A look at some of the major controversies in past World Cups.
The ICC report prepared by India's Solicitor General Goolam Vahanvati and South African High Court judge, Steven Majiedt, found no evidence of racism within the Zimbabwe Cricket Union.
Sri Lanka's tour of Zimbabwe has been cancelled due to 'issues facing Zimbabwe Cricket', said SLC Secretary Nishantha Ranatunga on Friday.
Trevor Gripper, Sean Ervine and Ray Price have also been included in Zimbabwe's 17-man squad for the first Test against Sri Lanka.
Zimbabwe Cricket Union has approached the International Cricket Council for a loan to bail the board out of a financial crisis, which has also put the Pakistan team's tour to that country in serious doubt.
If Zimbabwe agrees to the tour it would be the first by a Test playing nation to Pakistan since militants attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore in March 2009.
South Africa have restored cricket relations with Zimbabwe, Cricket South Africa said on Friday. A CSA statement said the decision had been made at a board meeting attended by Zimbabwe Cricket Union president Peter Chingoka and chief executive officer Ozias Bvute. Last year CSA decided to suspend bilateral relations with the ZCU because of the deteriorating political and economic situation in the country.
After Zimbabwe, New Zealand has offered to tour Pakistan for a one-off exhibition match to raise funds for the victims of the floods that has devastated the strife-torn country, a Pakistan Cricket Board official said on Sunday.
The Indian Cricket Board has invited a Zimbabwe President's XI side to participate in this year's Deodhar Trophy and next season's Duleep Trophy.
Former ICC president Malcolm Gray says Malcolm Speed's premature exit as the CEO of cricket's world governing body smacks of racial bias and shows that the game's management is being increasingly influenced by money and power.
England could lose the right to host the twenty20 World Championship next year if it continues to deny visas to Zimbabwe Cricket Union (ZCU) officials, ICC president-elect David Morgan has warned.
The Cricket Board has put off India's tour of Zimbabwe for a three-match one-day series in June.
South African high court judge Steven Majiedt, on the ICC panel, blamed "the inflexible attitudes of both parties."
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) delegation visiting Zimbabwe to assess safety and security ahead of England's tour next month are satisfied they have been well briefed on the issues.
Pakistani cricket authorities are unwilling to host a depleted Zimbabwe side for a series of ODIs later this year.
"I do not think that other countries should be playing Test or one-day cricket against Zimbabwe," the former Zimbabwe captain said.
Vince Hogg, the ZCU's managing director, said the mediator was Much Masunda, a professional arbitrator in Zimbabwe.
15 rebel white players are examining a proposal from the Zimbabwe Cricket Union aimed at ending a the ongoing dispute.
The Zimbabwe players in dispute with the Zimbabwe Cricket Union have withdrawn from the process set up to resolve issues between the two parties, the ICC said.
The West Indies squad arrived in Harare for a tour of two Test matches and five one-day internationals.
India's Solicitor General Goolam Vahanvati and South African high court Judge Steven hear allegations of racism in Zimbabwe cricket between September 29 and October 1.
The ZCU said the 15 cricketers who were unavailable for selection will be at practice with effect from April 30.
Stuart Carlisle announced retirement from cricket citing the infighting in the Zimbabwe Cricket Union as the reason.
A ZCU statement on Thursday said Hogg, who took up his post in 2002, would leave on August 6.
A ZCU statement on Monday said the players had violated a 21-day breach clause in their contracts by not returning to work by May 7.
13 leading players, all of them white and including former captain Heath Streak, refused to play in the one-day and Test series after a row over selection policy.
20-year-old Tatenda Taibu will take charge for Zimbabwe's home two-Test series against Sri Lanka in two weeks' time.
The Zimbabwe A team named for a two-day match against Australia in Harare did not include any of the 15 white rebels.
Zimbabwe's rebels will renew their boycott if the board does not agree to arbitration on the captaincy and other concerns.
Peter Chingoka denied suggestions that Flower had faced the sack over human rights protests.
Zimbabwe set to become first team to tour Pak after terror fears in March 2009.
The Pakistan Cricket Board has decided to tour Zimbabwe for three One-day Internationals and two T20Is, but would play the ODI series only after September 30 deadline, set by the ICC for the top eight teams in the ICC ODI rankings to qualify for the 2017 Champions Trophy.
Zimabawe ask PCB for financial incentives for touring players.
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