Indian off spinner Harbhajan Singh expressed his concern and frustration on Monday after he was reported again for chucking.
The cricket boards of Pakistan and England have resolved the financial dispute that arose after the forfeited Oval Test on Pakistan's tour to England in 2006. Umpires Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove ruled Pakistan had forfeited the fourth Test at the Oval, as the visitors had refused to come out after tea on the fourth day in protest at being docked five runs for alleged ball tampering.
The charges follow Pakistan's decision to stay in the dressing room after the tea interval on the fourth day of the fourth Test against England at The Oval last month.
Former captain Javed Miandad has slammed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for removing team manager Zaheer Abbas in the wake of last month's Oval test fiasco.
Former India cricketers and umpires feel the stand-off between umpire Darrell Hair and the Pakistan team could push the game into chaos.
The Sri Lanka off-spinner is only the third man after Courtney Walsh and Shane Warne to take 500 Test wickets.
Factbox on Muttiah Muralitharan after he became the second player in Test cricket to take 600 wickets.
The Pakistan fast bowler is likely to play despite his bowling action being reported for a third time by match officials.
The ICC found the two South Africa bowlers guilty of "excessive appealing" during the third ODI against West Indies.
The Pakistan cricket team management gave umpires Rudi Koertzen and Darrell Hair negative ratings.
England were awarded the final Test as Pakistan refused to return to the field after umpires Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove imposed a five-run penalty against them for ball-tampering and changed the ball.
Billy Bowden of New Zealand along with Australians Darrell Hair and Simon Taufel were chosen to join the existing eight umpires.
Steve Bucknor would be become the first umpire to stand in 100 Tests during the second Test between India and Pakistan.
Meanwhile, Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer said he had considered resigning over the fiasco.
The umpires reported Shabbir Ahmed after they reviewed footage of the final ODI against NZ at Wellington.
A light drizzle has delayed the start of play on the third day of the first Test between India and Pakistan in Lahore.
800 gets so lost in celebrating its grand subject that it forgets something pretty elementary: Cricket is a team sport!, notes Sreehari Nair.
Pakistan were awarded a five-run penalty and the ball was changed on the third day of the second Test against South Africa in Dubai on Friday. Umpire Ian Gould signalled five runs to Pakistan after talking to South African captain Graeme Smith during Pakistan's second innings.
Fresh from leading Punjab to the runners up finish in the Vijay Hazare One-Day tournament, out-of-favour Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh is happy with his own showing in the domestic circuit and is keen to make a comeback into the Indian team for the 50-overs World Cup next year.
'Given that they are playing at home and will have full crowd support, India, who are in peak form and whose morale is high, will be the favourites.'
Former Sri Lanka captain Duleep Mendis once remarked that 'Murali' could turn the ball even on concrete and it was no exaggeration.
Factbox on major ball-tampering incidents in international cricket in the wake of South Africa being penalised five runs during the second test against Pakistan in Dubai on Friday for attempting to alter the state of the ball:
After South Africa were penalised five runs for ball tampering against Pakistan in the second Test in Dubai on Friday, AB de Villiers insisted the Proteas were not cheats.
Factbox on major ball-tampering incidents in cricket
'It is unfair to look at one decision, one ball out of 600-plus on the day and say that was the reason one team won and one team lost.'
'No, you don't require tantrums, or beating a tattoo on the helmet or rude and hostile gestures to make a point.' 'A true fast bowler lets the ball do the talking as it crashes into the stumps,' says veteran sports commentator Kishore Bhimani.
'India should stop claiming that a united Pakistan is in India's interests.' 'Pakistan's break-up is a necessity for peace and progress in the region,' says Major General Mrinal Suman (retd).
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