Plans for Pakistan to tour South Africa scrapped

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“The day I had started working on the proposal by CSA, the court suspended me and the IMC [Interim Management Committee], so the idea could not materialise”

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have revealed that they have scrapped their plans to send the national team to South Africa when their ongoing series against the Proteas concludes on November 15.

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‘Haroon Lorgat wasn’t involved and nor was he aware about the contents of my letter’, says David Becker

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“It is extremely unfair to draw Haroon Lorgat into the whole thing for it is a figment of peoples’ imagination to suggest that he orchestrated the whole thing”

Former International Cricket Council (ICC) legal head David Becker has revealed that Cricket South Africa CEO Haroon Lorgat “wasn’t involved and nor was he aware about the contents of my letter” regarding the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and their blatant manipulation of the Future Tours Programme.

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India’s shortened tour of South Africa likely to be given green light

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India’s tour of South Africa is likely to consist of two Test matches and three ODIs

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Narayanaswami Srinivasan has announced that he and Cricket South Africa president Chris Nenzani have “in principle agreed” for India to tour South Africa for a warm-up match, two Tests and three ODIs in December.

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Australia’s limited overs tour of India is ‘meaningless’, says Ian Chappell

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“Agreeing to this meaningless ODI tour of India so close to an Ashes series is evidence that Cricket Australia is more concerned with dollars than sense”

Former Australia captain Ian Chappell has branded the national team’s limited overs tour of India as “meaningless” since he believes they should be more concerned about being prepared for the second leg of the Ashes series against arch-rivals England in November.

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India are favourites in their limited overs series against Australia, says Brendon McCullum

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“In their own conditions, India are surely a formidable opposition”

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum believes India are definitely the favourites in their limited overs home series against Australia, which will feature seven ODIs and a one-off Twenty20 International.

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