Jessica Bratich ‘undone’

Following on with our avowed policy of bringing cricket related ‘views’ to our readers, we present cricket WAG Jessica Bratich ‘undone’ - girlfriend of Australian cricketer Mitchell Johnson. We also wish our readers a ‘Happy Diwali’.

CRICKET: Steve Harminson gets a ‘gong’.

Next month Steve Harmison will be crowned a “North East legend” for his contributions to cricket.

One can easily understand Steve Harmison’s immense contribution to cricket when one realizes he is following on in the footsteps of Alan Shearer and Malcolm Macdonald.

For the record, Steve Harmison has been a part of two Ashes winning England teams, has represented England in 63 Tests and has taken 266 wickets. His contribution to England’s recent Ashes win was noteworthy for the sheer lack of success.

He was also a part of the England Ashes team that was drubbed 5-0 in Australia.

As they say, this is really the stuff for the legends.

Younus Khan Bargains

As expected, Younus Khan met Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ijaz Butt to discuss his resignation.

As you all know Younus Khan, resigned claiming he was hurt over the match-fixing allegations.

The beauty of this resignation drama was that he made it clear as soon as he submitted his resignation that it was up to the PCB to accept or reject his resignation.

By putting the onus on PCB, Younus Khan knew that he will get some advantage to bargain and expectedly the spineless PCB has complied.

Now it is just a matter giving Younus Khan his pound of flesh for him to get over his feeling of hurt.

ODI Squad against Australia: Dravid Out Sehwag In

Virender Sehwag replaced Rahul Dravid for the first two games of the seven-match one-day series against Australia. Interestingly, Venkatesh Prasad, the Indian team’s bowling coach along with Robin Singh; the fielding coach got the boot.

Munaf Patel deservedly found a place in the squad, while Virat Kohli mysteriously retains his place, making one speculate whether he is the Ajith Agarkar of the future.

Expectedly, Yuvraj Singh finds his way back into the team, even though there is an uncertainty surrounding his fitness.

Similarly, Ishanth Sharma is retained in the squad, probably with the intention of grinding his talent to dust.

Overall an ideal squad for Dhoni to whine about.

India squad:

Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Sachin Tendulkar

Gautam Gambhir

Virender Sehwag

Suresh Raina

Yuvraj Singh

Virat Kohli

Harbhajan Singh

Sudeep Tyagi

Munaf Patel

Amit Mishra

Praveen Kumar

Ishant Sharma

Ravindra Jadeja

Ashish Nehra.

Bhutan stamps Roger Binny

Why has Bhutan released a stamp featuring Roger Binny?

Bhutan Government released four stamps based on the game of cricket in commemoration of a century of monarchy. Prized at 5 ngultrum (Rs 5) three of them feature Roger Binny with Bhutan cricketers.

The Bhutan Government honored Roger Binny for his contribution to the growth of cricket in Bhutan when he was posted there as Development Officer of the Asian Cricket Council.

Australia squad announced for ODI tour of India

Cricket Australia announces the team for VB Tour of India, 2009.

The ODI squad is:

Ricky Ponting

Michael Hussey

Doug Bollinger

Nathan Hauritz

Jon Holland

Ben Hilfenhaus

James Hopes

Mitchell Johnson

Brett Lee

Shaun Marsh

Tim Paine

Peter Siddle

Adam Voges

Shane Watson

Cameron White

The series starts on Oct 25, 2009, with a day and night match at Jaipur.

Champions League Twenty20 2009: Modi predicts rapid growth in club cricket

Lalit Modi, Chairman of the Champions League Twenty20's governing council, believes the tournament will result in the "rapid growth" of club cricket around the world.

Modi also said there was a strong chance the Champions League would be taken to non-cricket playing countries as a means to expand the game's reach and get other countries to embrace cricket.

The mere fact that Modi is speculating on expanding the scope of Champions League Twenty20 in an already crowded cricketing calendar is sure to set off alarm bells among the traditionalists.

WI Cricket: Reconciliation in the offing?

Has the WI Cricket turned the corner?

 

Judging by Dwayne Bravo’s views it appears that players like Chris Gayle, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and other first choice cricketers have had enough with their tussle with WICB.

 

He revealed that all of West Indies' star players would make themselves available for the summer tour to Australia.

