With Mahela Jayawardene named coach of Mumbai Indians on Friday, speculation is rife that former Australia skipper and the IPL franchise coach Ricky Ponting may be in contention for a big role in a revamped Australian cricket.
India coach Gary Kirsten is not in the running for a similar job in the South African side but could be involved with Mumbai Indians in the IPL, a report said on Wednesday.
The ED is in the process of serving final penalty notices in 16 alleged forex violation cases amounting to an estimated Rs 1,700 crore against former IPL Chairman Lalit Modi and others as part of its wide-ranging probe in the alleged financial irregularities in various editions of the T-20 cricket extravaganza.
Harish Kotian offers a quick look at the six former players in the running to be selected for world cricket's most-sought-after job.
"The granting of the Freedom of the City of London recognises how they have added their voices to the growing global movement to stamp out racism."
Notwithstanding the verdict of a Delhi court dropping charges against former India pacer Shantakumaran Sreesanth and two other cricketers in the 2013 spot-fixing scandal in the Indian Premier League, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has decided to stick to its ban on the three cricketers for the time being.
Former India Test batsman Praveen Amre and ex-Karnataka left-arm spinner Raghuram Bhat have been found to be in Conflict of Interest by the Board of Control for Cricket in India's Ombudsman. However, former India skipper Dilip Vengsarkar was cleared of a similar charge.
In what comes as a surprise move by the Indian cricket board, the BCCI is mulling to apply conflict of interest rules for current cricketers, who, in effect, will not be allowed to have business interest in player-management companies which represent them.
Encouraged by the positive feedback during the last domestic season, the BCCI will continue with neutral curators in the upcoming 2018-19 Ranji Trophy, a move that also scuttled the home state associations' habit of preparing pitches as per their wishes.
Defending the Rs 425-crore facilitation fee it demanded from Sony, former global media rights holders for IPL, WSG, on Wednesday said it will do whatever it can to ensure that BCCI honours its previous agreements.
Still, the earliest India will get to experience Apple online will be early 2020 and the company's first fully-owned signature store should be up around 2022 -- almost two decades after it had opened its first store worldwide, writes Nivedita Mookerji.
Rajasthan Royals skipper Shane Warne is not in favour of IPL franchisees retaining any player for the next season.
Jettisoned England batsman Kevin Pietersen has added another payday to his diary with the announcement he will play in the Caribbean Premier League in July and August after his commitments in India.
Raman pips Kirsten for Indian women's coach job The 53-year-old Raman is currently a batting consultant at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru. His first assignment is the tour of New Zealand beginning next month.
Rai said that the best part about central contracts was that it ensured a decent earning for domestic players.
The BCCI will hold its Special General Meeting (SGM) in New Delhi on December 1 to discuss a three- point agenda including the all-important Future Tours Programme (FTP) of the Indian team spanning 2019-2023.
The new BCCI president, Sourav Ganguly, has already said that the conflict of interest is a 'very serious issue' facing Indian cricket.
Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene has been appointed as the new head coach of Indian Premier League team Mumbai Indians for the 2017 season.
Lawrence Booth, in his 'Notes by the editor' in the latest Almanack, said the big money which Pietersen had secured with his contract to play in the IPL, made him courageous enough to not honour his contractual obligations.
Out of favour fast bowler Shaun Tait agreed to sacrifice Indian Premier League riches thinking of future rewards but after being denied a central contract he now feels humiliated by Cricket Australia.
To Indian football aficionados, Trevor Morgan is a coach. To the IPL-style IMG-Reliance league, however, the Perth-based Englishman is a fitness trainer. The former East Bengal coach has been contracted by IMG-Reliance to train players that could be part of the league for a month.
Former Pakistan Test leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed has signed a deal with IPL side Delhi Daredevils to work as their bowling consultant but has not made it public due to the recent backlash in India over the presence of Pakistani sportsmen there, sources said.
South Africa fast bowler Morne Morkel will retire from all formats of international cricket after the four-match home Test series against Australia
England expressed concern over the strength of the bio-secure environment after the positive result, while a South African team investigation has not yet shown how the unnamed player caught the virus.
Munaf Patel joins Kandy Tuskers in LPL; Sarfaraz pulls out, Malinga unsure
Australia captain Michael Clarke, South Africa captain Graeme Smith and hard-hitting New Zealander Jesse Ryder returned to the auction pool, as Pune Warriors decided to retain only six foreign players who were with the franchise during the last edition.
In Australia, Warner said cricketers do not have many options apart from training in their home states as of now.
The South African legend will continue his association with the franchise in a different role -- that of mentor and batting consultant.
The 32-year-old, undoubtedly the best cricketer Bangladesh has ever produced, was granted a break from the team's short tour of Sri Lanka for three one-day internationals after his heroics at the World Cup in England.
Pakistan Mohammad Yousuf will fill in as substitute in the English County league for Australia's Brad Hodge, who will be playing in the IPL on a five-week contract.
Pepsi fires the first salvo by sewing up pouring rights with eight of the nine IPL teams.
Pakistan's Mushtaq Ahmed has been approached by Delhi Daredevils to become their bowling consultant for IPL 6 and the former Test leg-spinner is likely to accept the offer.
Ishant Sharma's fantastic bowling in Australia was rewarded with a lucrative Indian Premier League contract. The young Delhi speedster was purchased by Shah Rukh Khan's Kolkata team for an astonishing US $950,000 in the players' auction in Mumbai on Wednesday. He registered the fourth highest amount in the IPL auction after Mahendra Singh Dhoni (US $1.5m), Andrew Symonds (US $1.35m) and Sanath Jayasuriya (US $975,000).
Harbhajan Singh and Ravindra Jadeja have been retained by Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings respectively for the 2013 season of the Indian Premier League.
Australia's Patrick Farhat is set to join the Indian cricket team as its new physiotherapist. He will be joined by Shankar Basu and Arun Kanade who will be on board as strength and conditioning expert and masseur respectively.
Arthur suggested to the members that Shahdab Khan should replace Sarfaraz as captain in the limited-over formats while Babar Azam should be given the reins of the Test side.
Handed over the reins of BCCI for IPL-7 by the Supreme Court, interim president and former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar said he will "give it his best shot" while discharging duties during the cash-rich T20 league.
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) not to release funds until the state associations file an affidavit implementing recommendations of Justice (Retd.) RM Lodha-led- panel. Issuing the direction, the apex court said the state associations cannot get any money from the national cricket body till the time they follow the Lodha committee's recommendations.
Star batsman Kevin Pietersen says he has no issues playing under England Test captain Alastair Cook and coach Peter Moores as he prepares for a national recall by resuming county cricket at Surrey.
