“We are left with no option but to pursue legal action against India”
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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan has confirmed that legal action will be taken against the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) due to their refusal to play a bilateral series on numerous occasions.
“He offered to pay for us insisting it was his way of welcoming us to New Zealand”
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Pakistan Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi and opening batsman Ahmed Shehzad were unable to pay for lunch at McDonald’s when landing at Auckland airport on Monday, but they received their meals for free after a fan offered to pay for them.
Herath was allegedly approached by the man linked to the bookie
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Sri Lanka Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera has confirmed that authorities are investigating reports that a man linked to a bookmaker offered to bribe members of the national team to underperform in the recent Test series against the West Indies.
Afridi and the seven other players will be dropped and sent home if they break curfew again
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Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi and seven other players have been fined 300 Australian dollars (US$230) for breaking team curfew.
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“Bowlers need to be offered a crumb in the shorter forms of the game otherwise they’ll revolt, as they have done in the past, using extreme methods like Bodyline and chucking”
Following the first three ODIs between India and Australia, former baggy greens captain Ian Chappell believes that “bowlers will become an endangered species” in the shorter formats of the game if batsmen continue giving themselves an advantage by using heavier bats.
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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.
Cook believes the top priority for all players should be the Champions Trophy and back-to-back Ashes series
England captain Alastair Cook has attempted to calm fears about an inevitable contract dispute between players and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) over an increase in wages and more freedom to play in domestic Twenty20 tournaments like the Indian Premier League (IPL).
