India news

BCCI issues ultimatum to WICB

Jan 23, 2015: The BCCI has issued an ultimatum to the WICB, asking the board to furnish the requisite $ 41.97 million as damages borne out of West Indies' "sudden, arbitrary withdrawal" from the India tour last October

Corruption in the IPL

BCCI has lost privilege cover, say lawyers

Jan 23, 2015: The Supreme Court's decision to open the BCCI to judicial scrutiny under Article 226 of the Constitution has implications that go beyond the cricket field and into the boardroom, potentially influencing the way the sport will henceforth be run

India news

IPL 8 on track but franchises remain edgy

Jan 22, 2015: The IPL was ready to induct two new teams if the situation demanded, IPL chairman Ranji Biswal said in response to Supreme Court's wide-ranging order that has put a question mark over the future of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals

ICC news

ICC to fast-track suspect actions during World Cup

Jan 21, 2015: The ICC will endevour to submit the assessment report within seven days if a bowler's action is called suspect during the World Cup

Heartbreaks

Crowe's fatal gamble

Jan 15, 2015: New Zealand's captain had to decide whether to rest in the 1992 semi-final against Pakistan or risk aggravating his injury. He chose to sit out, and watched in agony as it all went to pieces

West Indies news

'There is no axe to grind' - Lloyd

Jan 13, 2015: Former West Indies captain and the current chairman of selectors Clive Lloyd has said it was "very difficult" to drop the pair of Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard from the World Cup squad

West Indies news

'Players must show some loyalty to our cricket'

Jan 13, 2015: In an exclusive interview with ESPNcricinfo, West Indies chief selector Clive Lloyd explains the exclusion of Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard from the World Cup squad, and shares his thoughts on the road ahead for the team

South Africa v West Indies, 2nd T20, Johannesburg

Gayle slams selectors over Bravo, Pollard omissions

Jan 12, 2015: Chris Gayle has launched a scathing attack on the West Indies Cricket Board and the Clive Lloyd-led selection panel for dropping the senior pair of Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard from the ODI series and the World Cup

World Cup 2015 news

No Bravo, Pollard for World Cup: Ramnarine

Jan 8, 2015: Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard are not part of 15-man West Indies World Cup squad according to Dinanath Ramnarine, though the WICB has not yet announced officially the World Cup squad

Ranji Trophy 2014-15

Pankaj lauds Rajasthan's 'big achievement'

Jan 8, 2015: Rajasthan captain Pankaj Singh has hailed his team's first ever victory against Punjab in the Ranji Trophy as a "big achievement", following their eight-wicket win in Jaipur

West Indies news

Bravo's sacking 'travesty of justice' - Gonsalves

Dec 25, 2014: St Vincent and Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves has accused WICB president Dave Cameron for "dishonouring" the agreement that the players who abandoned the India tour in October would not be victimised

West Indies news

'Bravo, Pollard, Sammy being victimised'

Dec 23, 2014: The lawyer representing Dwayne Bravo, Kieron Pollard and Darren Sammy has called the move by the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to drop the trio from the ODI squad for the South Africa tour an attempt to push the trio into "cricket's political wildernes

Indian domestic cricket

More winners and losers, but few spinners

Dec 20, 2014: The number of outright verdicts in the Ranji Trophy has increased but more result-oriented pitches have come at the cost of the reduced role of slow bowlers

Forgotten Classics

The hold-up at Headingley

Dec 18, 2014: Mike Hendricks' nagging seam bowling helped England defend a low total against a powerful Pakistan line-up in the 1979 World Cup

IPL 2015

Royal Challengers let go of Yuvraj Singh

Dec 15, 2014: Yuvraj Singh, the most expensive buy of the last IPL auction, has been released by Royal Challengers Bangalore. Royal Challengers had paid Yuvraj Rs 14 crores ($2.33 million), an amount that consumed a massive share of their auction purse

IPL 2015

Big names out in Daredevils revamp

Dec 15, 2014: After a disastrous 2014, Delhi Daredevils have opted to overhaul their squad by releasing a total of 13 players including their captain Kevin Pietersen and senior Indian pair of Dinesh Karthik and Murali Vijay

IPL 2015

Kings XI release Pujara, Balaji and Kartik

Dec 15, 2014: Kings XI Punjab have released Cheteshwar Pujara, Murali Kartik and L Balaji from their squad for the next season of IPL

Forgotten Classics

Lamb's Gujranwala jailbreak

Dec 11, 2014: England needed a daunting 91 off the last ten overs against West Indies. One batsman braved dehydration to cut the total down to size

West Indies news

I was kind of scared - Phillips

Dec 8, 2014: Barbados batsman Omar Phillips recounts the dangerous hit at the non-striker's end that laid him unconscious

Ranji Trophy 2014-15

No bias in Udit selection - KSCA selector

Dec 6, 2014: Karnataka chairman of selectors Sudhakar Rao has ruled out any bias in the decision to pick offspinner Udit Patel for the first-round Ranji Trophy match against Tamil Nadu