The Pakistan Cricket Board's legal tussle with the state government came to a conclusion after the government withdrew its petition against Zaka Ashraf's return as PCB chairman from the Supreme Court. The Ministry of Inter-Provincial Co-ordination (IPC) had earlier challenged the verdict of the Islamabad High Court which re-instated Ashraf as PCB chairman in January. In its appeal, the IPC had argued...
Parnell ready for Test cricket again, says coach
A tweak to his delivery stride, regular first-class game time, and a bit of growing up has put Wayne Parnell in prime position to occupy South Africa's No.7 Test spot, according to his franchise coach Piet Botha. Parnell is one of two all-rounders in the squad to face Australia, and Botha believes Parnell's pace could give him the edge over Ryan McLaren. "He is definitely ready for Test cricket again....
Zaka Ashraf wants consensus before ICC decision
Zaka Ashraf, the PCB chairman, has said the ICC was looking to get resolutions that would shake up the world game approved "hastily". He said the PCB and several other boards managed to hold off the onslaught for the benefit of cricket. He insisted he wasn't against any of the proposals but wanted all decisions to be taken through consensus, with every member board taken in confidence. Ashraf was...
Sarwan fireworks too much for Ireland
Guyana 301 for 3 (Sarwan 89*, Chanderpaul 79, K O'Brien 3-56) beat Ireland 187 (Poynter 54, K O'Brien 39, Wintz 3-30) by 114 runs Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Ramnaresh Sarwan spoiled any hopes Ireland had of getting their Caribbean tour off to a winning start by blitzing the visitors for a ruthless 89 not out off 62 balls in a 114-run win for Guyana at Queen's Park Oval. Sarwan took full...
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Walker agrees Canterbury return
Matt Walker, the batsman who enjoyed a 19-year career in county cricket, is returning to his old club Kent as part of their new coaching setup for 2014. Walker, who scored over 12,000 first-class runs, returns to Canterbury to become assistant coach under Jimmy Adams, leaving Essex where he held the same role for the past three seasons having finished his playing days at Chelmsford. The change comes...
BCCI's demand for more revenue justified - Patel
Sanjay Patel, the BCCI secretary, has said that the BCCI's demands for a larger share of the ICC's revenue are justified given India's commercial pull in world cricket. The BCCI, along with Cricket Australia and the ECB, had drafted a "position paper" that stressed on a new revenue distribution model favourable to the Big Three boards. The "position paper" also suggested a new model of governance...
Surrey hope to bring ICC to London
The Oval has emerged as another potential administrative base of the ICC as the organisation considers a partial relocation. ESPNcricinfo understands that Surrey have joined forces with the Mayor of London's office in an attempt to persuade the ICC of the attraction of a London base. The bid includes providing office space within the Oval ground with views of the pitch. The club are understood to...
Taylor, Williamson rebuild after slow start
25 overs New Zealand 120 for 2 (Taylor 42*, Williamson 39*) v IndiaLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details India got off to their best start of the series, keeping the New Zealand openers quiet with tight lines, but ran into the in-form pair of Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson, who rebuilt with an unbeaten partnership of 79 at 6.23 an over to take New Zealand to 120 by the end of 25 overs. This...
Jan
30
ACF launches North American Championship
The American Cricket Federation (ACF) has announced that it will stage a North American Cricket Championship in Phoenix, Arizona from March 7-9. The championship will consist of a three-match, 40-over series played between a team representing the Midwest Cricket Conference, winners of the ACF Twenty20 National Championship in Florida last October, and a team from the prestigious Toronto Cricket,...
'Big Three were more likely to make progress' - Isaac
Alan Isaac, the ICC president, has said that he pushed the three financially strongest boards to collaborate on the revolutionary proposals, instead of involving all Full Members, as they "were more likely to make progress more quickly". Isaac also said the Big Three have been working on draft proposals that called for sweeping changes in world cricket since last July. "We've been working for some...
Veteran Hodge called up for second Twenty20
Brad Hodge could play his first match for Australia in nearly six years after being called into the squad for the second Twenty20 in Melbourne on Friday. At 39, Hodge is Twenty20 cricket's leading run scorer of all time, with 5844 at an average of 36.98 from his 209 matches in the format, and could be a valuable player at the upcoming World T20 in Bangladesh if the selectors chose to utilise his...
Departing Rixon takes a swipe at Cricket Australia
Steve Rixon, Australia's outgoing assistant coach, has declared that he had "very little respect" for Cricket Australia and in particular what saw as interference with cricket decisions from above. Rixon has been axed from the coaching staff, although he said he had no problem with head coach Darren Lehmann's desire to build his own coaching group and he would have finished his tenure before this...