 

This declaration is particularly heartening to cricket fans as the West Indies are scheduled to play three Test matches, five one-day internationals and two Twenty20 encounters against Australia starting in Brisbane on November 26.

 

The addition of these stars will not only make the cricket test series interesting but it will also show a way for WICB to chart the future of West Indies cricket.

 

Now the question is will the WICB show magnanimity and include the cricketers into the team or will they misinterpret it as victory and continue to ruin West Indies cricket.

Twenty20 Champions League: Can NSW Blues win?

The NSW Twenty20 teams are without 3 of their superstars.

 

Nathan Bracken, Brad Haddin are injured. Michael Clarke ruled himself out of the Twenty20 Champions League much earlier, so his injury does not mar their chances.

 

However, Simon Kaitich believes that Brett Lee, Stuart Clark, Phil Hughes, David Warner along with paceman Aaron Bird and Stephen Smith are enough to win the $US2.5 million inaugural Twenty20 Champions League.

 

To the reader the NSW Blues appear formidable, but can they win the tournament?

 

 

 

 

Teams start arriving for the inaugural Twenty20 Champions League

The Victoria Bushrangers Twenty20 Champions League campaign starts against Delhi on October 9 and they are leaving Australia for India today.

 

Victoria Bushrangers are one of the 12 teams participating in the inaugural Twenty20 Champions League. The Airtel Twenty20 Champions League is an offshoot of the wildly popular Twenty20 IPL tournament.

 

New South Wales is the other Australian domestic side that has qualified to play in the Airtel Twenty20 Champions League.

 

India vs. Pakistan Test series in neutral venues?

This is fantastic (as in unbelievable, ridiculous and plain funny), the PCB Chairman Ejaz Butt claims that "International Cricket Council has guaranteed that India and Pakistan would play a bilateral series after every two years even if were to be held at neutral venues".

 

There is no way ICC can guarantee anything as it is the Indian Government that has clamped on sporting relations with Pakistan. One is sure the BCCI themselves are surprised by this announcement.

 

Unsurprisingly, the announcement (PTI Karachi) emanates out of Pakistan.

 

Coming as it does at the heels of yesterday's announcement of Pakistan bidding for the Twenty20 World Cup 2014; it appears all these announcements are made to impress his political boss in Pakistan.

 

 

 

PCB announces fixtures for Domestic Season 2009- 2010

Pakistan Cricket Board today announced the Calendar for its Domestic Season 2009-10.

 

The Domestic season already started with Regional Inter District U-19 tournament which will be completed on 18 Oct followed by Quaid-e-Azam Trophy First Class tournament from 10 Oct till 24 December 2009. Total 22 teams (13 Regional & 9 Departments) divided into 2 Groups will participate. Bottom two departmental teams will be relegated to Patron's Trophy Grade-II Tournament for the next season i.e. 2010-2011.

 

Pentangular Cup also First Class Tournament will start from 1st Jan 2010 till 4th Feb 2010. 5 Teams will participate in this tournament. Top two teams from each group of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2009-2010 (two Departmental and two Regional Teams) and one Rest of Pakistan will participate in this tournament. The Rest of Pakistan Team will be selected by the National Selection Committee.

 

National One Day Tournament RBS Cup will start from 10 Feb till 23rd Feb 2010. Total 22 teams divided into four groups will compete in this tournament.

 

Patron's Trophy Grade-II will start from 27th Feb till 4th April 2010. Total 20 teams divided into 4 Groups. Both the finalist teams will be promoted to Quaid-e-Azam Trophy for the next season i.e. 2010-2011.

 

The most popular domestic tournament RBS Twenty-20 Cup will commence from 20th March till 24th March 2010. Total 13 regional teams will contest for RBS Twenty-20 Cup.

 

Details of the Domestic Calendar 2009-2010 is as follows:

# Regional Inter District U-19 Tournament (82 Teams) - 16th Aug. 2009 to 16th Oct. 2009

# Regional Inter District U-19 Tournament (82 Teams) - 17th Aug. 2009 to 18th Oct. 2009

# Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (First Class, 13 Regional Teams & 9 Departments 22 Teams, 2 Groups) - 10th Oct. 2009 to 24th Dec. 2009

