August27 Inzy should be cleared says Bird by: James Nixon Former England umpire Dickie Bird has commented on the Pakistan ball-tampering saga saying captain Inzamam-ul-Haq should be cleared.
August27 England not keen on umpire idea by: James Nixon The England Cricket Board appear unlikely to support the Australian Board’s plan to use the best umpires available for the Ashes.
August27 Teams prepare for Twenty20 by: Matt Pitt England and Pakistan are preparing to go ahead with their Twenty20 match on Monday, now that the storm of a week ago is dying down.
August26 Let’s move on says Zaheer Abbas by: James Nixon Pakistan manager Zaheer Abbas has told the players to move on from the ball-tampering row and concentrate on winning the ODI series.
August26 Oblivious to Response by: Neil Pickup It’s the best part of a week since the Fourth Test at the Oval exploded from a cricketing contest into a full-on international incident
August26 RIP Sir Clyde Walcott by: Arunava Das Sir Clyde Walcott, the brilliant former captain and strokemaker for the West Indies of the 1950’s has died.
August26 Home town umpires for Ashes? by: Arunava Das Cricket Australia’s board has come up with an idea to have English and Australian umpires for the Ashes.
August25 Jayawardene hangs onto captaincy by: James Nixon Mahela Jayawardene has hung onto the Sri Lankan captaincy ahead of Marvan Atapattu for the Champions Trophy in October in India.
August25 Ireland name Cup squad by: Matt Pitt Ireland have named their first-ever World Cup squad, with Australian-born all-rounder Trent Johnston as captain.
August25 Hair “cash-for-quit” shock by: Matt Pitt ICC chief Malcolm Speed has revealed that Darrell Hair offered to retire from umpiring in exchange for US$500,000 from the ICC.
