Topic - International Cricket Council

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the international governing body of cricket. It was founded as the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909 by representatives from England, Australia and South Africa, renamed the International Cricket Conference in 1965, and took up its current name in 1989. - Source: Wikipedia

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Cricket balls and a bat is seen on the ground before the start of ICC Men's Cricket World Cup match between New Zealand and South Africa in Pune, India, Wednesday, Nov.1, 2023. Transgender women will not be allowed to compete in international women’s cricket. The International Cricket Council (ICC) said the “new gender eligibility regulation” had been imposed to protect the integrity of women’s cricket and was also made on safety grounds. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

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Pakistan's captain Babar Azam leaves the ground after losing his wicket during the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup match between India and Pakistan in Ahmedabad, India, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

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Afghan girls who practice wushu, a Chinese martial art, pose for a photo in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022. The ruling Taliban have banned women from sports as well as barring them from most schooling and many realms of work. A number of women posed for an AP photographer for portraits with the equipment of the sports they loved. Though they do not necessarily wear the burqa in regular life, they chose to hide their identities with their burqas because they fear Taliban reprisals and because some of them continue to practice their sports in secret. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

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Members of Sri Lankan cricket team attend their first training session after more than two months of restrictions to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, June 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

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