Nearly two months before the start of the sixth IPL season, the BCCI and Cricket South Africa had supported a Cricket Australia (CA) proposal, during an ICC board meeting in Dubai, for introducing internet access in dressing rooms during international matches. The proposal was opposed by YP Singh, the head of ICC's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU). The ACSU has consistently opposed access...
Watson travels back to the future
Shane Watson is back opening the batting again as Australia's new coach Darren Lehmann reverts to the thinking favoured by a past captain, Ricky PontingIf Australian cricket is moving forward under Darren Lehmann, then Shane Watson is hurtling enthusiastically back in time. Commissioned by Lehmann to revert to the opening role he excelled in from 2009 to 2011, Watson has pointed to his time under...
FICA to refer ICC vote to ethics officer
The Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA) claims it has evidence of captains being pressured by their boards to change their votes from Tim May to Laxman Sivaramakrishnan during the vote for player representatives on the ICC cricket committee in May. FICA has confirmed it will refer the matter to the ICC ethics officer for investigation after waiting in vain for the ICC to do...
Morgan to have surgery on broken finger
England 2 for 1 v New Zealand match abandonedScorecard and ball-by-ball details Kevin Pietersen's England comeback was put on hold as rain caused the second T20 against New Zealand at The Oval to be abandoned after just two balls. As Pietersen prepared to return, it was announced that the man he replaced in the side, Eoin Morgan, will have surgery on a finger injury that will keep him out for several...
Jun
24
Cook wonders at the calamity
Alastair Cook stroked his magnificent jawline and could not belief the manner in which England had lost a game that was theirs for the takingCook stroked his magnificent superhero jawline as the Indians danced and screamed. The whites around his eyes were even more noticeable than usual. It was a look of confusion and defeat. Maybe he was thinking back to the good old days when Ishant Sharma couldn't...
Lopsided Australia in search of balance
Were Australia's selectors to be required to choose their XI for the first Ashes Test at Trent Bridge today, and be compelled to do so purely on accomplishment and current form, they would include at least six bowlers, one wicketkeeper and, at most, four batsmen. As the tour proper begins in Taunton after the abortive Champions Trophy campaign and the shadow-boxing of Australia A, the imbalance in...
Mickey Arthur sacked as Australia's coach
Mickey Arthur has been sacked as Australia's head coach less than three weeks before the start of the Ashes. Cricket Australia is yet to officially announce the decision but the chief executive James Sutherland and general manager of team performance Pat Howard are due to hold a press conference in Bristol on Monday morning (UK time) to confirm the move. Darren Lehmann, the successful Queensland...
The end of an ODI era
The Champions Trophy may be remembered with fondness and a touch of sadness. But will it be missed?It's strange how we begin to love something we were once uninterested in, just as we're about to let it go. Like the book we received as a birthday present - about a subject we would never read about - that will be thrown out during spring cleaning. Or the pair of jeans, worn once, that only takes up...
Jun
23
Mustard, Rushworth put Durham top
Durham 218 for 4 (Mustard 92, Borthwick 80) beat Hampshire 224 for 9 (Dawson 69, Ervine 33, Rushworth 5-42) by six wickets D/LScorecard Durham gave Geoff Cook nothing to worry about as they took over from visitors Hampshire at the top of Group B in the Yorkshire Bank 40 League with a six-wicket victory at Chester-le-Street. With coach Cook still in a critical condition following his heart attack...
Hoggard swings back to form
Essex 196 for 6 (Pettini 72, Hoggard 4-30) trail Leicestershire 302 (Napier 7-90) by 106 runsScorecard Essex clawed their way out of another batting crisis against Leicestershire on the second day at Grace Road, just a week after they were bowled out for 20 by Lancashire. Essex plunged to 28 for 4, with veteran seamer Matthew Hoggard claiming all four at a cost of just 12 runs in his first appearance...
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