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Fri, August 15, 2008 1:08 pm By James Coolridge  Printer friendly version
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 New Delhi: India’s master batsman Sachin Tendulkar has been fallen to the 23rd position as per the latest ICC rankings. Sachin, who began the Sri Lankan series with 13th position, was dropped to his lowest ranking in 15 years after the disappointing performance against Sri Lanka which concluded in Colombo on Monday.
Tendulkar ended up the series scoring 95 runs at 15.83. He drops six places after scores of six and 14 in the third and final Test which Sri Lanka won by eight wickets to clinch the series 2-1.
This is the lowest ranking of master blaster since late 1992 after spending over 15 years in the top 20 apart from a very brief spell at the end of 2006.
Sachin is just 76 runs short of Brian Lara, the Carribean striker, who enjoys the position of leading run taker in test cricket. Tendulkar’s drop is the only bad news for India batting as others have made good upward progress.
Virender Sehwag has become the highest-ranked Indian batsman after his come back to the top 10 for the first time since March 2006. Sehwag, who knocked an impressive 344 runs in the series, has lifted one place to 10th with Pakistan’s Younus Khan firmly within his sights.
VVS Laxman, with 25 and 61 not out in the series decider, has jumped up three places to 15th position while Rahul Dravid shares 16th place with England’s Alastair Cook. Dravid improves his position by two places after scores of 10 and 68 while Cook made a jump of four places following his contribution of 39 and 67 in The Oval Test.
Saurav Ganguly has shown a hike in ranking by one place and now sits in 25th position while opener Gautam Gambhir, who was the second leading run-getter for his side with 310 runs, is in 37th place after jumping 12 places.
Among Sri Lankan’s, Kumar Sangakkara has just missed out on reclaiming the top slot from the West Indies’ Shivnarine Chanderpaul. The 30-year-old from Matale, who was pushed down to fifth after the second Test in Galle, has jumped to second position after hitting a superlative 144 in Sri Lanka’s first innings score of 396. But a knock of just four in the second innings, when Sri Lanka were chasing 123 for victory, derided him the top slot.
Tags : Cricket, ICC, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Virendar Sehwag, Brian Lara
Thu, August 14, 2008 1:04 pm By James Coolridge
ICC has recruited Geoff Lawson, the Pakistan coach, to try and ensure that the best players turn up to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy, to be held in September in Lahore and Karachi.
 Lawson, who has been a convincing international teams to play in Pakistan, left for Australia in the early hours of the morning. He will also visit New Zealand and will address concerns of the two countries whose players have been most anxious over Pakistan visit.
“The ICC made the request about ten days ago,” Mansoor Suhail, a PCB spokesman, told Cricinfo. “He has been living here and he is Australian so it is a good thing. Lawson will go meet players and tell them what it is like here.”
Haroon Lorgat, chief executive ICC, called the Lawson move had been a spontaneous one. “Geoff Lawson offered to join us. He lives in Lahore so he has a better sense of what is transpiring in Pakistan. He has decided to join us and go and talk to those players, member boards and convey his confidence to those people. It wasn’t an invitation from the task force, it was just some people discussing it personally and thought it might be worthwhile him going.”
The trip will be funded by the ICC’s task force, which is currently involved in the assessment of venues and security arrangements in Pakistan ahead of the tournament. “It is a very logical thing to do,” Suhail said. “They are funding the trip and hopefully it will assuage the concerns of leading players and convince them to come here.” Haroon Lorgat, the ICC president, added that the task force would visit Australia, New Zealand and England in an attempt to convince the players to tour Pakistan.
The task force has taken considerable input from Lawson as well as David Dwyer, the team trainer and another Australian, during their time in Lahore. Lawson had recently showed his delight publically over the positive voices coming from Australia and New Zealand. This was after umpire Simon Taufel statement expressing his willingness to tour and Ian Chappell, the former Australian captain’s remarks supporting the games in Pakistan.
Following the ICC board’s decision last month to go ahead with the tournament in Pakistan, players’ associations in Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa had raised concerns over the security situation. They even had raised a warning of a possible boycott. Similar doubts were echoed by international captains Graeme Smith, Kevin Pietersen and Ricky Ponting. Pietersen, even demanded a decision from the ECB on the gameplan in Pakistan. On Monday, Daniel Vettori had demanded New Zealand Cricket to take a final call on touring.
