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Bucknor OUT, Bowden IN

In what is an about turn by the ICC, controversial umpire and the main man who cost India the Sydney test, Steve Bucknor has been removed from the third match to be played in Perth. He has been replaced by Umpire Billy Bowden. The ICC had refused to remove Bucknor in earlier news reports, however, [...]

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Reverse racism

In the latest news reports, it seems that some unwanted elements of society racially abused Andrew Symonds during the 6th ODI. After reading that news, I wasn’t all that surprised. He had it coming. Although I am not a racist or support racism, Australian cricketers had been getting away with a lot of things off [...]

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India and ICC Test Rankings

In an
earlier post on how India can make it to the second spot in the ICC rankings, I had mentioned that India needed to win the series by 3-0. However, with the first test ending in a thrilling draw and India comprehensively beating England in the second test, the stage is clear for these [...]

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How India can become 2nd in ICC Test rankings?

With the onset of the England tour, India have the chance of reaching second in the test rankings, provided they do a clean sweep. At present, India, with 102 rating points, are placed 5th after Australia, England, South Africa and Sri Lanka. However, if India were to win 3-0, they would be placed second and [...]

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Whats the big deal?

So there is a new Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies. So its going to be a cash bonanza for the winner. So what. Why is the ICC making a big deal out of this? Well probably because not a single penny goes to their coffers. And the winner gets 4 times what a the [...]

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Umpires announced for India vs England Series

Its just the usual suspects these days, and for a high profile series like this, the ICC has relied on its best test umpires: Simon Taufel, Steve Bucknor and Ian Howell. All three will be umpiring for 2 matches each. As for the one day series, it will be Billy Doctrove (first three matches) and [...]

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ICC wants proof

The PCB keeps finding itself in more and more trouble. This time the ICC has demanded proof of the so-called “injuries” to Shoaib and Asif before their replacements can be added to the Pakistani squad. If PCB fails to provide sufficient evidence that Shoaib and Asif are injured then Pakistan will have a 13 member [...]

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