# Inter Region U-19 (One Day, 13 Teams, 2 Groups) - 4th Nov. 2009 to 21st Nov. 2009

# Pentangular Cup (First Class, 5 Teams) - 1st Jan. 2010 to 4th Feb. 2010

# RBS Cup (One Day, 22 Teams, 4 Groups) - 10th Feb. 2010 to 23rd Feb. 2010

# Patron's Trophy Grade-II (20 Teams, 4 Groups, 43 Matches) - 27th Feb. 2010

# to 4th Apr. 2010 RBS Twenty-20 Cup (13 Teams) - 20th Mar. 2010 to 24th Mar. 2010

# Regional Inter District Sr. Tournament (82 Teams) - 8th Apr. 2010 to 27th Apr. 2010

 

 

Source: PCB

ICC Champions Trophy and TV Ratings

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HT-TRP- 2.6.

aMap-TRP- 3.7%

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Why this contradiction and how is it indicative of the popularity of the ODI format?

 

Hindustan Times claims the match between India and Pakistan garnered a TRP of only 2.6% and smartly concludes, "If TV ratings for India-Pakistan matches are an indicator, then the ongoing Champions Trophy is bad news for one-day cricket".

 

Whereas an aMap Press release says, it garnered a TRP of 3.7% and effusively concludes "The live telecast on Doordarshan was followed closely by more than 30 million viewers (Individuals 4+, All India), registering a spectacular jump in viewership as compared to all the previous matches".

 

There are two points to note.

 

Both TRP's are from the same source.

HT shows TRP of Star Sports whereas aMap shows TRP of Doordarshan.

 

 

 

 

India vs. Australia: Rain KO's India

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India remain winless

Earns 1 point, needs 3 more 

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Heavy rain forced the abandonment of Champions Trophy Group A between match India vs. Australia at Centurion last night.

 

Both teams earned a point each. This means that India will have to beat West Indies and hope and pray that Pakistan beat Australia. 

 

For the record Australia won the toss and reached 234 for four off 42.3 overs before rain played spoilsport.

 

The winless Indian cricket team looks all set to book an early flight home.

 

Pakistan to bid for 2014 Twenty20 World Cup

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PCB bid to host Twenty20 World Cup

Efforts on to muster support.

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Pakistan's cricket board is planning a bid to host the 2014 Twenty20 World Cup and efforts are being made to get other cricket playing countries to support their bid.

 

Though no one will deny that Pakistan has a legitimate right to bid for the Twenty20 World Cup, it remains to be seen whether the tournament will be staged or end up being postponed like the ICC Champions Trophy.

 

If Pakistan wins the bid, one foresees further uncertainties and petulant behavior from the PCB.

 

ICC Champions Trophy: India vs. Australia

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Semifinal berth at stake

Harbhajan Singh will be the difference

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The Indian cricket team is facing a familiar predicament. By losing to Pakistan, team India is on the brink of elimination. The only way out is to win 2 matches in succession in order to book its berth for the ICC Champions Trophy semifinal.

 

This is where today's match gains significance. This match against the Australian's will be the decider. If India loses then it will abruptly terminate India's trophy ambitions.

 

Considering the manner in which Australia steamrolled England in the ODI series recently, Indian cricket fans have every reason to feel dispirited.

 

However, they can take heart from the fact that Australia has repeatedly succumbed to spin bowling. Even in their opening match against West Indies, the Australian batting stuttered against a virtually unknown spinner.

 

This where Harbhajan Singh's spin can make victory possible. He has to come out of his restrictive ways and bowl in the Test match mode. To put it succinctly he has to spin the ball.

 

Having said that, the onus still lies with the blow hot blow cold batsmen. The result will hinge on whether their form.

Cricket: The Word's first Digital Cup

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Compaq sponsored the tri-nation ODI cricket tournament in Sri Lanka

Designed a unique trophy. 

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The tri-nation cricket tournament in Colombo, involving India, Sri Lanka and New Zealand marked a first for cricket.

 

The 'Q' shaped cup denoting the sponsor Compaq's logo, was the world's first digital Cup.

 

The innovative trophy had a LCD screen that could stream match winning moments, key statistics, photographs and fan messages.

 

 

 

Who said ODI's are dead?

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Interest in ODI's have not waned

India Vs Pakistan cricket match still affects normal day in the subcontinent.

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Two news report having the India Pakistan ICC Champions Trophy ODI as a common thread clearly shows that the ODI format is alive and well. 

