Month: July 2017

© AFP The BCCI’s partial acceptance of the Lodha Committee recommendations has diluted the essence of the changes the panel had sought to bring in, Justice RM Lodha has said. Comparing the BCCI’s opposition to key reforms to the removal of vital human organs, Lodha, who headed the three-member panel that suggested the changes, said the board was once again showing a lack of intent, a year after the Supreme…

CA chairman David Peever and CEO James Sutherland (file photo) © IDI/Getty Images Cricket Australia has proposed independent arbitration with the Australian Cricketers’ Association if the ongoing pay dispute is not resolved by early next week. James Sutherland, the Cricket Australia CEO, told a press conference in Melbourne on Thursday afternoon that the impasse needed to be resolved in time for the Test tour of Bangladesh, which begins late next…

Worcestershire 208 for 8 (Clarke 60, Whiteley 42, Santner 35, Ball 3-34) beat Nottinghamshire 195 (Hales 63, Wessels 49, Hastings 3-31) by 13 runs Ross Whiteley’s six-hitting prowess continued at Trent Bridge © Getty Images Six-hitting Ross Whiteley supercharged Worcestershire Rapids as they completed their first victory of the season in the NatWest T20 Blast by defeating Notts Outlaws by 13 runs at Trent Bridge. Whiteley, who hit six sixes…

Yorkshire 152 for 8 (Willey 44, Marsh 36, Collingwood 3-32) beat Durham 128 for 7 (Poynter 35*, Rashid 4-19 ) by 24 runs Adil Rashid returned career-best figures [file picture] © Getty Images Yorkshire maintained their strong pursuit of a quarter-final berth in the NatWest T20 Blast with another home win, this time against beleaguered Durham as they routinely defended a 153 target. While Yorkshire claimed their fourth win in…

Somerset 204 for 9 (Gregory 43, Berg 3-35) beat Hampshire 190 by 14 runs Lewis Gregory gave Somerset a powerful start © Getty Images Somerset moved into third place in the NatWest T20 Blast South Group with a 14-run victory over Hampshire in front of a 6,000-plus crowd at Taunton. Opener Lewis Gregory led the way after the hosts had won the toss, smacking 43 off 20 balls, with nine…

In an SGM on Wednesday, the BCCI agreed to undertake most of the recommendations made by the Lodha committee © India Today Group/Getty Images After several months of staunch resistance, the BCCI members – state associations – have unanimously decided to implement most of the Lodha Committee recommendations with the exception of five broad reforms. The BCCI took the decision at a special general meeting (SGM) in Delhi on Wednesday,…

South Africa A 153 for 8 (Pretorius 38, Behardien 37*, Chahal 3-41, Axar 2-35) beat India A 152 (Pandey 55, Nair 25, Phangiso 4-30, Pretorious 3-24) by two wicketsScorecard Farhaan Behardien’s sixth-wicket stand with Dwaine Pretorius was the game changer © AFP Farhaan Behardien‘s unbeaten 37 guided South Africa A to a two-wicket win against India A in the tri-series opener in Pretoria. Yuzvendra Chahal almost pulled it back with…