Pakistan great Shoaib Akhtar to replace Misbah-ul-Haq as chief selector?

Shoaib Akhtar to replace Misbah-ul-Haq as chief selector Pakistan cricket

Shoaib Akhtar: “I do know that the general public wants someone who thinks like me in charge of selecting players. A person who is straightforward and demands performances from the cricketers”

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Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar has made it clear that he has not been approached to replace Misbah-ul-Haq as chief selector.

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There was never any match-fixing taking place while I was IPL commissioner, says Lalit Modi

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Modi believes the IPL was completely clean during his tenure as commissioner

Former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi has slammed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for their “lack of governance” and announced that there was never any match-fixing taking place while he was in charge of the star-studded Twenty20 tournament.

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: Ross Taylor’s return must have been extremely tough, says Sir Richard Hadlee

Taylor has responded well since making his comeback

Former New Zealand all-rounder Sir Richard Hadlee has become the latest cricketer to voice his remarks about the recent captaincy dispute involving Ross Taylor, head coach Mike Hesson and New Zealand Cricket (NZC), saying that he believes Taylor’s return to the national side after taking a prolonged break would have been one of the hardest things he has had to have faced in his international career.

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: I like the idea of having two separate coaches, says Alastair Cook

Cook is excited about the prospect of working with Giles

England ODI and Test captain Alastair Cook has announced that he fully supports the England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) decision to appoint former left-arm spinner Ashley Giles as the national team’s new limited overs coach and take some of the pressure off Andy Flower’s shoulders.

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: Match-fixing has become the cancer of cricket, says Lalit Modi

Modi is certain that match-fixing will become more prominent in the future

Former Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Lalit Modi believes that match-fixing has become cricket’s cancer, stating that there is no cure for it and added that it would go on spreading like wildfire as players and officials will continue to be approached by bookies in the future.

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