Three persons have been arrested here for allegedly running a hi-tech betting racket, which booked 'satta' of Rs 70 lakh for the India-Pakistan cricket match in the ICC Champions Trophy. 

 

The streets in the metropolis city were presenting the look of deserted due to the cricket match between archrivals Pakistan and India on Saturday.

Will India make it to the semi-final?

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Indian cricket team's path to semi-finals hits a rough patch

Must win matches against Australia and West Indies

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The Indian cricket team is up against it after losing their opening match to Pakistan in the ICC Champions Trophy.

 

The 54 –runs loss to Pakistan has left India in the untenable position of having to win both their matches.

 

While West Indies may prove canon fodder to the big guns in the Indian cricket team batting line-up, it is unlikely that Australia will prove as easy.

 

The problem with the Indian cricket team is that both the batsmen and bowlers struggled to find form in the opening match.

Stanford hospitalized after prison fight

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Stanford in jail for financial fraud

Injured in fight with prison inmate

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Sir Allen Stanford, the man behind the now defunct Stanford Twenty20 cricket tournament and Stanford Financial Group, was injured in a fight with a prison inmate at the Joe Corley Detention Facility in Houston, USA.

 

The jail authorities confirmed the incident and stated that the injury was minor.

 

It is time the 59-year-old millionaire read 'How to win friends and influence people'.

 

 

 

Kirsten denies urging cricketers to have sex

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Says 'sex' is not a part of team strategy

Lays blame on Paddy Upton

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Gary Kirsten denied having a hand in urging Indian cricketers to have sex before a cricket match.

 

He says he is as bemused about it as others are as he saw the report only a couple of days ago. Kirsten said Paddy Upton, his close pal and the mental conditioning expert of the Indian team, prepared the report.

 

Sadly, for keen cricket followers, Kirsten denied contemplating using 'sex' as a strategy thus ruling out the possibility of watching one of our cricketers fine performance and wondering with whom he had sex with.

 

Cricket Schedules in Google Calendar

• Add Cricket Tournament Schedules
• Follow the Indian Cricket team

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Did you know that you could add ICC Cricket Tournament schedules to your Google Calendar?

 

If you are using Google Calendar, just sign in. You will see New: Sports Calendar in red at the top.

 

Click on it and choose Sports. The next step is obvious, choose cricket and then click on the team (India) and the tournaments schedule you want to follow.

 

The only draw back is this will create a separate calendar and if there is any game you want to follow you will have to copy paste to your original calendar.

 

(If you can find a way out of this duplication, please let us know.)

 

 

 

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BCCI forces IMG into submission - warns Franchisees.

• IMG submits to BCCI terms.
• BCCI asks IPL franchisees to mind their own business.

 

The dramatic happenings over the conduct of BCCI flagship Twenty20 tournament the IPL has been resolved to BCCI's satisfaction.

 

The dispute arose because of the abrupt termination of IMG's 10-year contract for managing IPL.

 

The politics surrounding the event had even IPL franchisee owners taking sides.

 

However, on Thursday the drama ended with IMG succumbed to the pressure exerted by BCCI and agreed to reduce their fees for managing IPL.

 

Since this was the crux of the problem, IMG was reinstated as the event manager. Reportedly, IMG will be paid only 270 million rupees per season against the US $ 10 million per season.

 

Having resolved the IMG issue to their satisfaction, BCCI quickly turned its gun on the interfering Franchisee's and asked them to confine themselves to running the franchisees.

 

Pak vs WI: A mismatch

Pakistan registered a five-wicket victory against West Indies in the ICC Champions Trophy.

Both teams suffered a top order batting collapse resulting in a low scoring match. The temperamental Pakistan Cricket team provided some thrills by making heavy weather of the required target.

In the end, Pakistan reached the target of 134 runs with 117 balls to spare.

Yuvraj Singh to return home

India’s Champions Trophy campaign was dealt a blow as Yuvraj Singh fractured a finger in his right hand  during yesterday's practice session.

Yuvraj Singh has been advised rest for six weeks and hence will return home.

ODI's: Indian becomes No.1

Following  South Africa's loss to Sri Lanka in the ICC Champions Trophy's lung opener, India regained the number 1 spot it held for a day last week.

Indian cricket team told to have sex

Why do Indian cricketers lack killer instinct?

 

This question has been engaging the attention of the Indian cricket team's coach Gary Kirsten and his sidekick Paddy Upton.

