumya Sarkar 20, Liton Das 14 and Shakib Al Hasan scored 6 runs.

USA achieved the target of 154 runs for the loss of 5 wickets three balls earlier.

On behalf of America, Harmeet Singh played a great innings of 33 runs and played an important role in the success, while Corey Anderson scored 34 runs and Steven Taylor scored 28 runs.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is considering changing the format of Champions Trophy 2025 from ODI to T20.

According to a Cricbuzz report, important discussions were held between stakeholders, including broadcasters, at the ICC headquarters.

The meeting suggested that the Champions Trophy event should be played in the T20 format instead of 50 overs, with figures presented showing that the 50 overs format has seen a 20 percent drop in attendance since the 2019 World Cup.

Broadcasters prefer the one-day format due to advertising, but the chances of selling slots are low.

The upcoming Champions Trophy in Pakistan is likely to be held between February and mid-March next year, while the biggest challenge for the organizers is to find a window of 17-18 days allotted for the eight-team Champions Trophy.

The ICC has sold the rights to the event in ODI format.

On the other hand, the top officials of the ICC are determined to hold the Champions Trophy 2025 in the ODI format.

Cricket captain Babar Azam and wicketkeeper-batsman Muhammad Rizwan will visit the Islamic Center of America before participating in the T20 World Cup.

A post shared by East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC) is going viral on social media in which the details of Babar and Rizwan’s visit to the Islamic Research Center have been confirmed.

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Both cricketers will participate in a charity event on June 1 in Dallas, USA, where interest-free loans and donations will be given to students for their education.

Earlier Mohammad Rizwan had visited the Islamic Center of New Zealand and Australia, where a video of his teaching went viral on social media.

Pakistani mountaineer Sarbaz Ali Khan has climbed the world’s highest peak- Mount Everest- without supplemental oxygen.

Sarbaz Ali is the second Pakistani to climb Mt Everest without artificial oxygen after Sajid Sadpara previously achieved the feat.

Sarbaz Ali has climbed 11 out of 14 peaks above 8,000 meters making him the only Pakistani to climb 11 peaks without oxygen.

He has climbed a total of 13 peaks above 8,000 meters.

Cricket Australia will start the sale of fan zone tickets for this year’s Pakistan-Australia white ball cricket matches and India-Australia Border Gavaskar Trophy from June 4.

The Pakistan and Indian fan zone tickets will cost between $30 and $70.

According to Cricket Australia, there will be a discount in the first part of the ticket sale from June 4 to 14. Cricket fans have to register to get discount tickets, while in the second part, they can book their tickets without registration.

Pakistan will tour Australia for six white ball matches and India will play the Border Gavaskar Trophy this year.