Lahore, Nov 21 : PCB has reportedly slapped a whopping bill on suspended Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Asif for the legal costs incurred for his release from detention in Dubai earlier this year.
Asif was detained at the Dubai airport for 19 days for carrying a drug-like substance.
Following his detention, the Board had hired the legal firm “Afridi and Angel” to represent him in the case contested with the Dubai police.
Dubai, Nov. 21: Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur Rahim has been officially reprimanded for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the first Test against South Africa at Bloemfontein.
Mushfiqur was found guilty of showing dissent at an umpire’s decision by Alan Hurst of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees at a hearing that took place after play concluded in Bloemfontein on Thursday.
The 20-year-old was found to have breached Level 1.3 of the code which relates to “showing dissent at an umpire’s decision”.
Sydney, Nov 21: Almost all the leading news agencies across the world have decided to boycott covering the first Test between Australia and New Zealand, which began yesterday at the Gabba, because of ‘conditions imposed by the organizers’.
The agencies — Agence France-Presse, Associated Press, Reuters and Getty Images — have also suspended coverage of all Australian cricket news until further notice over demands made by the governing body, Cricket Australia (CA), reported The News.
Aussie opening batsman Matthew Hayden, who is just one match away from his 100th Test, has verified that his participation in the Ashes cricket tour next year would depend on the ongoing Test against New Zealand at Gabba.
Speaking with the media persons, Hayden said, “I reckon there is a chance of that always. When you get to my age, you get to a point where the next 12 months is a long, long way away. But having said that, I have been really process-driven right the way through my career.”
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has, in a welcome decision, taken Sourav Ganguly on board of its Technical Committee, thereby indicating that retiring from Test cricket or ODI was not the end of the road for his links with cricket.
Master-blaster batsman Sachin Tendulkar was named in India's one-day cricket squad for the next two matches against England, marking the champion batsman's return to one-day fold after a gap of eight months.
All-rounder Irfan Pathan was also included in the squad while fellow pacer Rudra Prasad Singh and Tamil Nadu opener Murali Vijay, who were in the team for the first three matches of the seven match series, have been left out.
Headed by former skipper K Srikkanth, the national selection committee, decided to make just two changes in the 15-member squad.
Lahore, Nov 21 : PCB has reportedly slapped a whopping bill on suspended Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Asif for the legal costs incurred for his release from detention in Dubai earlier this year.
Dubai, Nov. 21: Bangladesh’s Mushfiqur Rahim has been officially reprimanded for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the first Test against South Africa at Bloemfontein.
Aussie opening batsman Matthew Hayden, who is just one match away from his 100th Test, has verified that his participation in the Ashes cricket tour next year would depend on the ongoing Test against New Zealand at Gabba. 
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has, in a welcome decision, taken Sourav Ganguly on board of its Technical Committee, thereby indicating that retiring from Test cricket or ODI was not the end of the road for his links with cricket. 
Master-blaster batsman Sachin Tendulkar was named in India's one-day cricket squad for the next two matches against England, marking the champion batsman's return to one-day fold after a gap of eight months. 
