England on Thursday suffered an embarrassing 10-wicket defeat in the third Test against India on a spin-friendly Motera track to go down 1-2 in the four-match series and the result garnered varied reactions from the British media.
Steve Bucknor would be become the first umpire to stand in 100 Tests during the second Test between India and Pakistan.
Tainted Pakistan umpire Asad Rauf hit out at the Board of Control for Cricket in India after being handed a five-year ban for corruption, saying the Indian cricket authorities did not have any evidence to pronounce him guilty.
Former interanational umpire Bomi Jamula is wary of trashing the Decision Review System (DRS) which came under the microscope during the just-concluded first Ashes Test between England and Australia at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
Pujara hit his 49th first class hundred and shared an unconquered 201-run fourth-wicket stand with Sheldon Jackson (90) to help his side end the fourth day at 224 for three, just 55 runs away from the victory.
The West Indies fast bowler will be working with specialists appointed by his board for the next six weeks.
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England all-rounder Stuart Broad has denied Indian batting legend Sunil Gavaskar's claim that he gets a preferential treatment since his father Chris is an ICC match referee.
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England pair Jason Roy and David Willey have been fined by the International Cricket Council following their close win over Sri Lanka on Saturday which sealed their place in the 2016 World T20 semi-final. Opening batsman Roy has been fined 30 per cent of his match fee for displaying dissent twice during his 42-run knock at New Delhi. Roy was fined for using obscene language when he was given out lbw in the 13th over, and again when he threw his bat and helmet as he exited the playing arena. Roy breached Article 2.1.5 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to "showing dissent at an umpire's decision during an international match".
England completed the task with a day to spare with South Africa falling well short of their 466 run target
West Indies coach Stuart Williams said mystery spinner Sunil Narine, who has been reported for suspect bowling action during an Oppo Champions League Twenty20 match, will get over the episode in a positive manner.
'We'll let them go play the game as they normally would' 'You don't want to clone them all into little choir boys'
As if the defeat in the first Test was not enough, West Indies paceman Ravi Rampaul was on Friday fined for showing dissent to an umpire's decision and skipper Darren Sammy was reprimanded for his actions against the spirit of the game.
The ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat has admitted that the availability of technology has been an issue in the controversial Umpire Decision Review System and it is up to the Boards to decide on its use in the series among themselves.
The two players were reported guilty by the umpires during the second match of the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy against Australia.
South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has been charged with ball tampering, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Friday. Du Plessis was charged after television footage appeared to show him applying an artificial substance to the ball during the fourth day's play in the second test against Australia in Hobart.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday announced new playing conditions that give liberty to on-field umpires to consult the third umpire in case of unclean catches and also bar players from taking 'comfort breaks' in one-dayers. The new rules, to be applicable from Wednesday, have been aimed at improving the the quality of one-day internationals.
Gavaskar has held a position in the ICC as well, and the batting great said positions have never affected his service to the game as he speaks to serve the sport.
PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan said there have been incidents in India in recent months which pointed to Pakistan-specific threats one of them was the ICC's decision to pull out Pakistan umpire Aleem Dar midway during South Africa's tour of India last year and also the cancellations between PCB and BCCI officials in Mumbai.
Australia quick Josh Hazlewood says the proposed ban on cricketers using saliva to shine the ball will be difficult to police but ultimately might not make much difference to the art of swing bowling. The International Cricket Council's (ICC) cricket committee has recommended the ban on the use of spit when the sport returns after the coronavirus shutdown because of fears it could lead to the spread of COVID-19.
India's captain was reported for making gestures at umpire Daryl Harper, who turned down an appeal for bat-pad catch against Jacques Kallis in South Africa's second innings.
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Former Sri Lanka captain Duleep Mendis once remarked that 'Murali' could turn the ball even on concrete and it was no exaggeration.
Hashim Amla struck an unbeaten half-century as South Africa brushed aside some early alarms to record a six wicket victory over Pakistan on day three of the first Test at Centurion Park on Friday.
The second Test between Australia and Sri Lanka starting in Kandy on March 16 will be his last Test as umpire.\n\n
Half-centuries from Mohammed Rizwan and Babar Azam helped Pakistan outclass Namibia by 45 runs to storm into the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
The International Cricket Council confirmed on Friday that following remedial work and retest, the bowling action of the West Indies' Sunil Narine has been found to be legal, and the off-spinner can now resume bowling in both international cricket and domestic cricket events worldwide.
Meanwhile, the independent biomechanical analysis of Marlon Samuels' bowling action concluded that his standard off-break delivery was legal but his quicker deliveries exceeded the 15 degrees' level of tolerance and thus, were considered to be "illegal."
Darrell Hair may have been reinstated by the ICC but the umpire would be under scanner for the next 12 months.
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.
India batsman Virat Kohli has been fined 15 per cent of his match fee for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the tri-series ODI against New Zealand in Dambulla on Wednesday.
For Kohli, a trophy-less cabinet doesn't do justice to the champion performer that he has been for a decade.
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Australians have responded with a mixture of disbelief and anger to the ICC's decision to ban Darrell Hair from umpiring international matches, labelling it "tragic" and "disgusting".
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