Sharda Ugra

Sportswriter

ICC moots sponsors to fund revamped DRS

The ICC will look for sponsors for the DRS to overcome the financial hurdles that less wealthy cricket boards will face in implementing the cost-intensive referral system

30-Jun-2011•Sharda Ugra in Hong Kong

Ganguly welcomes DRS implementation

Sourav Ganguly has welcomed the ICC's decision to make the DRS mandatory, saying that there would only be more improvements ahead

30-Jun-2011•Sharda Ugra in Hong Kong

Minnows to protest World T20 ruling

The ICC's decision to slash minnows' representation at the next two World Twenty20 tournaments has sparked outrage among Associate and Affiliate nations, who have decided to lodge a formal protest at Thursday's full council

29-Jun-2011•Firdose Moonda and Sharda Ugra

ICC defers decision on presidency

The ICC's Executive Board has deferred by a year a decision on scrapping the rotational system of presidency

29-Jun-2011•Sharda Ugra in Hong Kong

Eyes turn to the ICC presidency issue

With Pakistan opposed to scrapping the rotation policy for ICC president, Sri Lanka uncertain and Bangladesh possibly wanting to backtrack on their earlier stance, the final major discussion on the agenda for the ICC conference could go either way

28-Jun-2011•Sharda Ugra in Hong Kong

Associates included in 2015 World Cup

The 2015 World Cup will comprise 14 teams, a change from the original ten-team format, ESPNcricinfo has learned

28-Jun-2011•Sharda Ugra in Hong Kong

A victory for both ICC and BCCI

The decision to have a modified DRS made mandatory across Tests and ODIs is being considered a victory by both sides

27-Jun-2011•Sharda Ugra in Hong Kong

Qualifying event revives Associate hopes for 2015

On Monday, the Chief Executives' Committee recommended to the Board a qualification tournament for 2015, without specifying the number of slots open to the Associates

27-Jun-2011•Sharda Ugra in Hong Kong

Agreement on DRS after Hot Spot is made mandatory

The ICC's chief executives' committee has unanimously agreed to make a modified version of the Decision Review System (DRS) mandatory in all international matches

27-Jun-2011•Sharda Ugra in Hong Kong

Will the right decisions be taken?

On the face of it, the answers to the questions confronting the ICC at its conference are straightforward. But that doesn't account for machinations behind the scenes

26-Jun-2011•Sharda Ugra

'Howard rejection led to review of rotation policy'

The proposal to amend the ICC's constitution to do away with the rotation policy for the appointment of its president has arisen from the rejection of John Howard for the vice-presidency, says former ICC president David Morgan

25-Jun-2011•Sharda Ugra

The ridiculous resistance to the DRS

The BCCI's opposition to the review system is inexcusable; and the ICC isn't blameless either

18-Jun-2011•Sharda Ugra

Consistency the key to DRS - Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar says he is not against DRS, but wants technology to be used to ensure the system provides consistent results

16-Jun-2011•Sharda Ugra

'I think these will be my best years'

Yuvraj Singh is not satisfied with being remembered as the World Cup's Player of the Tournament. He is now focussing afresh on the five-day format and hoping to create a legacy winning Tests for India

13-Jun-2011•Sharda Ugra

Moving season for the IPL

This year's event has highlighted flaws in the system, and raises the question: has a tipping point been reached?

30-May-2011•Sharda Ugra

The IPL needs independent watchdogs

What makes the IPL v country debate more confusing in the case of Indian players is that both are managed by the same entity: the BCCI

27-May-2011•Sharda Ugra

'I realised I was on the wrong track'

Virat Kohli has learnt a lot about himself and his batting over the last year. Bigger challenges than the World Cup lie ahead, but there's little doubt he's ready for them all

27-May-2011•Sharda Ugra

Memo to a coach

The sooner Duncan Fletcher gets used to the ways of the Indian media the better

02-May-2011•Sharda Ugra

Daniel Vettori asks for IPL window in FTP

Daniel Vettori believes that an official window for the IPL in the sport's annual calendar could put the country v IPL argument to rest

26-Apr-2011•Sharda Ugra

Gayle had written off IPL 2011 until Bangalore call

Chris Gayle has said he had written off IPL 2011 and was getting ready to resume international duties before being dropped from the West Indies team for the series against Pakistan

25-Apr-2011•Sharda Ugra

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