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  • PCB considering performance based pay for Pak players after disastrous CT campaign

    The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is reportedly mulling over introducing a performance based pay package for players in the wake of the national team's disastrous performance in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy in England. Although PCB has since last year twice given pay raises to the players in their central contracts and match fees, this has not reflected in their performances, with Pakistan ...

  • Disappointed Kirsten says Proteas deserves choker tag after CT crash-out

    Outgoing South Africa cricket coach Gary Kirsten has admitted that his team deserved the tag of 'chokers' after South Africa crashed to a seven-wicket defeat by England in the ICC Champions Trophy semi-final on Wednesday. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, it is the first time that a South African coach had publicly accepted what is widely believed in the rest of the cricket world that the ...

  • Offended Welsh cricketers walk-off from village match after speak English order

    Two Welsh cricketers had reportedly walked off the pitch during a cricket match between two Welsh villages after they were asked to speak in English at the crease. Batsmen Rhydian Wyn and Dyfed Sion decided not to play as they felt offended when they were asked not to use Welsh as the opponent team cannot understand the language, the Daily Express reports. The match was between two teams from ...

  • Battle-hardened Harris confident of staying in England for complete Ashes series

    Australian fast bowler Ryan Harris has said that he will be staying for all the five Ashes Tests. The battle-hardened Harris will make his return from an Achilles injury for Australia A in Friday's three-day tour match against Gloucestershire in Bristol, and is set to take revenge against England in the Ashes, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Although Harris has only managed back-to-back ...

  • Channel Nine wants greater say in Oz team selection despite CA stance

    Fresh tensions have erupted between Cricket Australia (CA) and Channel Nine after a leading Nine executive reportedly said that the network expected to have a greater say not only in scheduling but also in team selection. This comes after CA rejected suggestions that Channel Nine would influence team selection and scheduling as part of its new 450 million-dollar deal on TV rights. According to ...


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  • ECB chief says Warner row brought CA England authorities closer together

    England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief executive David Collier has said that the aftermath of the David Warner incident has brought the Australian and English cricketing authorities closer together. Warner punched England batsman Joe Root in a Birmingham bar following England's ICC Champions Trophy win over their old rivals at Edgbaston and was subsequently suspended until the first Ashes ...

  • Johnny Depp opens up about vision problem

    Actor Johnny Depp, who often sports tinted glasses, has revealed he has been "basically blind as a bat" in his left eye. He ha said he suffers the problem since birth. He is also near-sighted in his right eye and says he relies heavily on his prescription spectacles for his vision. "Everything is just very, very blurry. I've never had proper vision," thesun.co.uk quoted the 50-year-old as ...

  • Raja-Sharan qualify for Wimbledon main draw

    Indian tennis pair Purav Raja and Divij Sharan qualified for the men's doubles main draw of Wimbledon here Wednesday. The Indians, seeded fourth in the qualifiers, were given a walkover by Austrian-Czech duo of Andreas Haider-Maurer and Jiri Vesely in the second and final qualifying round of their category. Raja and Sharan are one of the four qualifying men's doubles team in the only grass ...

  • Paes-Stepanek seeded fourth at Wimbledon

    Veteran Indian tennis player Leander Paes, who turned 40 on June 17, has been seeded fourth with Czech partner Radek Stepanek in the men's doubles competition at Wimbledon which starts Monday. Another veteran Mahesh Bhupathi with Austrian Julian Knowle has been seeded eighth while Rohan Bopanna, with Frenchman Edouard Roger-Vasselin, has been seeded 14th. In the women's doubles category, Sania ...

  • Smith to lead Australia A in Africa

    Cricket Australia's (CA) National Selection Panel (NSP) Wednesday named a 15-man squad for Australia A's tour to Africa in July and August. All-rounder Steve Smith will lead the side, and right-hand bat Aaron Finch has been named as his deputy. The side will play three four-day matches against Zimbabwe and South Africa A in July before the tri-series involving South Africa A and India A in ...

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