Jan
28
Faulkner ruled out of South Africa Test tour
James Faulkner has been ruled out of Australia's Test tour of South Africa due to a knee injury and Shaun Marsh and Jackson Bird are still in doubt and will remain in Australia for further assessment while the rest of the squad departs on Wednesday. Faulkner has been replaced in the squad by fellow allrounder Moises Henriques, who played his only three Tests on the tour of India early last year and...
ZC close to clinching sponsorship deal
Zimbabwe Cricket are close to clinching a sponsorship deal which could lead to the resumption of domestic cricket in the next few weeks. ESPNcricinfo understands ZC have been in positive talks with Lay's, the potato chip company, who are interesting in backing them. Although the deal will not cover the total cost of salaries ZC owes their players, it is expected to provide a portion of it. ZC are...
Big Three offer redraft to ICC as lobbying intensifies
'Revamp has many legal implications' Cricket's formally-united Big Three - the BCCI, Cricket Australia and the ECB - will present the seven other Full Member nations with a set of re-drafted "resolutions" around their radical "position paper" at an ICC executive meeting in Dubai on Tuesday. The resolutions - five in number - were being talked through the first official meeting of the Finance...
New-look India recover with rohit fifty
25 overs India 100 for 2 (Rohit 56*, Rayudu 36*) v New ZealandLive scorecard and ball-by-ball details India made an overdue axing and an unexpected one, but once play began the story of the first 25 overs was the exceptional discipline Tim Southee and Kyle Mills bowled with. The consequent pressure created the wickets of Virat Kohli and Ajinkya Rahane, and should have had Rohit Sharma too but the...
Jan
27
Perera, Mubarak's record stand powers NCC win
Group B Angelo Perera's 244 and Jehan Mubarak's 164 helped Nondescripts Cricket Club (NCC) beat Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club by an innings and 39 runs at the NCC ground. Mubarak and Perera were involved in a mammoth stand of 405, which was the highest partnership for the fourth wicket in a first-class match on Sri Lankan soil. They came together when NCC were 81 for 3 in response to Air Force's...
Concerns over Marsh and Faulkner
Australia have further injury worries ahead of the tour of South Africa after both Shaun Marsh and James Faulkner picked up problems during the final one-day international against England in Adelaide. Marsh, a surprise inclusion for the South Africa tour, left the field in the 36th over of England's chase and has had a scan on his calf while Faulkner underwent scans on his knee on Monday after not...
Captains uncertain over Bopara stumping
Both Alastair Cook and Michael Clarke admitted to confusion about the pivotal stumping of Ravi Bopara during England's run chase. With England requiring nine runs from nine balls and two wickets still standing, Bopara was given out by the third umpire, after lengthy deliberation, as a delivery from Clint McKay rebounded off keeper Matthew Wade's gloves down on to the stumps, eventually dislodging...
Machan sets up Scotland win
Scotland kept themselves in touch near the top of the Super Six table with a 21-run victory over Namibia who remain at the bottom. The match was halted after 12 overs of Namibia's chase on Sunday due to rain after Scotland had posted 279 for 9 They had made brisk progress through Matt Machan and captain Preston Mommsen as the pair took their third-wicket stand to 82 in 15 overs. Machan was on course...
Jan
26
A Test series before a testing future
Two weeks ago, the biggest question in Bangladesh cricket was whether Shamsur Rahman could become only the second batsman from the country to score a first-class triple hundred. When he failed to do so, everyone wondered if his 267 would earn him a Test call-up. All of that is now a distant memory, after a leaked document has reopened age-old questions about Bangladesh cricket's future. To consider...
Shakib wants sporting Mirpur pitch
Shakib Al Hasan wants a sporting pitch at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in the first Test against Sri Lanka. He said Bangladesh are now capable of handling such conditions, and not just playing on featherbeds. The home side has never won a Test match in Mirpur. They have lost eight times and drawn twice, both against New Zealand. The pitch has tended to be on the slower side over the last three...
Yuvraj and Anjum Chopra get Padma Shri
Yuvraj Singh and former India women's captain Anjum Chopra have been awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour, for their services to cricket. The two cricketers were among seven sportspersons named in the awards list announced on the eve of the country's Republic Day. "Feeling happy n honoured to join the illustrious list of Padamshree awardees this year," Yuvraj tweeted. "My...
Safe Mathews could be more creative
If a man does not risk much in life, he cannot complain if his rewards are also feeble. As Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews prepares his men for a new Test series less than a week after their last one concluded, he will perhaps have had a moment to contemplate this truth. In Sharjah, his team had striven for safety above all else and found on day five they could not have travelled a more hazardous...
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