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Former England opener Geoffrey Boycott says the dream team picked by voters in an International Cricket Council (ICC) poll is a joke.

Whangarei's Cobham Oval has been approved by the International Cricket Council to hold international cricket matches.

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has been "blown away" by a donation of $US1 million ($NZ1.3 million) by the International Cricket Council (ICC) to help it into new offices after its premises in Christchurch were destroyed by the February 22 earthquake.

The 2015 Cricket World Cup will be contested by 10 teams, with none of the International Cricket Council Associate nations involved, the ICC confirmed on Monday.

The verdict on corruption charges against three Pakistan players has been deferred until February 5 by the International Cricket Council.

Three Pakistan players have been charged by the ICC under its anti-corruption code in the wake of the match-fixing scandal that has stunned cricket.

Retired High Court Judge Sir John Hansen has laughed off a suggestion he should put his name forward for the International Cricket Council's vice-presidency.

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) and Cricket Australia (CA) have jointly nominated former Australian Prime Minister John Howard to serve as International Cricket Council (ICC) president from 2012.