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(c)Cricinfo en-gb Security claims made by board described as "trumped up and bogus" by South African Jewish Board of Deputies https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/284000/284034.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1417212.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1417212.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/ali-bacher-csa-explain-decision-making-process-david-teeger-1417212 Thu, 18 Jan 2024 16:31:10 GMT Bacher mediated talks between CEO Moroe and Graeme Smith, which could have led to Smith becoming director of cricket https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/297500/297557.5.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1209085.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1209085.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-1209085 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT AB de Villiers has made a "wise decision" in the "best interests of South African cricket," by sitting out of Test cricket for most of the rest of 2017 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https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-381880 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The lead-up to the South Africa-Australia semi-final https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/291946.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/291946.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-291946 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ali Bacher, the former chief executive of the United Cricket Board, is making good progress after his second heart bypass surgery https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/271367.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/271367.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-271367 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Former South African cricket chief Ali Bacher will not appear in a Pakistan court to contest a R14.8-miilion libel suit brought by former umpire Javed Akhtar https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/98752.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/98752.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-98752 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT An interview with UCBSA chief Dr. Ali Bacher has sent shock-waves around the cricket world https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/84511.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/84511.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84511 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Kevin Pietersen claimed that racial quotas forced him into making the biggest decision of his life, to quit his native South Africa and move to England https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/258181.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/258181.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-258181 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa's former cricket supremo, Dr Ali Bacher, is convinced that Nicky Boje, one of four South African players to be charged with offences relating to match-fixing on a tour of India in 2000, has never been involved in such activities https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/248879.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/248879.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-248879 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The man who successfully co-ordinated South Africa's staging of the World Cup three years ago has every confidence that the West Indies can pull off a grand event next year https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/247002.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/story/247002.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-247002 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ali Bacher, the former CEO of the South African board, mourned the death of Eddie Barlow, the former South African allrounder, who died after a long battle against illness https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/231196.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/231196.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-231196 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ali Bacher has said that umpires should be allowed to use television replays to help them in making lbw decisions https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/208172.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/208172.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-208172 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cricket lost one of its most dedicated and colourful servants on Wednesday when Krish Mackerdhuj, the first black president of South Africa's United Cricket Board (UCB), died in hospital in Durban https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/141226.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/141226.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-141226 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Dr https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/137302.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/137302.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-137302 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT 1942 Birth of the Godfather of South African cricket https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/131527.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/131527.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-131527 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Dr Ali Bacher, executive director of the 2003 World Cup, has made an urgent and passionate call to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) CEO Tim Lamb to announce a final decision on whether his team will play in Zimbabwe or not https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/126560.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/126560.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-126560 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa, Jan 31 AAP - World Cup boss Ali Bacher has vowed to protect Australian captain Ricky Ponting and his players from shaking the hand of Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe https://p.imgci.com 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Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT South Africa had a unique opportunity to market itself globally during a 35-day peak period of the 2003 Cricket World Cup, the tournament's executive director Dr Ali Bacher said on Tuesday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/95985.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/95985.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-95985 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A limited overs tournament featuring 2003 Cricket World Cup qualifiers Netherlands, Namibia and Canada will be staged in Windhoek in April next year as part of vital team preparations for cricket's global showpiece in South Africa https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/101754.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/101754.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-101754 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Black empowerment is one of the key themes running through the mission statement of the 2003 World Cup policy committee and if the achievement matches the intentions the tournament could become the springboard for a massive explosion of interest in https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/104604.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/104604.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-104604 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT United Cricket Board managing director Ali Bacher just managed to avoid saying "I told you so" in response to the release of the Central Bureau of Investigation report in India on Wednesday https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/91407.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/91407.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-91407 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT All being well, all 54 games in the 2003 World Cup will be broadcast live on terrestrial television in South Africa, said tournament director Ali Bacher this week https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84773.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84773.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84773 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT An on-line ticketing system for the 2003 World Cup is expected to be up and running during 2002, says World Cup director Ali Bacher https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84744.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84744.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84744 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The King Commission has confirmed that it is investigating a shock allegation against United Cricket Board managing director Dr Ali Bacher by a Johannesburg attorney that he (Bacher) was involved in arrangements for the West Indies cricket team to https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89688.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89688.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89688 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ali Bacher broadened the scope and shifted the focus of the King commission on Monday, eventually charging that cricket was under threat from Mafia-style syndicates of unscrupulous bookmakers https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89650.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/89650.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-89650 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Johannesburg - Further match-fixing revelations said to involve the results of two World Cup matches in England last year are to be investigated by the International Cricket Council as part of their global probe into gambling abuses of the game https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84487.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84487.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84487 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT "During my international travels over the past three years, several former international players of integrity have told me that they are aware of international matches that have been fixed https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/84486.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/84486.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84486 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Dr Ali Bacher, Managing Director of the UCBSA, today denied reports in Australian newspapers that alleged he claimed matches at last year's World Cup were fixed https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84480.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/84480.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-84480 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Younis Ahmed has sued the United Cricket Board and Dr Ali Bacher for defamation arising from a document setting out details of alleged serious dishonest conduct against Mr Ahmed https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83234.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com//content/story/83234.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-83234 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT