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IPL 2023 | Jason Roy fined for Code of Conduct breach in KKR-RCB match

Kolkata Knight Riders’ Jason Roy, bowled by RCB’s Vijaykumar Vyshak, during at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, in Bengaluru on April 26, 2023. | Photo Credit: Murali Kumar K Kolkata Knight Riders opener Jason Roy was on Wednesday fined 10% of his match fee for breaching the IPL Code of Conduct.The English opener, who fired in a 29-ball 56 to propel KKR to 200/5 against Royal Challengers Bangalore has admitted to the breach."Roy admitted to the Level 1 offence under Article 2.2 of the IPL Code of Conduct," IPL Media stated.The incident happened during KKR's 21-run win over RCB at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, here.For Level 1 breaches of the Code of Conduct, the Match Referee’s decision is final and binding, it added. The KKR opener played a fine 56-run knock in 29 balls but was left frustrat...
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Cricket shouldn’t float on barrels of oil at a time of climate crisis

In the recent issue of Wisden, the 160th, there is a plea for giving Test cricket the ‘kiss of life’. The editor wasn’t exaggerating. In fact, if anything he might have actually understated the problem. Perhaps it is cricket itself, in all its forms and formats that is in need of the kiss of life. The Almanack says: “The national boards have handed the keys to the self-interested few, and lost control of players they nurtured. The Indian franchises have been allowed to take over the house… private money calls the shots.” Man-made perilsInternal threats leading to an implosion is one thing, and worrying enough, but the game faces two external perils, both man-made, and not coincidentally, connected. The first is climate change, and the other the sportswashing ambitions of Saudi Arabia wh...
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Cricket shouldn’t float on barrels of oil at a time of climate crisis

Image for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images In the recent issue of Wisden, the 160th, there is a plea for giving Test cricket the ‘kiss of life’. The editor wasn’t exaggerating. In fact, if anything he might have actually understated the problem. Perhaps it is cricket itself, in all its forms and formats that is in need of the kiss of life. The Almanack says: “The national boards have handed the keys to the self-interested few, and lost control of players they nurtured. The Indian franchises have been allowed to take over the house… private money calls the shots.” Man-made perilsInternal threats leading to an implosion is one thing, and worrying enough, but the game faces two external perils, both man-made, and not coincidentally, connected. The first is climate...
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Sachin Tendulkar says appreciation amplifies performance while praising role of media | Cricket News – Times of India

