Ponting wants corruption to be tackled hard and fast

"We've all been aware of a certain amount of corruption in the game for a long time now and there's always just been a bit of smoke, there hasn't been much fire around it"

“We’ve all been aware of a certain amount of corruption in the game for a long time now and there’s always just been a bit of smoke, there hasn’t been much fire around it”

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Legendary Australia captain Ricky Ponting has announced that he wants the sport’s governing bodies to tackle corruption hard and fast in order for it to be expelled from the game once and for all.

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BCCI floats tender to find new national team sponsors

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“Bids will be accepted until 3:00 pm on 9th December 2013”

After Sahara confirmed that they would not be renewing their sponsorship contract when it expires at the end of the year, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) wasted little time in floating a tender to find new sponsors for the national team between January 2014 to March 2017.

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: Day-night Tests closer to becoming a reality after ICC give green light

Day-night Test matches are set to be the future of the longer format

The idea of day-night Test matches has been floating around for nearly a couple of years now, and recently the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that they would be giving member nations the green light to host day-night Tests.

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