Tags : ICC, England, Pakistan, Karachi, Australia, Geoff LAwson, NewZealand, security, Lahore, Daniel Vettori, Ian Chappel
Sat, June 7, 2008 9:21 am By James Coolridge
 South African Imtiaz Patel will soon think over the issue of whether to join International Cricket Council as Chief Executive. ICC governing body has nominated the 43-year- old as the preferred candidate for the post.
“I am humbled the ICC has stated it will invite me to fulfil such an important role within cricket, a sport that has a very special place in my heart,” Patel said in a news release issued by his employers Supersport last Tuesday. He added, “I will therefore be considering my position very carefully during the coming weeks and will be engaging in discussions with the ICC during this period.”
He is currently the Director of Supersport United Football Club and the Sharks and Cheetahs rugby franchises, and a board member of South African soccer’s Premier League.
Tags : ICC, Imtiaz Patel, Supersport, CEO.
Mon, June 2, 2008 5:35 am By James Coolridge
 International Cricket Council has announced that an umpire review system will be used in a test series this year which could enable the cricketers to challenge decisions made by umpires during test matches. The review system will include the Hawk-Eye technology which is a computer system used in Cricket as well as Tennis to track the path of the ball. Hawk Eye is already used by television commentators in Cricket.
This trial was approved by the ICC in March this year and the test series is yet to be announced in which the review system will be used.
Under the proposal, each team would be limited to a maximum of three unsuccessful challenges per innings. The on-field umpire would consult with the third umpire when a decision was challenged, before the on-field umpire gave the final decision.
According to the ICC statement concerning leg-before-wicket challenges, “Hawk Eye technology could be used by the third umpire, but only for the purposes of determining the actual path of the ball up until the point that it struck the batsman and not the predictor function of the technology.” ICC added, “”It identified test cricket as the pinnacle of the sport and expressed the need for the best available participants to be involved in international cricket.”
Tags : ICC, Hawk Eye technology, test match
Tue, May 13, 2008 5:26 am By James Coolridge
 Sunil Gavaskar on Thursday announced his resignation from the post of the Chairman of International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Cricket committee. The announcement was revealed by the governing body on Thursday.
According to the ICC statement revealed to the media, “”Mr Gavaskar confirmed his decision to the ICC on Wednesday, a day after chairing this year’s meeting in Dubai.”
The decision was made after a lot of criticism faced by Gavaskar for the dual role of ICC’s Cricket committee chairman and TV commentator. Gavaskar told the media, “I have thoroughly enjoyed the eight years I have held the role (of ICC cricket committee chairman), which is an honorary position, and it has been extremely fulfilling to be able to give back to the game through that role.” “However, with more and more cricket being played it has become clear that it is not possible for me to do justice to two jobs, the chairmanship of the ICC Cricket Committee and my media commitments.”
Despite no particular guidelines, the International Cricket Council (ICC) had earlier made it clear to former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar that he had to choose between the high-profile post of its cricket committee chairman and the job of a TV commentator-cum-media columnist.
Tags : ICC, Cricket committee chairman, Sunil Gavaskar
Sat, March 22, 2008 7:33 pm By James Coolridge
 The International Cricket Council (ICC) has officially recognized the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL) to be played in the Twenty20 format, saying it is being organized by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The ICC executive board has officially agreed that the IPL is a good concept and could bring possible benefits to the game.
According to the ICC, the IPL would have to have its own anti-corruption policy, code of conduct and anti-doping policy, which would comply with the world body’s regulations.
Each ICC member will have an unfettered right in its absolute discretion to lodge an objection to a player from its country playing in the IPL, and this objection can be lodged up to two years after that player’s retirement. ICC’s future tours program was unlikely to be affected by the IPL. No request has been received from either the ICC or BCCI to adjust ICC futures matches and the ICC would closely monitor the ICC tournament.
Asked as to the reason why the ICC was not giving similar recognition to the Indian Cricket League promoted by Zee TV’s Shubhash Chandra, he said, “The answer to that is simple. The IPL is an official domestic tournament recognized by the BCCI, similar to county cricket in England.”
Tags : IPL, ICC, 20-20 Cricket
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