 

Finally, they have found that the reason behind their lack of success is that Indian cricketers do not have sex.

 

Having sex increases testosterone levels, which causes an increase in strength, aggression and competitiveness. Conversely, not having sex for a few months causes a significant drop…

 

However, as all Indian cricket fans know, the Indian cricketers are an adamant lot. They are more interested in looking good and rarely go down on their knees, as it will dirty their pants.

 

So kindly join this blogger in urging them to have sex.

 

 

Cricket: Despite security threats, Australia will play at Mumbai.

As a part of its tour of India, the Australian cricket team is scheduled to play a one-day match on November 11 at Mumbai.

 

However, doubts were expressed yesterday on Australia's participation in that game following official warning of terrorist attacks in the months of September and October, specifically Mumbai.

 

Nevertheless, Cricket Australia has emphatically declared that Australia will play in Mumbai on November 1.

 

Cricket: Australia in a 'spin'

Despite Ricky Pointing's protestations, it is evident that the new breed of Auastralian batsmen is at sea when playing spin.

 

If an unsuccessful pretender like Swann can tie them into knots, Harbhajan, Mendis and Afridi will surely do unmentionable things to them.

 

 

ICC Champions Trophy Starts Tuesday

ICC's premier one-day tournament ICC Champions Trophy starts Tuesday in South Africa.

 

Strangely, an event of this magnitude is under the scanner for all the wrong reasons including its survival. As usual the Twenty20 format or more specifically the IPL Twenty20 tournament is in the forefront of the debate.

 

Two legends have in fact brought the ODI format in sharp focus. Sachin is advocating a four innings format, whereas Warne wants the format dropped and the fence sitters have jumped on the bandwagon.

 

This writer feels that a couple of close matches, including a tense final will surely convert the doubters and give fresh life to the format.

 

First floodlit (day/night) Test match cricket

Lord's will host the first floodlit Test cricket match between England and Bangladesh at Lord's.

 

The Test match between England and Bangladesh at Lord's next year (2010) will be the first time in the history of Test cricket a match is being played under floodlights (day-night).

 

In all probability, the first floodlit Test match will use pink balls.  

 

Source 

 

ICC to trial split ODI innings

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is to conduct an experiment to split one-day cricket matches into two innings of 25 over's each.

 

Though this concept is old, it has gained traction following Shane Warne and Sachin Tendulkar's suggestions for making ODI cricket matches relevant.

 

If successful this will bring a whiff of fresh air into the stale 50 over's match format and it is expected to infuse new strategies and nullify the influence of winning the toss.

           

The experiment looks set to trial during one of the rounds in South Africa's domestic season.

 

ICC in all probability will introduce this change at international level only after observing its success in the South African domestic cricket tournament.

 

Free Web cast of cricket matches.

Sports channel Ten Sports and media company NBC Universal has joined hands to provide a new, free, cricket-focused online multi-platform sports portal.

 

This portal owned and operated by NBC Universal Digital Solutions, made its debut with the Web cast coverage of the first match in the Tri-series between India, New Zealand and Sri Lanka.

 

According to the HINDU BUSINESSLINE, "the portal will feature live Web cast of full cricket matches that encompass exclusive content from half of the world's cricket boards, including Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Indies, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi".

 

 

 

 

Complete list of Champions League Twenty20 teams

Complete list of Champions League Twenty20 teams

 

Final Squads for the Airtel CLT20

 

Delhi Daredevils:

 

Virender Sehwag (c), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Gautam Gambhir, Dirk Nannes, Dinesh Karthik, Daniel Vettori, Ashish Nehra, Amit Mishra, AB DeVilliers, Paul Collingwood, Owais Shah, Pradeep Sangwan, Aavishkar Salvi, Rajat Bhatia, Mithun Manhas.

 

 

Royal Challengers Bangalore:

 

Anil Kumble (c), Rahul Dravid, Robin Uthappa, Jacques Kallis, Ross Taylor, Dale Steyn, Manish Pandey, Praveen Kumar, Jesse Ryder, Roelof Van Der Merwe, Mark Boucher, Vinay Kumar, Virat Kohli, Akhil Balachandra, Rajesh Bishoni.

