Matt Featherstone re-elected as global representative to ICC committee
Cricket | May 20, 2020, 01:21 PM ISTAs per procedure, the five regional representatives elected Featherstone for a two-year period that culminates on March 31, 2022.
As per procedure, the five regional representatives elected Featherstone for a two-year period that culminates on March 31, 2022.
The use of saliva to shine the cricket ball, especially in the red-ball format, is primarily meant for swing bowling but the practice is now being seen as a health risk.
Deepak Agarwal, who owned T10 team Sindhis for a while, was charged as a participant under the code for unfair practices during the 2018 edition.
The International Cricket Council (ICC), during its recent CEC meeting, considered the use of artificial substances on the ball instead of saliva.
James Anderson will have a chance to bridge the gap with South Africa's Kagiso Rabada in the one-off test match against Ireland.
It was expected to be a batting carnival at the 2019 World Cup, especially after ENG and PAK almost walked their way to 300-plus totals in the last series before the showpiece event on English soil.
The match between IND and BAN at the Edgbaston Cricket Ground on Tuesday is a must-win game for the Bangla Tigers to stay in contention for a place in the knockouts.
Markram was recalled into the team as South Africa aimed to put final touches on their squad for the upcoming Cricket World Cup 2019.
The International Cricket Council has said that the Indian cricket team was granted prior permission to wear military caps during the third ODI between India and Australia in Ranchi.
A BCCI official added that while the ICC claims to have an inclusive approach, it looks at every possible opportunity to hurt India's interest.
The sport is also growing fast in USA, something that was recently acknowledged by former West Indies batsman Ricardo Powell, who is now a selector with the USA national team.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had demanded Rs 447 crore compensation after alleging that the BCCI didn't honour the MoU that required India to play six bilateral series between 2015 to 2023.
The 49-year-old, who served as Sri Lanka's Chairman of selectors besides being a former Parliamentarian, said he would comment further only after his response to the ICC is submitted.
After the exponential growth of the T20 format, the ICC now also has to deal with the T10 league which got the world body's sanction last year.
ICC anti-corruption unit general manager Alex Marshall said in a statement Wednesday that the inquiries are continuing "so it would not be appropriate to comment further."
The visiting teams often get to play tour warm-up games in conditions contrasting to what they eventually face in the series.
Javagal Srinath and Sundaram Ravi are the only Indians to get selected in the ICC elite panel.
The Qatar-based Al Jazeera has claimed that pitches of matches involving India, Sri Lanka, Australia and England were doctored at the behest of match-fixers.
The PCB has issued a notice to allrounder Mohammad Hafeez and asked him to explain his comments about the ICC rules on suspected illegal bowling actions.
The relevance of coin toss in Test cricket has been questioned in recent past with critics saying that the practice was resulting in unfair advantage to host teams.
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