Chris Broad alleged that then BCCI president Sourav Ganguly tried to pressure him into decisions.
The Newlands contest lasted 642 balls with India registering a series-levelling victory in the shortest ever Test
Match referee Chris Broad saying that the pitch was very dry and favoured spinners from the start.
Following the conclusion of the third Test of the Border Gavaskar, the ICC rated the Indore pitch 'poor'.
Ahead of the final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, GCA curators said they will prepare the pitch as they normally do this season.
England and India have been deducted two points each in the ICC World Test Championship 2021-23 standings for maintaining a slow over rate during the first Test match at Nottingham.
Stuart was docked 15 per cent of his match fees and a third demerit point was added to his disciplinary record - a punishment made on the recommendation of Broad senior for using inappropriate language against Pakistan's player Yasir Shah during the first Test in Manchester.
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World No 1 India may feel they have never had a better chance of winning their first ever Test series in South Africa.
Jasprit Bumrah took 6/61 as India crushed South Africa by seven wickets to level the two-match series 1-1.
India have been fined 40% of their match fee for a slow over-rate during their fourth T20 win over New Zealand, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Saturday. Match referee Chris Broad imposed the sanctions after Virat Kohli's side were found two overs short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration during the game in Wellington on Friday.
Former Australia captain Mark Taylor has come down hard on the pitches for the first three Test matches of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
The England team caused a flutter when two of its players tried playing a bit of 'football' with the ball during the post-lunch session on the fourth day of the second Test at Lord's on Sunday.
Mohammed Shami will be needed on a dry Motera surface, which might be conducive for reverse swing.
This is New Zealand's first offence in the ongoing bilateral after India had the ignominy of being fined thrice for slow over-rate in the last three international games
India's head coach Rahul Dravid doesn't regret one bit playing the four-Test series against Australia on spinner-friendly tracks.
India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was fined 60 per cent of his match fee while his teammates were docked 30 per cent each for maintaining a slow over-rate during the drawn second Test against the West Indies in Bridgetown.
Match referee Chris Broad spoke to Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Aamer about his future conduct after he brushed against Ricky Ponting following his dismissal of the Australia captain at Lord's on Tuesday.
The International Cricket Council is at loggerheads with Sri Lankan authorities over "security arrangements" that almost saw ICC match referee Chris Broad thrown out of a warm-up match.
The ICC on Friday let off Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) with a warning for the poor quality pitch at Galle, which hosted the Island nation's first Test of a three-match series against Australia in August.
The pitch of the Galle Test between Sri Lanka and Australia has been rated as poor by the match referee Chris Broad, the ICC announced on Monday.
The attack on Togo's football team in Angola brought back "horrible memories" for last year's Lahore terror strike survivor ICC match referee Chris Broad, who feels sportspersons are becoming soft targets for militant outfits.
India Test opener Gautam Gambhir's appeal against his one-match ban has been rejected. The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Tuesday received the order of Justice Albie Sachs, the lead Appeals Commissioner, on Gambhir's appeal against the decision of ICC Match Referee Chris Broad imposing a one-Test ban against him. While rejecting the appeal, Sachs also upheld the penalty imposed by the Match Referee.
Match Referee Chris Broad had spoken to representatives of both India and Australia and advised them to avoid making inappropriate public comments.
Former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad wants the International Cricket Council (ICC) to ban match referee Chris Broad for criticising security after Sri Lanka's team were attacked by gunmen in Lahore on Tuesday.
The Pakistan Cricket Board is to lodge a protest with the International Cricket Council (ICC) over remarks made by match referee Chris Broad criticising security following Tuesday's attack on the Sri Lanka team bus in Lahore. Two investigations are being carried out to find out if there was a lapse in security arrangements for the Sri Lankan team and ICC match officials.
Match referee Chris Broad walked around in a blood stained shirt while umpires Simon Taufel and Steve Davis looked dazed, just hours after an attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team touring Pakistan on Tuesday. While they're used to dealing with incredible pressure in the cauldron of international cricket, nothing prepared the officials for this.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting on Tuesday said the introduction of the Decision Review System (DRS) in Test cricket was a "shame" and the innovation should have been tried at some other level before its implementation in the top format of the game.
After officiating 108 Test matches Umpire Rudi Koertzen finally hung up his coat to swap it for some quite time with family.
Sunil Gavaskar has again accused International Cricket Council match referees of being biased against Asian players after Zaheer Khan was fined.
The West Indies team was fined for slow over-rate during its 20-run defeat against India in the first ODI of the four-match series at Kingston, Jamaica, on Friday. Match referee Chris Broad imposed the fines after Chris Gayle's side was ruled to be two overs short of its target at the end of India innings when time allowances were taken into consideration, according to an ICC statement.
ICC match referee Chris Broad said he and colleagues had been left like "sitting ducks" by a lack of security during Tuesday's ambush on the Sri Lanka cricket team in Lahore that left six players injured. Broad, who was part of the convoy on its way to the Gaddafi stadium and whose driver was one of seven people killed in the attack, raised security concerns before the Test match tour.
ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed laid the charge under the code of conduct after racist and abusive remarks were picked up on a stump microphone.
The Sri Lanka spinner could be banned for up to 12 months if he continues to bowl his doosra because his action exceeds official guidelines.
Batting great Sunil Gavaskar flayed the one-Test ban on Gautam Gambhir, for elbowing Shane Watson, saying he should have been fined 100 per cent of his match fee instead.
Indian batsman Gautam Gambhir was handed a one-Test ban by the International Cricket Council (ICC) match referee on Friday for breaching the spirit of the game in the third Test against Australia. However, the Board of Control for Cricket in India said in a statement the player would lodge an appeal against the decision.
According to Fox Sports, Broad has sent a report to the ICC mentioning that there were racial taunts during the game, which Australia won by nine wickets. Fox Sports further added that it was, however, unclear whether Broad has filed another critical report in this regard about the sixth match at Nagpur, where all-rounder Andrew Symonds was allegedly the victim of 'monkey' chants.
India might have scored a thrilling victory against Sri Lanka in the second one-dayer on Wednesday, but it turned costly for pacer Munaf Patel who was fined 75 per cent of his match fee for arguing with the umpire.
The racist and abusive remarks were picked up on a stump microphone at Centurion.
The Australia fast bowler was reported for 'using language that is obscene, offensive or insulting'.
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