Sharda Ugra

Sportswriter

Trans-Tasman switch holds no fears for New India

Now that the quarter-final spot has been sealed, India's World Cup in New Zealand could be, to use an MS Dhoni automobile analogy, the chance to re-tune their engines, unlike their last visit when they failed to win a single game

09-Mar-2015•Sharda Ugra in Hamilton

A bouncer at cricket's soul

The ECB's discussion of four-day Tests is several steps from becoming a reality, but the implications are clear before us

25-Feb-2015•Sharda Ugra

Bringing the love back

In an age when commerce has overwritten storytelling about the game, two amateur players and fans put their affection for cricket on the page

18-Jan-2015•Sharda Ugra

Be more flexible with overseas Test XIs, says Kumble

Anil Kumble, the former India captain, has said that while the team has quality bowlers, their progress has to be monitored season by season, and there has to be a flexible approach to selecting XIs when on tour.

12-Jan-2015•Sharda Ugra

Advance Australia diverse

As Australian cricket attempts to keep up with the changing nation around it, South Asian immigrants find a home - at last

06-Jan-2015•Sharda Ugra

Kohli must learn to choose the worthy battles

31-Dec-2014•Sharda Ugra

Mind games in Melbourne

Stadiums equate to their cities in the casual cricket watcher's imagination. Melbourne does too, but repeat visits amplify its charms

26-Dec-2014•Sharda Ugra

BCCI elections postponed until January 2015

The BCCI's annual elections have been postponed until January 31, 2015 following a directive from the Supreme Court

10-Dec-2014•Sharda Ugra

Court gives Srinivasan option between BCCI, CSK

BCCI's sidelined president N Srinivasan was given an option by the Supreme Court to choose between standing for the board election scheduled for December 17 and protecting his investment in the Chennai Super Kings IPL franchise

09-Dec-2014•Sharda Ugra

No let up for BCCI in Supreme Court

Any penalty 'disenfranchising' teams from the IPL should be carried out by the BCCI, the Supreme Court observed today

08-Dec-2014•Sharda Ugra

Supreme Court sticks to its stand on not naming players

The Supreme Court has stuck to its decision to not allow the naming of players mentioned in the Mudgal Committee report

24-Nov-2014•Sharda Ugra

Supreme Court brings in CSK conflict angle

The Supreme Court has added a dimension to the IPL spot-fixing case by bringing in the issue of N Srinivasan's alleged conflict of interest in being the head of the BCCI and the owner of the Chennai Super Kings franchise

24-Nov-2014•Sharda Ugra

Mudgal committee clears three players named in Court

The three cricketers whose names were inadvertently taken by Justice TS Thakur in the 2013 IPL corruption case in the Supreme Court on Friday have been cleared by the Mudgal committee

15-Nov-2014•Sharda Ugra

In the footsteps of the master

Bowral is synonymous with Bradman. An excellent museum makes it worth the visit

06-Nov-2014•Sharda Ugra

Leading from the tail

Even before tailenders became lower-order batsmen they were easy to love. Here are five memorable unions of (mostly) bunnies

03-Sep-2014•Sharda Ugra

BCCI's threat of parallel body 'laughable' - Mani

Former ICC president Ehsan Mani has said an earlier threat by a full member nation to withdraw from ICC events, which occurred during his tenure at the helm of world cricket, had been tackled by other Full Members standing together

09-Jun-2014•Sharda Ugra

'ACSU's independence will be maintained in any review'

The head of the ICC's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit speaks about what his organisation does, what it needs to do, and the ongoing review of the way it works

24-May-2014•Sharda Ugra

No probe into tainted CB40 game was shut down - ACSU chief

The ACSU of the ICC has emphatically denied that the investigation into the 2011 CB40 match between Kent and Sussex in Hove was 'shut down' by the ruling body

23-May-2014•Sharda Ugra

Indian cricket will not regulate itself until forced to

Instead of setting its house in order, the BCCI is trying to disprove the findings of the Mudgal Commission. The panel needs wider powers if cricket is to become clean again

28-Apr-2014•Sharda Ugra

'BCCI reputation lowest in 80 years' - Manohar

Former BCCI President Shashank Manohar has said he was "disillusioned" by the happenings at the BCCI's emergent working committee meeting on Sunday

21-Apr-2014•Sharda Ugra

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