News

Pallekele, Sep 4 (Ians) Mohammed Shami replaces Jasprit Bumrah in India’s playing eleven as captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bowl first against Nepal in their Asia Cup Group A match at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, here on Monday.

India need to win Monday’s match to progress to the Super Four stage of the competition. Shami’s inclusion in the playing eleven comes after Bumrah flew back home for the birth of his son Angad.

“We batted in the last game. We want to see what the bowlers have in offer for us. I don’t know about the weather. We just want to have the bowlers to have a game under the belt.”

“The way we batted under pressure, Hardik and Ishan batted brilliantly. Ishan showed a lot of maturity and took the game on as well. Good signs for us. It’s another important game for us,...

Pallekele, Sep 3 (Ians) The Asia Cup Group A match between India and Nepal at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on Monday will also mark India’s Javagal Srinath officiating in his 250th men’s Odi match as a member of the Icc Elite Panel of Match Referees.

A former India fast bowler who finished with 236 wickets in 67 Test matches and 315 wickets in 229 ODIs, Srinath was a member of the team that reached the final of the Icc Men’s Cricket World Cup in 2003. He became an Icc Match Referee three years later.

On Monday, Srinath will become the fourth match official to reach the milestone of 250 ODIs as a match referee after Ranjan Madugalle, Chris Broad and Jeff Crowe. Srinath said to the Icc that he was privileged to have officiated in so many matches at the international level.

“It feels great to be reaching this milestone as a match referee.

Hambantota, June 4 (Ians) Afghanistan have been fined 20 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against Sri Lanka in the first Odi at Hambantota on Friday, said the International Cricket Council (Icc).

Ranjan Madugalle of the Icc Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after Hashmatullah Shahidi’s side was ruled to be one over short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration.

In accordance with Article 2.22 of the Icc Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to minimum over-rate offences, players are fined 20 per cent of their match fee for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time.

Hashmatullah pled guilty to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction, so there was no need for a formal hearing. On-field umpires Nitin Menon and Prageeth Rambukwella, third umpire Michael Gough and fourth umpire Lyndon Hannibal levelled the charge.

Melbourne, Nov 13 (Ians) With England and Pakistan — the Men’s T20 World Cup finalists — firmly committed to seeing the spectators at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (McG) and the global audience get to enjoy the summit clash later on Sunday amid the threat of inclement weather, the Icc has decided to further extend the playing time by one hour.

Heavy rain is predicted later on Sunday in Melbourne and the forecast is bleak for the reserve day on Monday as well.

On Saturday, England coach Matthew Mott had affirmed that his side will do everything possible to play and not have to share the trophy because of the prediction of rain. “We’ll do everything we can to play, I don’t think any of us would like to be joint winners. I think there’s an appetite from both teams that we’ll have to crack on at some point,...

Dubai, Oct 4 (Ians) Nitin Menon, the only Indian in the Icc Elite Panel of umpires, figures in the list of 16 umpires and four match referees who will officiate in the T20 World Cup First Round and Super 12s stage matches in Australia from October 16.

Menon, the 38-year-old former Indian cricketer, has been selected along with 15 other umpires to officiate in the World Cup matches to be held at seven venues across the country.

“In total, 16 umpires will officiate across the tournament with Richard Kettleborough, Nitin Menon, Kumara Dharmasena and Marais Erasmus having been the umpires in charge of the 2021 final, which saw this year’s hosts claim their first Icc Men’s T20 World Cup title,” said Icc in a statement on Tuesday.

“It is an experienced group of umpires, with the same 16 selected as last year’s tournament which was held in the United Arab Emirates and Oman,” Icc said.

Dubai, Sep 20 (Ians) The International Cricket Council (Icc) on Tuesday made the ban on the use of saliva to polsih the ball a permanent affair, while also introducing a clause whereby any “unfair” and “deliberate movement” while the bowler is running in to bowl could now result in the umpire awarding five penalty runs to the batting side, in addition to a call of ‘dead ball’.

The Icc has announced several changes to its ‘playing conditions’ after the Chief Executives’ Committee (Cec) ratified the recommendations from the Sourav Ganguly-led Men’s Cricket Committee.

The main changes to the playing conditions come into effect from October 1, 2022, which means they will be applicable in the Icc T20 World Cup in Australia from October 16.

In a statement on the use of saliva to polish the ball, Icc said, “This prohibition has been in place for over two years in international cricket as...

Dubai, March 10 (Ians) The Rawalpindi pitch, which was used for the first Test between Pakistan and Australia, was on Thursday rated as “below average” by the Icc match referee Ranjan Madugalle and received one demerit point under the Icc’s Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process. The lifeless pitch in Rawalpindi became a talking point after […]...