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30 Apr

Umar Akmal Could Have A Part Of His Three Year Anti-Corruption Ban Suspended.

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Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal could have a part of his three-year anti-corruption ban suspended when the judge heading the Cricket Board's disciplinary Panel gives out his detailed judgement soon, a source in the PCB has said. After the hour-long hearing of the panel held on Monday in Lahore, where Umar appeared himself to plead his case, Justice Miran Chohan announced a three-year ban on the batsman for failing to report corrupt approaches. "People are jumping to conclusions about the three-year ban but the detailed order is yet to come out. Umar might eventually get a three-year ban with two years…

30 Apr

Michael Holding Said That The Pause Due To Covid-19 Should Be Used To Introspect On The Game.

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Looking to suck out every dollar available, cricket was suffering from an overkill and the coronavirus-forced break should be used to introspect whether the game is heading in the right direction, says West Indies fast bowling great Michael Holding. The 66-year-old cricketer-turned-commentator personally believes hitting the pause button for a while was necessary amid excessive commercialisation of the sport. "Just use the pause to look within the game, to look at what has been happening with the administrators, with the players, and think: Are we heading in the right direction? Is everything okay with our game? Personally, I don't think…

30 Apr

Brett Lee Seems To Be Giving Andrew Symonds A Very Close Haircut In A Picture Posted By ICC.

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ICC's official Instagram account shared a hilarious throwback picture of former Australian cricketers Brett Lee and Andrew Symonds to mark hair appreciation day. In the picture, Brett Lee can be seen giving a haircut to his former teammate Andrew Symonds. ICC captioned the post and wrote, "#HairstyleAppreciationDay Who is styling your hair during isolation". Brett Lee and Andrew Symonds are one of the very best to have played the game for their country. Andrew Symonds has been famous for sporting different hairstyles throughout his career.

27 Apr

BCCI Has Not Made Any Concrete Back-Up Plan For 2020-21 Domestic Season.

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The BCCI has not yet made any concrete back-up plan for the 2020-21 domestic season, which is due to start in August, but the man in charge, Saba Karim, says the priority will be to organise as many games as possible amid the challenge posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The England and Wales Cricket Board has already announced suspension of all its activities till July, including the domestic season, in the wake of the fast-spreading COVID-19 pandemic. All sporting activities around the world have come to a grinding halt. "There are no concrete back up plans as such. There is…

27 Apr

Ravichandran Ashwin Recalled How He Was Dropped By Chennai Super Kings.

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Two bad games in the IPL was all that it took for premier Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin to realise that bowling in T20s was not as easy as he assumed it to be, the reality hitting him like a "hard slap" a decade back. During a podcast with cricketer-turned-commentator Sanjay Manjrekar for ESPNCricinfo, Ashwin spoke about how the 2010 IPL with the Chennai Super Kings affected him, the challenges of bowling in hostile conditions of Australia and England, and why spin twin Ravindra Jadeja is a "natural athlete".Ashwin recalled the 2010 IPL when he was dropped from the CSK squad…

26 Apr

“One Coffee I Had, Mere Ko Bahut Mehengi Padi Vo,” Says Hardik Pandya.

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Dinesh Karthik caught up with Hardik Pandya in an Instagram Live session on Saturday where they talked about various topics, from the impact of coronavirus to the postponement of the Indian Premier League (IPL). During the chat, Hardik Pandya also opened up about the controversial 'Koffee With Karan' episode that led to a suspension from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Dinesh Karthik requested the fans not to ask any controversial questions because it had been a year since Hardik's appearance on the show. The all-rounder replied by saying that he was never a coffee drinker and…

25 Apr

Sachin Tendulkar Urged People To Stay At Home And Stay Safe.

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Sachin Tendulkar, the only player in the history of cricket to have scored 100 international hundreds, took to Twitter to thank his fans for their "wonderful" birthday wishes while urging them not to go out as the country battles against the coronavirus pandemic. "Thank you for all your wonderful wishes. You always prayed for me to stay at the crease and not get out. My only wish for all of you today is that you too don't get out. #StayHome and stay healthy," Sachin Tendulkar tweeted.

24 Apr

England Tour Of India’s Women Cricket Team Postponed due to the Covid-19 Outbreak.

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The Indian women team's tour of England starting June 25, has been postponed temporarily as ECB on Friday suspended all forms of professional cricket in the country until at least July 1 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Indian women were supposed to play four ODIs and two T20 Internationals during their short two-week trip that would have ended on July 9. India were supposed to play T20Is at Taunton and Bristol apart from four ODIs in Worcester, Chelmsford, Canterbury and Hove. The ECB clarified that nine rounds of fixtures will be lost in the County Championship season but "blocks for…

24 Apr

Due To The Worldwide Covid-19 Pandemic English Cricket Season Pushed Back Until July.

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Cricket chiefs announced Friday that no professional cricket would be played in England and Wales until July at the earliest as the coronavirus pandemic wreaked fresh havoc on the international sporting calendar. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said attempts would be made to reschedule international fixtures in the period from July until the end of September, including the West Indies Test tour of England. Global cricket is at a standstill as a result of COVID-19, with stark warnings issued over the damaging economic fallout.ECB chief executive officer Tom Harrison said the plan was to reschedule international matches as…

24 Apr

Reports Say That Legalisation Of Ball-Tampering Could Be Considered.

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The usage of artificial substances to polish the cricket ball, which effectively means ball tampering, could be considered for legalisation when the game resumes after the COVID-19 pandemic that has made bowlers wary of applying saliva on the red cherry. 'ESPNCricinfo' reported that administrators are "open to the option of allowing for the use of an agreed artificial substance to polish the ball under the supervision of the umpires", which amounts to ball-tampering as per the current rules governing the sport. However, an ICC CEC member, who PTI spoke with, refused to say whether such a discussion will happen and…