Indian Premier League commissioner and BCCI vice-president Lalit Modi was on Friday appointed as chairman of the board of Champions League Twenty20, the cricket boards of India, Australia and South Africa said in a joint statement. The decision was taken at a meeting of the three founding member boards -- the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Cricket Australia (CA) and Cricket South Africa (CSA)-- in Dubai.
Nagpur will have a new cricket home when the Vidarbha Cricket Association unveils its brand new stadium for the fourth India-Australia Test, beginning on Thursday. VCA's old stadium at Civil Lines, in the heart of the city, will give way to a posh new stadium at Jamtha, situated 16 kms from the city on the Nagpur-Hyderabad highway, to host international matches.
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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.
Rival captains Anil Kumble and Ricky Ponting unveiled the Border-Gavaskar trophy at a simple function in Bangalore on Wednesday, the eve of the first Test.
India skipper Anil Kumble says nothing can supplant the traditional rivalry that India and Pakistan share in terms of passion and commitment.
Pakistan's T20 captain Shahid Afridi is prepared for a tough World T20 campaign in India after the ICC announced the draws of the biennial event in March-April.
Umpire Steve Bucknor returned to duty in the first Test between South Africa and Bangladesh in Dhaka on Friday after being dropped by the ICC last month following following pressure from India, who criticised his performance in their 122-run defeat against the Australia in Sydney.
News channels may now be able to telecast footage of international cricket matches for longer durations, following the Delhi High Court's dismissal of a petition by sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports in this matter.
Australia all-rounder James Faulkner says his team is not worried about the slow nature of the pitches and the Indians using it to their advantage as he feels the hosts are in equally good form.
Statistical highlights of the fourth day of the first Test between India and Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Bangalore on Sunday.
India's specialist Test wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha said it will be difficult to fill the void created by Mahendra Singh Dhoni's retirement from the longer version of the game as the former skipper was a proven match-winner.
The ICC may ban sledging after being prodded by the BCCI to take action against unsporting behaviour on the field.
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Air India is planning to tweak its daily service to Australia, to cut losses.
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The Australian captain said there had been two incidents on the field that his side could have handled better.
A Code of Conduct Commissioner will be appointed by Wednesday to hear Harbhajan Singh's appeal against the ban, according to ICC CEO Malcolm Speed, who refused to accept that BCCI had "triumphed" by getting umpire Steve Bucknor replaced and clearance for the off-spinner to play pending his appeal.
The ICC also cleared Harbhajan to play until a decision is made on the BCCI appeal against the ban.
The Australian vice-captain has been ordered to miss the third ODI against New Zealand to save himself for the upcoming Test series against India.
India's chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar came down hard on ICC match referee Mike Procter, saying he needs to be punished for his role in the Harbhajan Singh racial abuse episode.
ICC president elect David Morgan wants an increased use of technology to ensure against a repeat of the on-field controversies that marred the Sydney Test between India and Australia.
The police refused to say if it was a case of racial abuse.
Reader Kishore Mahadevan sent us a picture of umpire Steve Bucknor from Amsterdam.
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.
Despite widespread calls for Steve Bucknor to retire, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has backed the West Indian to complete his term as an Elite Panel umpire, which ends in 2011.
With the much-hyped Indian Premier League facing the hurdle of consolidating a place in the cricket calendar, its chairman Lalit Modi confessed that a second season for the star-studded Twenty20 competition is not possible for the next four years. After inaugurating the IPL, to be played from April 18 to June 1 between eight franchise teams, Modi said first space needs to be found for the 'Champions Twenty20.
After recording 169 against South Africa at Cape Town in January this year, India's 196 is their lowest score in nine Tests.
ICC match referee Allan Hurst inspected the the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Uppal to find out if the stadium could be accorded Test status.
In a massive blow to its influence in the International Cricket Council, the Board of Control for Cricket in India was on Wednesday decimated at the global body's Board Meeting where the majority voted for a change in governance and revenue structures.
Australia great Adam Gilchrist is not only a fan of Virat Kohli's batting but also his captaincy and he sees the star player taking the Indian team forward in all three formats for a long time. Gilchrist feels Kohli has added spice to the long-standing India-Australia rivalry, both with the willow as well as his leadership in Tests. "Virat is so impressive. He has learnt leadership in front of our eyes. When he is in charge (in Tests), he is very keen to fight fire with fire. I feel he is inspiring a nation and the team to go forward," Gilchrist, who is now Australia's Education Ambassador to India, told PTI. Though he lavished praise on Kohli and backed him to lead India in all three formats at some point, Gilchrist said one should never forget the contribution of Mahendra Singh Dhoni to Indian cricket.
A court on Friday ordered that an FIR be filed against Board of Control for Cricket in India chief Sharad Pawar and three others for alleged misappropriation of funds during the fifth India-Australia ODI in Hyderabad.
Former Australia batsman Dean Jones feels the standard of bowling in international cricket has touched an "all-time low", voicing his concern at a time when 300-plus totals have become the norm in One-Day Internationals.
International Cricket Council chief executive Malcolm Speed has written to officials in India and Pakistan to ask about reports of racism during matches this week.
The OSO actress seems to be more than just good friends with the cricketer.
Indian and Australian players exchanged verbal punches on field during the second ODI in Kochi.
As the Men in Blue flew home to a hero's welcome in Mumbai, advertisers are betting over Rs 250 crore in the next 90 days on cricket TV broadcasts -- a hefty 16 per cent of average advertising spends in the festival season.
Virat Kohli, who recently became the fastest batsman in ODIs to score 9,000 runs, is the Most Valuable Player of the ODI series against New Zealand. Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji explain why the Indian skipper is tops.
Vice Admiral William Douglas Crowder, who heads the US Seventh Fleet, will arrive in Chennai on September 6, after which he will fly to Port Blair where he will stay till the completion of the Malabar Exercise
Who were the most valuable players in the just-concluded India-Australia ODI series? Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji 's formula provides overwhelming evidence that the bat complete overwhelmed the bat.
