Ian Bishop: “Whenever he comes out to bat I have a few commentator colleagues and I just look for their tweets on social media whenever he plays a cover drive or a straight drive”
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Ex-West Indies speedster and renowned commentator Ian Bishop said he checks social media whenever Pakistan captain Babar Azam plays a cover drive or a straight drive.
“When the IPL started, all the ECB could see was the IPL’s money and its own jealousy”
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Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has announced that the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) are jealous about the amount of success the Indian Premier League (IPL) has enjoyed.
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Gavaskar will take over Srinivasan’s duties
The Supreme Court of India has appointed legendary India batsman Sunil Gavaskar as the interim president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and announced that the Indian Premier League (IPL) will go ahead as scheduled.
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“Shakib was repentant for the incident and readily accepted that the behavior was unbecoming of a player of his experience and stature”
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has been suspended for three ODIs and fined BDT 300,000 ($3800) after “making an inappropriate gesture on live television” during the second ODI against Sri Lanka in Mirpur.
The Real Time Snickometer would become an automated part of the DRS
In the past number of series there have numerous decisions involving batsmen edging the ball that have left commentators, pundits and fans all scratching their heads, but their cries of better technology being needed for edges have been answered after Australia-based company BBG Sports invented the Real Time Snickometer, which is said to “have taken the Hot Spot system from an accuracy of around 85% to a current accuracy of 95%”.
Sky’s pundits are not likely to show up if the dispute remains unresolved
Sky TV and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have become involved in a heated dispute after the Board refused to allow commentators from the England-based company access to any of the Test venues.
