The merit of the toss has been debated as a need to reduce home advantage that often results in host nations rolling out pitches doctored to favour their players in what tends to end up as one-sided encounters.
'Just because of the nature of how good those bowling attacks were they probably embellished it a bit. So, you wouldn't want to play on it every day, but I think for occasional Test matches it's not the worst thing.'
Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting has emerged as the worst behaved player to play for the country in the last 20 years and has been asked by former legends of the game to improve his on-field attitude.
Unlike football, which offends the sensibilities of some very conservative Muslims because it is normally played in shorts, cricket is played in long sleeves and trousers, in line with traditional dress codes. It also bears some resemblance to traditional Afghan children's games involving throwing and using sticks to hit smaller sticks or balls.
'But for reasons not yet known, Jay Shah is still continuing as the BCCI secretary while Sourav Ganguly has been removed from the position. Our grievance is why Sourav Ganguly was let go from BCCI. We want to know on whose order it was done. We believe that there was injustice done to Ganguly.'
The lab is run at the Lahore University of Management Sciences and becomes the fifth biomechanics lab to be approved by ICC.
The former opening batsman joined as DOC in December last year following the suspension of CEO Thabang Moroe and has since signed a two-year deal with the option of extending for a third term.
Sourav Ganguly slammed Australian cricket team's 'win at all cost' attitude
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced a crack down on ball tampering with changes coming into effect from October, under which umpires can act on suspicions of ball tampering even if they do not have firm evidence against a particular fieldsman.
Former Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi on Monday blamed the International Cricket Council and the Board of Control for Cricket in India for scuttling the Indian Cricket League.
Former India captain Bishan Singh Bedi lauded the majority judgement passed by Southwark Crown Court in London that found Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif guilty of taking bribes to fix part of a Test match against England last year.
Former India cricketer Anjum Chopra has welcomed the Marylebone Cricket Club's decision to make amendments to the laws of the game and use the gender-neutral term 'batter' and 'batters' rather than 'batsman' or 'batsmen'.
Former Australia Prime Minister John Howard will not step aside as the nominee for the International Cricket Council's vice-presidency despite being snubbed by the body on Wednesday. Howard said he has been given no indication as to why his candidacy was blocked by a reported six of the 10 major cricketing nations at the ICC's meeting in Singapore.
Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard's candidature as the International Cricket Council (ICC) vice-president appears to have run into rough weather with the BCCI apparently being reluctant to back him in the executive board meeting on Wednesday.
England head to the Oval for the final Test of the summer against India on Thursday as the world's top side courtesy of a rankings system which is now widely accepted but not generally understood.
Former Australian captain and coach Greg Chappell has warned that 50-over cricket would be the best way to measure all cricketing nations, but Twenty20 is the best format for ensuring the growth of the game.
The TMC leader, who was attending a sports event in Howrah, West Bengal on Sunday was busy attending phone calls while the national anthem was being played.
Former England captain Michael Atherton says young Pakistan pacer Mohammad Aamir, implicated in the spot-fixing scandal, was in the "the grip of evil" and should be given a second chance by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Pakistan's cricket community reacted with shock to fresh allegations that some players took bribes for spot fixing in the current series against England.
Former Test cricketers Dayle Hadlee and Mudassar Nazar will join Rod Marsh at the ICC Global Cricket Academy (GCA) in Dubai to train and develop the best talent in world cricket. According to an International Cricket Council statement, both Hadlee and Nazar will relocate at the Dubai Sports City to take up their positions in early 2009.
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.
Pakistan's cricket authorities have banned players who appeared in the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) from playing in the ongoing domestic season.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday inducted three Ashes heroes --Tom Graveney and Peter May of England and Ian Chappell of Australia -- into its Cricket Hall of Fame.
Soon after taking over as president of the International Cricket Council on Thursday, Sharad Pawar declared that he will push for the resumption of Indo-Pak bilateral series.
'Certainly, Pakistan should be playing in the World Cup, even in India.'
Incoming International Cricket Council (ICC) president Sharad Pawar does not want former Australian Prime Minister and cricket aficionado John Howard as his deputy in the interim.
Pakistan cricket community has ridiculed the statement given by the Board of Control for Cricket in India president Anurag Thakur, saying even when ties between the two countries were better India had avoided playing Pakistan in a bilateral series.
Rain and bad light have combined to limit action in the second Test between England and Pakistan in Southampton, frustrating players and television viewers hoping for live cricket amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Former India captain Bishan Singh Bedi rubbished talk of some matches being fixed at the ongoing cricket World Cup, saying every team is doing its best to win.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) found itself in an embarrassing position over its plans to seek compensation from the Board of Control for Cricket in India for not honouring the MoU signed between the two countries to play six bilateral series between 2015 and 2023.
Former West Indies bowler Michael Holding has called on the International Cricket Council (ICC) to ban England's Stuart Broad for his refusal to walk after being caught out on the day three of the first Ashes Test.
Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt and fast bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif were suspended for at least five years after they were found guilty of corruption by an International Cricket Council (ICC) tribunal on Saturday.
Lalit Modi reveals blueprint of breakaway cricket body to rival ICC.
Board of Control for Cricket in India president Anurag Thakur conceded that the current crisis facing the BCCI is not in the best interest of cricketers but the Board will have to keep everything on hold till Supreme Court gives it's verdict on January 3.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has extended its deadline for Pakistan to name their preliminary squad for next year's 50 overs World Cup until January 5.
Rahul Dravid has signed off on an illustrious ODI career in 118th position in International Cricket Council (ICC)'s Player Rankings after playing his first series in two years.
The former Board president also expressed hope that the Sourav Ganguly-led new body of BCCI would take up the issue with the ICC and get its due.
Ray Mali has been appointed acting president of the International Cricket Council following the death of Percy Sonn last month.
Two officials will carry out investigations linked to the Maurice Odumbe inquiry.
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