Rahul Dravid has been added to the Anti-Corruption Oversight Group, which also includes the Dave Richardson. © PTI Dubai: Former India batsman Rahul Dravid has been named in International Cricket Council’s newly appointed Anti-Corruption Oversight Group as part of the recommendation from its Integrity Working Party of the parent body. (No Permanent Positions For Board of Control For Cricket in India, England and Australian Boards: ICC) “The oversight group will…
No Permanent Positions For Board of Control For Cricket in India, England and Australian Boards: International Cricket Council
International Cricket Council chairman Shashank Manohar, who is also president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, earlier said the dominance of the ‘Big Three’ needs to change. © AFP Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) all set to scrap the controversial constitutional amendments, which gave executive clout and financial power to India, Australia and England, with its Shashank Manohar-led Board recommending complete overhaul of the current power…
Rohit Sharma Aims For More Success With Opening Partner Shikhar Dhawan
Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan have done well in the recent limited-overs series in Australia. © AP New Delhi: The comparisons with the legendary pair of Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly are certainly flattering but Rohit Sharma feels his partnership with Shikhar Dhawan still has a long way to go before matching up to the iconic opening combination. (India vs Australia: We Will be Fighting Fire With Fire, Says Rohit…
Lehmann to join squad in New Zealand
Darren Lehmann was hospitalised with deep-vein thrombosis ahead of the final ODI against India last month Andrew Matthews / © PA Photos Australia’s coach Darren Lehmann will join the squad in New Zealand after being cleared to travel following his diagnosis with deep-vein thrombosis. On Saturday afternoon, Lehmann will arrive in Wellington, where the Australians will be playing the second ODI that day, and he will remain in the city…
Ravindra Jadeja All Set to Get Engaged
Ravindra Jadeja joined the likes of Yuvraj Singh to become latest Indian cricketer to get engaged. © AP Rajkot: Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja is going to get engaged to city-based mechanical engineer Reeva Solanki on Friday. (Read More in Cricket) Reeva has completed her engineering degree at Atmiya College and is now preparing for UPSC examination in Delhi. Her mother Prafullaba Solanki is an Indian Railway employee while her father…
Voges warms up for Test with half-century
Western Australia 4 for 194 (Voges 58*, Moody 0*) trail New South Wales 402 (Patterson 75, Maddinson 69, Hughes 65, Cowan 57, Moody 3-91) by 210 runsScorecard Adam Voges enjoyed a productive home Test summer, including against New Zealand © AFP Australia’s one-day team might have struggled in their first game in Auckland, but Test batsman Adam Voges has started his acclimatisation well, scoring an unbeaten half-century in the Sheffield…
Lehmann to join squad by end of NZ ODIs
Darren Lehmann was hospitalised with deep-vein thrombosis ahead of the final ODI against India last month Andrew Matthews / © PA Photos Australia’s coach Darren Lehmann is expected to join the squad in New Zealand before the end of the ongoing one-day series. Lehmann was hospitalised with deep-vein thrombosis in Sydney before the fifth ODI against India last month, and it was initially not expected that he would be cleared…
WA women's cricketer banned for betting on day-night Test
Angela Reakes was also handed a suspended two-year ban in December after placing bets on the 2015 World Cup © Getty Images A second Australian women’s cricketer has been caught out betting on the game this summer, with Western Australia’s Piepa Cleary suspended for six months by Cricket Australia for placing bets on the day-night Test in Adelaide last November. Cleary, 19, placed six bets totalling $15.50 on various elements…
England break more records to topple Proteas
England maintained their new-found liking for record breaking as they beat South Africa in the first one-day international on the back of their highest-ever total on foreign soil. Jos Buttler’s fourth ODI century, after being promoted to four, was the catalyst for a total of 399 for nine that proved 39 runs too many for the Proteas on the Duckworth-Lewis Method after rain forced an early end in Bloemfontein. Quinton de Kock…
SA were 'on target' to win – de Villiers
Quinton de Kock was unbeaten on 138 when the rain came down © Getty Images While farmers across the Free State welcomed the rain that fell on Wednesday night, South Africa’s cricketers would not have minded if it stayed dry for a few more hours. The hosts believed they were on track to take the opening honours, despite losing by 39 runs on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern calculation. “It was advantage England…