



The International Cricket Council will triple their previous media and sponsorship deal and rake in about $1.75 billion (£950 million) by milking the Indian market, with the help of a man who once accused them of "cannibalising Indian cricket" – Inderjeet Singh Bindra.
English cricket legend Geoffrey Boycott has criticised Australian umpire Darrell Hair for attempting to "play God" in his handling of the forfeited fourth Test between England and Pakistan.
Barry Jarman, once Australia's wicketkeeper and then an ICC Test referee, memorably defended the predicament of a third umpire who may have got it wrong in the Caribbean a few years ago. 'Well, he had an unplayable lie, didn't he?' said Jarman.
Crowd trouble concerns raised by hosts India influenced the removal of Australian umpire Darrell Hair from the panel for next month's Champions Trophy, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Saturday.
Ball-tampering is commonplace in world cricket and there were suspicions about marks on the ball used by Pakistan at The Oval, claims analyst Simon Hughes.