MUMBAI: Sachin Tendulkar on Friday praised the media for their role in helping athletes to perform better and work harder on their skills, emphasising that appreciation amplifies performance for sportspersons."I always feel that appreciation amplifies performance. If there is no appreciation then it is not the right environment for any athlete to express himself," Tendulkar told sports reporters who gathered here to celebrate his upcoming 50th birthday on April 24."The way you have appreciated my efforts gave me a lot of strength to try harder. There were occasions when I stumbled, I fell down, but this beautiful sport taught me to get back up again and move forward. But to move forward you provided that fuel."On an empty fuel tank I do not think I would have covered the distance that I...
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Sachin Tendulkar feels ODI cricket favours batters too much, imbalance must be looked into | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: In the age of T20 cricket mania that has taken over the world and with the diminishing interest of the fans in ODI format, legendary Sachin Tendulkar on Friday said that the 50-over format currently is too much in favour of the batters and the imbalance between bat and ball must be addressed. The batting maestro also stressed on the fact that the Test format should be played on all kinds of pitches to keep the fans interested.The objectivity of playing the ODI format, in the age of T20 cricket, is already a subject of debate and discussion with many of the opinion that it's enough for the game to keep just the shortest version and the five-day format, considered the real test of a cricketer.The iconic cricketer firmly believes that the game has become faster after the introdu...
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Pakistan capable of becoming No.1 team across formats, win World Cups: Mickey Arthur | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Pakistan's newly appointed team director Mickey Arthur feels that the country has the capability of becoming the number one team across formats and has players who can win them World Cups. Praising skipper Babar Azam, Arthur said that the 28-year-old will undoubtedly become a legend of the game and labelled him the best batter in the world currently. Arthur, who was the head coach of the team between 2016 and 2019, on Thursday signed a one-year contract with the Pakistan Cricket Board. "What impressed me most were his hands, the speed of his hands. When Grant Bradburn first told me look at this guy in the nets, I was amazed. I had never seen such hand speed and a talent like him, and the key was to give him opportunities to succeed," Arthur said."I knew he was going to become...
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World Cup 2023 logo unveiled on 12th anniversary of India’s 2011 WC triumph | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: On the occasion of India's 12th anniversary of ODI World Cup victory, the ICC unveiled the logo of the upcoming 2023 World Cup scheduled to be held in India later this year.12 years ago on this day, MS Dhoni launched an on-drive into the stands to win the 2011 World Cup at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai after defeating Sri Lanka in the final.Six months out from the flagship men's ODI event, the Cricket World Cup has been developed with the 'Navarasa', nine emotions the game's audiences experience during the high-stakes action.A term in Indian theatre, the 'Navarasa' has been reimagined in a cricketing context, using symbols and colour to depict the emotions fans feel while living the drama and excitement of a World Cup match: joy, power, anguish, respect, pride, bravery, glor...
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Indore stadium pitch rating changed from ‘poor’ to ‘below average’ | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has changed the pitch rating of Indore's Holkar Stadium to 'below average' from 'poor' following a BCCI appeal. The stadium hosted the third Test between India and Australia.The ICC also gave the Narendra Modi Stadium pitch in Ahmedabad, the venue for the fourth Test, an 'average' rating for the slow batting deck where both teams had one completed innings each.The match had ended in a tame draw, with India winning the series 2-1.At Indore, Australia had defeated India by nine wickets inside three days of the Border-Gavaskar Test to secure a World Test Championship final berth.The ICC appeal panel reviewed the earlier decision of the match referee Chris Broad and found that there was not enough excessive variable bounce to warrant the 'p...
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Quinton de Kock’s dazzling ton powers South Africa to highest successful T20I run chase | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The SuperSport Park in Centurion witnessed a batting mayhem as South Africa brushed away West Indies by six wickets to register the highest ever successful run chase in T20Is. A jaw-dropping 517 runs were scored in the match as bowlers from both the sides were taken to the cleaners. For the hosts, it was opener Quinton de Kock, who went ballistic with a 43-ball ton to lay a solid platform in chase after West Indies raked up their highest ever T20I total of 258 for five. Johnson Charles fired the fastest T20I century for West Indies in the shortest format after hosts opted to bowl first on a batting paradise. The 34-year-old Charles smashed his ton off 39 balls, eight fewer than Chris Gayle’s previous best mark. He hit 11 sixes -- half of the West Indies total for the innings ...
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Gary Ballance, Wessly Madhevere fifties help Zimbabwe clinch ODI series against Netherlands | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Gary Ballance struck a fine unbeaten half-century after Wessly Madhevere and Craig Ervine's solid opening stand as Zimbabwe registered a comfortable seven-wicket win over Netherlands in Harare on Saturday. With the victory, the hosts clinched the three-match series 2-1.Ballance struck a responsible 72-ball 64 not out alongside Madhevere and Ervine's 96-run opening stand as Zimbabwe chased down a par 232 target with 50 balls to spare.After two midweek thrillers that were won in the final over, the home side were always ahead on run rate after restricting the tourists to 231 for nine.Sikandar Raza hit the match-winning four, taking Zimbabwe across the finish line at the Harare Sports Club.Zimbabwe have often battled in all three formats due to poor top-order batting, but opener...
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Wpl: Watch: WPL will be a great uplift for women’s game, says ICC chairman Greg Barclay | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The ICC chairman Greg Barclay was all in praise of the inaugural Women's Premier League as he lauded the BCCI's tremendous efforts in making the tournament a grand success. The 5-team tournament which began on March 4 will have its final on Sunday and Barclay praised secretary Jay Shah and his team for leading the way in terms of getting the women's game to where it needs to be.Barclay said the league will help uplift the women's game, thanks to the professionalism and money involved."... As I say, I think it will be a great uplift for the women's game and I am looking forward to see how this tournament plays out," Barcley told the BCCI.In conversation with ICC chairman, Mr. Greg Barclay“He spoke about the tremendous effort the team at the BCCI hav… https://t.co/UhoK7pvQNp— B...
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‘2023 ODI World Cup in India likely to start on October 5, final in Ahmedabad’

Fans cheer during the India-Australia Test match, at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad recently. File photo | Photo Credit: PTI The 2023 ODI World Cup in India is likely to start on October 5 with the final to be held at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on November 19, according to a report. The BCCI has shortlisted at least a dozen venues for the 10-team marquee event, which will see 48 matches, including three knockouts across the 46-day period, an ESPNcricinfo report said. The 11 other shortlisted venues, according to the report, are Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Dharamsala, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Indore, Rajkot and Mumbai. Except for the final match, which is set to be played at the world's largest stadium in Ahmedabad, the BCCI has not specified the venues for ...
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Test cricket will probably disappear first in the West Indies 

West Indies’s batsman Joshua Da Silva watches on as South Africa’s bowler Gerald Coetzee celebrates after dismissing him during the 4th day of the 2nd Test cricket match in Johannesburg, South Africa onMarch 11, 2023 | Photo Credit: AP The first Test I watched from the first ball to the last was India v West Indies in Bengaluru in November 1974. The visitors were going through a dip then. Garry Sobers and Rohan Kanhai had played the previous Test against England, in Trinidad, but were no longer part of the team. It was a West Indies attempting to rebuild with a younger side led by Clive Lloyd. They had two promising batsmen making their debut — Gordon Greenidge and Viv Richards, and a young Andy Roberts who carried the legacy of fast bowling on his shoulders. For a team known for thril...
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Test cricket will probably disappear first in the West Indies 

