Murali forgives Hair for comment, but not Howard

Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralidaran says he has forgiven umpire Darrell Hair for branding him a chucker, however the jibe that came from former Australian Prime Minister John Howard still rankles him.

Pakistan-Australia Test at Lord’s fixed, says report

With reports on Tuesday claiming that the scandal-stricken Pakistan team’s 150-run loss against Australia at Lord’s in July is under investigation by the ICC, their alleged involvement in match-fixing only seems to be getting bigger in proportion.

We can sort Afridi out in test cricket: Ponting

Australian skipper Ricky Ponting took a dig at Shahid Afridi, saying that the new Pakistan captain is in the team only for his leadership skills and that Australia will test his batting in the longest format of the game during the two Tests in England in July.

Australia may soon have separate T20 and Test teams

Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland feels that with the growing popularity of the shortest version of the game, specialist players are required to deal with the slam-bang format and hence Australia may just go in for separate teams for Test matches and T20s in the future.

No match fixing in Sydney test, Australia won the match on merit: ICC

The ICC has stopped investigating the Australia-Pakistan Sydney Test after finding no evidence of match-fixing, a Cricket Australia spokesman said.

Michael Clarke retained as Australia’s T20 captain

The Australian selectors have backed the under-pressure Michael Clarke by naming him skipper for Australia’s series against Pakistan to be played in England in July. Clarke will lead the side for the two T20 internationals in Birmingham on July 5 and 6 despite his recent run of poor form in the shortest format of the game.

T20 tournaments should have best of three finals: Ricky Ponting

Disappointed with Australia’s loss in the summit clash of the Twenty20 World Cup, Test and ODI captain Ricky Ponting said the finals of such tournaments should be a best-of-three affair.

ICC made me a scapegoat: Marlon Samuels

He was considered one of the most promising young talents in World Cricket and as Marlon Samuels gears up to come back from a two-year ban imposed on him for giving team-information to a bookie, the West Indian all-rounder feels that he was made a “scapegoat” by the International Cricket Council, which handled the matter unfairly and without verifying the facts.

T20 is no longer about just entertaining crowds, it’s serious cricket: Michael Clarke

Australia’s Twenty20 skipper, Michael Clarke, believes that T20 cricket has now moved on from the phase where it was all about hitting fours and sixes and entertaining the crowd. He believes that today, T20 cricket, is as serious a format as tests or ODIs.

India will miss Sehwag in T20 World Cup: Shane Warne

Legendary Australian spinner Shane Warne feels that Virender Sehwag’s injury is a massive loss to the Indian team but he has still tipped two sub-continent teams, India and Pakistan, as the favourites to win the third-edition of the Twenty20 World Cup starting in West Indies on Friday.

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