International News Topic

High-tech study launched to detect illegal bowling actions

Tue, Feb 24, '09
The International Cricket Council (ICC) and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) will fund Griffith University and Australia’s elite sporting bodies to develop a wearable, real-time electronic sensor to record and monitor the bowling action during delivery.

The device will be mounted on a bowler's arm to assess the legality of the bowling action instantly by measuring the degree of elbow extension between the time the bowling arm reaches a horizontal level and the release of the ball.
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Umpiring News Topic

Farewell Steve Bucknor

Mon, Feb 23, '09
The ICC today confirmed that Emirates Elite Panel umpire Steve Bucknor had announced his retirement from officiating, effective at the end of his upcoming Test and ODI assignments.

Mr Bucknor’s last assignment as an elite panelist will be the third and final Test between South Africa and Australia to be played in Cape Town from 19 to 23 March while his final match commitment as an international umpire will be in Bridgetown, Barbados, on 29 March when he will stand as a local appointee with elite panel umpire Aleem Dar in the fourth ODI between the West Indies and England.
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Ramnaresh Sarwan News Topic

Sarwan jumps to #14 in ICC rankings

Fri, Feb 20, '09
West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan has achieved a career-best position in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen after a magnificent performance against England in the third Test at St John’s, Antigua.

Sarwan, who scored 94 and 106 and played a leading role in helping the West Indies escape with one of the most thrilling draws in the history of the game, has jumped seven places to 14th after starting the Test in 21st position.
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Shiv Chanderpaul News Topic

Windian players among Stanford losers

Thu, Feb 19, '09

The Daily Mail is reporting that five West Indian players, including Shivnarine Chanderpaul, are set to lose their million-dollar winnings in the fall-out from the Allen Stanford fraud probe that has left English cricket reeling.

The players -- Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Kieron Pollard, Sylvester Joseph and Dave Mohammed -- were part of the Stanford Superstars team who thrashed England in Antigua last November in the first of what was supposed to be five Twenty20 matches with a million dollars going to each member of the winning side.

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Stanford 20/20 News Topic

WICB, ECB suspend Stanford talks

Tue, Feb 17, '09
Following an announcement today (Tuesday, February 17, 2009) by the US Securities and Exchange Commission that it has charged Sir Allen Stanford and three of his companies with fraudulent conduct, the England and Wales Cricket Board and the West Indies Cricket Board have immediately suspended all their ongoing negotiations with Sir Allen Stanford and his corporate group.  See New York Times story on the SEC case against Stanford.
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