A man has been fined after racially abusing three young spectators during the ODI between England and South Africa at West End on August 28. John Guinelly, a 44-year-old from Portsmouth, was ordered to pay each victim £500 by Southampton Magistrates' Court, with his actions towards the children described by magistrates as "threatening and abusive". Hampshire Police launched an investigation after...
Ticket resale site questions ECB touts stance
Viagogo, the leading ticket marketplace, has struck back at the ECB's Touts Out campaign ahead of the Ashes and Champions Trophy contests next summer, arguing that online ticket resale sites are providing a valuable service in promoting capacity crowds and protecting fans from fraud. The ECB launched a poster campaign last week which vowed to monitor online ticket resale sites and threatened to cancel...
Vaughan tips Root to open in New Zealand
Michael Vaughan, the former England captain, has called for Joe Root to open the batting on England's tour to New Zealand in March. Root made his England debut in the fourth Test against India in Nagpur and Vaughan saw enough evidence to suggest he will be opening the batting with Alastair Cook sooner rather than later. "He looked an England player from the minute he went out to bat in the Test...
BCCI likely to take decision on Azharuddin
More than two months after the Andhra Pradesh High Court struck down the life ban imposed on former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin, the BCCI is set to take a call on whether to terminate or retain it on Tuesday. The Azharuddin case is one of the main issues on the agenda of the BCCI working committee that will be convened at the board's headquarters in Mumbai. After the High Court termed BCCI's...
Jan
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Witness says he told fixing inquiry 'different story'
Henry Williams, the former South Africa bowler who was involved in the Hansie Cronje match-fixing case, has admitted he was never offered a specific amount of money to fix games but had told a different story to the King Commission in 2000. Williams was banned for six months after the investigation but did not play for South Africa again. At the inquiry, Williams testified that he had been offered...
Second, du Preez shine in Knights' win
Knights 475 (Second 210, du Preez 118, von Berg 4-117, de Villiers 4-73) and 42 for 0 beat Titans 335 (Davids 92, Malan 65, Siboto 4-47, du Preez 3-41) and 181 (van der Merwe 65, Kuhn 51, du Preez 5-53) by ten wickets A double-century from Rudi Second and an all-round performance from Dillion du Preez led Knights to a ten-wicket victory against Titans in Benoni. The result put Knights fourth in...
Patel savours unfamiliar England success
Samit Patel, born in Leicester but of Indian heritage, knows a bit about cricket on the subcontinent. And having taken part in ten consecutive ODI defeats with England in India, he was well placed to put into context their success in the first match of the current series in Rajkot. England's nine-run win was their first ODI victory in India since 2006 - and even that was the blip in a 5-1 thrashing....
Clarke, Warner, Wade return, Henriques called up
Michael Clarke, David Warner and Matthew Wade are back in Australia's ODI squad for the matches against Sri Lanka in Brisbane and Sydney, while Moises Henriques has been included for his first international matches since 2009. The selectors dropped Aaron Finch, Usman Khawaja and Steve Smith after the opening two matches, while Brad Haddin was also left out having picked up a hamstring injury in Australia's...
Jan
13
We weren't able to cope under pressure - Hesson
New Zealand's inability to deal with the heat is what worries their beleaguered coach Mike Hesson most. After a second successive substandard performance with the bat in the first innings of a Test match, Hesson was let down equally by his team's lack of application as he was by their lack of heart but he does not seem to have a fix either. "It's a very disappointing 24 overs," Hesson said in his...
Root role revives childhood memories
Joe Root's debut winter with England could not have turned out more strangely. If his first Test appearance might have been designed for him as he had licence to bat as cautiously as he liked, his one-day debut was quite different as he found himself asked to provide a crucial role with the ball. Root has not been more valued for his bowling since he was 12 years old, a slip of a lad experiencing...
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