Month: July 2017

N Srinivasan has found a way to keep attending BCCI meetings © PTI The Committee of Administrators has turned up the heat on the BCCI’s old guard, asking the Supreme Court to take note of the “disruptive and subversive conduct” of disqualified office bearers who were preventing the board from implementing the Lodha Committee’s recommendations. In its fourth status report which the court will consider on July 14, the COA,…

Luke Fletcher was struck on the head while delivering his first ball of the night © Getty Images Nottinghamshire’s seam bowler Luke Fletcher has been ruled out for the rest of the season after being struck on the head in his followthrough in a T20 Blast fixture at Edgbaston on Saturday. Fletcher was assessed and treated at the ground before being quickly transferred to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham for further…

File photo – Given the practice of covering the entire ground in Sri Lanka, a well-staffed temporary groundstaff for international games is the norm © Getty Images SLC will launch an inquiry into the decision to strip Hambantota Stadium groundstaff of their branded SLC trousers – which they had been wearing – following the fifth ODI against Zimbabwe. The groundstaff had been given SLC uniforms to wear while performing their…

West Indies women 285 for 4 (Dottin 104*, Taylor 90, Asmavia 2-76) beat Pakistan women 117 for 3 (Javeria 58*, Nahida 40, Anisa 2-21) by 19 runs (DLS method)Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Deandra Dottin launched an attack in the back end of the innings to push West Indies to 285 © ICC/Getty Deandra Dottin‘s first ODI century lifted West Indies to 285 and did half the job against Pakistan, a…

Mashrafe Mortaza led Bangladesh to the semifinal of the Champions Trophy in England in June © Getty Images Mashrafe Mortaza will remain Bangladesh’s ODI captain for as long as he wants, according to BCB president Nazmul Hassan. Hassan said that without a captaincy and bowling successor, they wouldn’t even think of a future without Mashrafe. Despite Bangladesh reaching the Champions Trophy semifinal in June, there was speculation that the BCB…