Cricket
Pakistan favours referral system in One-dayers
Pakistani cricket officials will push the International Cricket Council (ICC) to implement the umpire referral system in One-day Internationals also in a bid to avoid ‘appalling decisions’ like the ones that blew the team’s chances of reaching its first ever Champions Trophy final in South Africa.
According to a report in The News Wednesday, the Pakistan [...]
No overdose of cricket, when money to be made
If there is a theory doing the rounds that the Indian team for the Twenty20 World Cup may be weary because of an overdose of cricket in the run-up to the tournament, there is another school of thought which believes, not without good reason, that the weeks of hectic action that they were involved in [...]
Day-night Tests to change the ‘theatre’ of cricket
There is turmoil in the cricket world over Cricket Australia’s (CA) confirmation that it is examining the possibility of trialing day-night Test matches.
The organisation says the game needs a little freshening up to bring it into the modern era and make it more accessible to people who work during the day.
But traditionalists say the five-day [...]
Now Modi, not cricket, driving betting frenzy
In a cricket crazy nation, political leaders seldom figure in the betting scene. But Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has become an exception, with bookies betting heavily on his chances of retaining power in the assembly polls next month.
Akib Bhai, a top punter in Sadar Bazar in the Chhattisgarh capital, told IANS: “Narendra Modi, who [...]
