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Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid first Bangladesh umpire to enter ICC elite panel, Nitin Menon enters fifth year

[ad_1] Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid becomes the first Bangladeshi in the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires. Photo: X/@BCBtigers Bangladesh's Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid on March 28 became the first from his country to be inducted into the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires while India's Nitin Menon entered the top tier for an unprecedented fifth time. Indore-based Menon, who joined the elite panel at the start of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, remains the only Indian in the 12-member club. The 40-year-old is only the third Indian to be part of the elite panel after S Ravi and former India spinner S Venkataraghavan, who performed on-field duties in 33 and 73 Tests respectively.A historic first for Bangladesh as Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid is included in the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires.https://t.co/KjXnP2rspI— ICC (@I...

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Shortest-ever completed Test: ICC rates Newlands pitch as… | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday deemed the Newlands pitch for the second Test between India and South Africa as "unsatisfactory" as it concluded within five sessions.India emerged victorious, defeating the hosts by seven wickets in the shortest-ever Test match in history. This win enabled India to level the two-match series at 1-1.The ICC's assessment was conducted through the Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process, with only 642 balls being bowled in the entire match."The pitch in Newlands was very difficult to bat on. The ball bounced quickly and sometimes alarmingly throughout the match, making it difficult to play shots," said Chris Broad, the match referee for the Test, in his report submitted to the ICC."Several batters were hit on the gloves and...

29Dec

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India vs South Africa, 1st Test: India fined for slow over-rate, docked two WTC points – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: As if their most devastating loss to South Africa in the opening Test at Centurion was not enough, India were fined 10% of their match fees and lost two significant World Test Championship (WTC) points.India lost the first of the two Test matches in South Africa by an innings and 32 runs, exhibiting a complete and utter capitulation in the span of three days."Chris Broad of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after India were ruled to be two overs short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration," the ICC said in a release on Friday.As per the Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which is in context to minimum over-rate offences, players are fined five per cent of their m...

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‘It’s all about points’: Rahul Dravid defends spin-friendly tracks | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] Rahul Dravid says every team wants home wins to qualify for WTC FinalAHMEDABAD: For a better part of the day, the playing surface for the fourth Test between India and Australia at the Narendra Modi Stadium was kept under wraps, seemingly to protect it from the unforgiving sun. It was only late in the afternoon when things had cooled down a bit that the ground staff lifted the tarpaulin covers to give everyone a glimpse of the pitch.The mower was out and so was the scrubbing brush to polish off the grass near the good length spot. The wicket, as has been the norm in this series, has been well rolled in the middle with a tinge of green.With another day remaining for the Test to begin and India's place in the World Test Championship Final still at stake, it remains to be seen how th...

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Indore pitch could get ‘below average’ rating by ICC | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Nagpur and Delhi pitches where the first two Tests of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy finished inside three days escaped with an average rating but the diabolical Holkar Cricket Stadium pitch in Indore could well get "below average" rating by the ICC referee.The 22-yard strip, where the ball started to turn square inside the first 30 minutes of the morning session, became a nightmare for the batters as a total of 14 wickets fell on the Day 1.This has in turn reignited the debate of India dishing out under-prepared surfaces and the ICC match referee Chris Broad is almost certain to take harsher action over the nature of the surface, this time around.India were all out for 109 in just over a session while Australia managed to crawl to 156 for 4 by end of the first day's pl...