New Delhi, Aug 18 (IANS) The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Wednesday said Sri Lanka Cricket should take strict action against the players responsible for the no-ball controversy which shrouded the ongoing One-day International (ODI) tri-nation series.
BCCI spokesperson Rajiv Shukla told reporters that the board could do little on the matter, calling it an issue of “player’s conduct.”
Melbourne, Aug 18 (ANI): England has identified batsman Paul Collingwood as the man with the least sweaty hands in hot conditions in order to keep the cricket ball dry during the Ashes series, as it will help the fast bowlers to get reverse swing.
London, Aug.18 (ANI): Pakistan’s ongoing England tour has been marred by mysterious injuries to some of the star performers of the team which hardly has presented any resistance to the hosts, but the ever increasing injury list has raised many eyebrows.
Lahore, Aug.18 (ANI): Pakistan chief cricket selector Mohsin Khan has said that the team’s strategy for the upcoming T20 and one-day international series against England would be chalked out after the ongoing Test series against the hosts.
Karachi, Aug.18 (ANI): Former Pakistan captain Younis Khan, who has been denied a place in the national squad even after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) ended his indefinite ban, is still hopeful of making a comeback in the team.
Melbourne, Aug 18 (ANI): Ex-Australian coach John Buchanan, who has joined the England and Wales cricket board as consultant, has rejected reports that he is helping England prepare their game plan for winning the Ashes series this summer.
England is considering offering Buchanan a long-term consultancy role, but he insists that his role would be more to do with the generic structure of English cricket rather than it being Ashes specific.
Sydney, Aug 18 (ANI): England captain Andrew Strauss hopes that Graeme Swann’s court appearance in a drink driving case will have no negative impact on the off-spinner’s performance in the third Test against Pakistan.
Dambulla, Aug 18 (IANS) In a dramatic turn of events, it has now been revealed that it was Sri Lankan batsman Tillekeratne Dilshan and not skipper Kumar Sangakkara who instigated off-spinner Suraj Randiv to bowl a no-ball that denied Virender Sehwag his 13th century in the third one-day international (ODI) of the ongoing triseries.
Media reports here Wednesday claimed that it was Sehwag’s Delhi Daredevils teammate Dilshan, fielding at cover point, who shouted in Sinhalese saying “oney nam, no-ball ekak danna puluwan”, which in English means ‘if you want, you can bowl a no-ball’.
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