 

Deccan Chargers:

 

Adam Gilchrist (c), VVS Laxman, Rohit Sharma, Andrew Symonds, Fidel Edwards, Scott Styris, Chaminda Vaas, RP Singh, Ryan Harris, Pragyan Ojha, Y Venugopal Rao, T Suman, Azhar Bilakhia, Harmeet Singh, SM Shoaib.

 

 

Victorian Bushrangers:

 

Cameron White (c), Bradley Hodge, Peter Siddle, David Hussey, Andrew McDonald, Jon Holland, Clinton McKay, Robert Quiney, Matthew Wade, Aiden Blizzard, Aaron Finch, Shane Harwood, John Hastings, Damien Wright, Bryce McGain.

 

NSW Blues:

 

Simon Katich (c), Phillip Hughes, Brett Lee, Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Moises Henriques, Nathan Hauritz, Daniel Smith, Doug Bollinger, Stephen O'Keefe, Ben Rohrer, Steven Smith, Aaron Bird, Dominic Thornely, David Warner.

 

Otago Volts:

 

Craig Cumming (c), Brendon McCullum, Nathan McCullum, Aaron Redmond, Neil Broom, Ian Butler, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Greg Todd, Hamish Rutherford, Derek de Boorder, Nick Baird, Warren McSkimming, Neil Wagner, Mattew Harvie, James McMillan.

 

Cape Cobras:

 

Graeme Smith (c), Hershelle Gibbs, J P Duminy, Justin Ontong, Charl Langeveldt, Claude Henderson, Monde Zondeki, Vernon Philander, Henry Davids, Derek Brand, Francois Plaatjies, Ryan Canning, Rory Kleinveldt, Richard Levi, Sybrand Engelbrecht.

 

Diamond Eagles:

 

Boeta Dippenaar (c), Dillion du Preez, Morne van Wyk, Mthandeki Tshabalala, Adrian McLaren, Ryan McLaren, Victor Mpitsang, Ryan Bailey, Jandre Coetzee, Cornelis De Villiers, Dean Elgar, Reeza Hendricks, Alan Kruger, Rilee Rossouw, Shadley van Schalkwyk.

 

Sussex Sharks:

 

Michael Yardy (c), Luke Wright, Piyush Chawla, Dwayne Smith, Edmund Joyce, Joe Gatting, Robin Martin-Jenkins, William Beer, Andrew Hodd, Christopher Nash, Ben Brown, Rory Hamilton-Brown, Mohmmed Yasir Arafat, Chad Keegan

James Kirtley.

 

Somerset Sabres:

 

 Justin Langer (c), Marcus Trescothick, Zander de Bruyn, Omari Banks, James Hildreth, Craig Kieswetter, Pete Trego, Arul Suppiah, Alfonso Thomas, Max Waller, Charl Willoughby, Wes Durston, Mark Turner, Jos Buttler, Ben Philips.

 

Diamond Eagles:

 

Boeta Dippenaar (c), Dillion du Preez, Morne van Wyk, Mthandeki Tshabalala, Adrian McLaren, Ryan McLaren, Victor Mpitsang, Ryan Bailey, Jandre Coetzee, Cornelis De Villiers, Dean Elgar, Reeza Hendricks, Alan Kruger, Rilee Rossouw, Shadley van Schalkwyk.

 

 

Trinidad and Tobago:

 

Daren Ganga (c), Sherwin Ganga, Dwayne Bravo, Darren Bravo, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Lendl Simmons, Dave Mohammed, Keiron Pollard, William Perkins, Samuel Badree, Rayad Emrit, Navin Stewart, Sunil Narine, Adrian Barath.

 

Wayamba:

 

Jehan Mubarak (c), Mahela Jayawardene, Ajantha Mendis, Rangana Herath, Farveez Maharoof, Kaushlya Lokuarachchi, Jeevantha Kulathunga, Mahela Udawatta, Thisara Perera, Sameera Soysa, Shalika Karunanayake, Isura Udana, Ishara Amerasinghe, Chanka Welagedera, Michael Vandort

 

ICC to ask WADA for cricket specific 'whereabouts' clause

The International Cricket Council will ask WADA for a more cricket specific code.

 

Cornered by BCCI's support to the reluctant Indian cricketers, ICC has no recourse but to ask WADA to reconsider the 'whereabouts' clause.

 

Interestingly, WADA is facing opposition for the same clause from FIFA. This new development has put the organization in a bind and they will certainly have to reconsider and make the clause more players friendly.