The first Test I watched from the first ball to the last was India v West Indies in Bengaluru in November 1974. The visitors were going through a dip then. Garry Sobers and Rohan Kanhai had played the previous Test against England, in Trinidad, but were no longer part of the team. It was a West Indies attempting to rebuild with a younger side led by Clive Lloyd. They had two promising batsmen making their debut — Gordon Greenidge and Viv Richards, and a young Andy Roberts who carried the legacy of fast bowling on his shoulders. For a team known for thrilling batsmanship, the West Indies came to India having won only three of their previous 23 Tests in the new decade, and having drawn 16. The rebuilding began in Bengaluru where they won. For some two decades they were the best Test crick...
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ODI cricket getting too predictable and boring: Sachin Tendulkar | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Amid an explosion of T20 franchise cricket, diminishing audience interest in the 50-over format and packed scheduling forcing big players to pick and choose formats, ODI cricket is facing a battle for survival. Legendary Sachin Tendulkar on Friday weighed in on diminishing interest in the ODIs saying that format without a doubt has become monotonous and is 'heavy' on the bowlers."It's getting monotonous, without a doubt. The current format, which has been there for a while now is two new balls (per innings). When you have two new balls, you have kind of eliminated reverse swing. "Even though, we are in the 40th over of the game, it's just the 20th over of that ball. And the ball only starts reversing around the 30th over. That element is missing today because of two new balls...
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Ireland to host India for 3 T20Is in August in Malahide | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Indian T20 side will play a three-match series against Ireland in Malahide in August this year, the Ireland cricket board said in a release. Hardik Pandya-led Indian T20I team had played a two-match series last year at the same venue where the visitors won 2-0. "Irish cricket fans will be able to enjoy watching the world's number one T20 International side, India, when the Asian juggernauts return to Malahide for a three-match T20I series this August," Cricket Ireland said in its statement.However, with the 50-over World Cup in sight one wonders if the BCCI would risk playing Hardik in a series that will offer little or no context to India's preparation for the ODI World Cup in India.But the series, which is scheduled to be played from August 18 to 23, does mean a lot for...
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BCCI challenges ICC’s ‘poor’ rating for Indore pitch | Cricket News – Times of India

MUMBAI: The Indian cricket board (BCCI) has challenged International Cricket Council (ICC) match referee Chris Broad’s decision to deem the Indore pitch for the third Test of the Border-Gavaskar series as “poor”. Broad’s decision meant the venue got three demerit points. TOI understands that BCCI has lodged an appeal with the ICC about Broad’s verdict on the square turner. As per ICC norms, an appeal like this is heard and determined by the ICC’s general manager (cricket) Wasim Khan and former India captain Sourav Ganguly, who is currently the chairman of the ICC men’s cricket committee. However, Ganguly will be recused from the process as he is from India, the ICC member country which has lodged the protest. The ICC will replace Ganguly with someone else for this process. The BCCI was ...
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Why is India worried about the security when others have no issues: PCB chairman Najam Sethi on Asia Cup | Cricket News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Najam Sethi has thrown the ball in BCCI's court regarding the participation in this year's Asia Cup, stating why India is worried about the security when other teams have no issues to come to Pakistan for the continental event.Sethi, who is exploring all options as far as this year's Asia Cup in Pakistan and ODI World Cup in India are concerned, said it's time to "take a clear position" and he will raise these issues in the next Asian Cricket Council (ACC) and ICC meetings."We have complex issues on hand but for me when I go to the ACC and ICC meetings I have kept all options open for us and we have to take a clear position now," Sethi said at a press conference in Lahore on Monday.He said while there had been no change in India's stance ...
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Protect international cricket amid surge of franchise tournaments: MCC | Cricket News – Times of India

DUBAI: The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has called for "urgent intervention" to protect international cricket, saying it is at an "important crossroads" amidst a crowded global schedule that is getting increasingly swayed by domestic leagues.The mushrooming of leagues, including the latest offering of SAT20 and ILT20, is putting a lot of stress on the ICC's Future Tours Programme (FTP), leading to an "alarming disparity" in the number of matches played by a minority of member nations which is neither "equitable nor sustainable", it added.While the Big Three -- India, Australia and England -- get the lion's share of international assignments, smaller Test-playing nations such as Afghanistan, Ireland and Zimbabwe, among others, get a raw deal because of the extremely tight FTP.MCC said t...
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ICC pledges to launch anti-trolling measures to ensure safe space for women on social media

ICC will monitor social media channels to address rising sexism, misogyny and threats of gender-based violence against women in sports. Image for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: AP On the occasion of International Women's Day on March 8, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that it will launch a dedicated in-tournament social media monitoring initiative to ensure the sport's social media channels are a safer space for women to enjoy, free from sexism, misogyny or threats of gender-based violence.The pledge comes on the back of recent episodes of gender-based digital abuse during the ICC U19 and senior Women's T20 World Cups.The ICC will work with their members to deliver a plan that will help protect female players and officials from abuse on social media du...