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In the wake of the Euro T20 slam tournament being cancelled, the Federation of International Cricketers' Association (FICA) is working with the players to see if there is an option to help them. The organisers of the tournament had pulled the plug, citing financial problems last week.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) launched the Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 on Monday, to provide a pathway to the next Cricket World Cup, which will be hosted by India. League 2 will be played from August 14, across 21 tri-series between seven nations over two and a half years.

Match referees will take the final call on concussion substitutes under new ICC regulations in place ahead of the Ashes series from Thursday. This gives referees the absolute power to rule out a replacement player entirely if there is no appropriate "like-for-like" player available.

Sikandar Raza has claimed that he and his teammates are thoroughly heart-broken after the ICC decided to ban the Zimbabwe cricket team from international tournaments over 'government interference'. The international body has to get its house in order by the next ICC meeting in October.