Tuesday, 21 May 2013 19:26
Posted by Muhammad Iqbal
NEW DELHI: Three Indian cricket players were refused bail on Tuesday after they appeared in court on spotfixing charges as police announced the arrest of a Bollywood actor over the scandal.A court in New Delhi agreed a five-day custody extension for former Test paceman Shanthakumaran Sreesanth and two teammates from the Rajasthan Royals who are accused of deliberately bowling badly in exchange for tens of thousands of dollars during the ongoing Indian Premier League, a Twenty20 competition."Police said they wanted to interrogate them further and also conduct raids on their houses," said S.K Rai, one of the prosecuting lawyers who was present at the hearing, told AFP.Eleven other bookmakers who were arrested at the same time as the Rajasthan Royals players were also refused bail during the afternoon sitting.Investigators told the court they had seized two million rupees (around $37,000) stashed in a cricket kit bag and hidden at the ...
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NEW DELHI: Three Indian cricket players were refused bail on Tuesday after they appeared in court on spotfixing charges as police announced the arrest of a Bollywood actor over the scandal.A court in New Delhi agreed a five-day custody extension for former Test paceman Shanthakumaran Sreesanth and two teammates from the Rajasthan Royals who are accused of deliberately bowling badly in exchange for tens of thousands of dollars during the ongoing Indian Premier League, a Twenty20 competition."Police said they wanted to interrogate them further and also conduct raids on their houses," said S.K Rai, one of the prosecuting lawyers who was present at the hearing, told AFP.Eleven other bookmakers who were arrested at the same time as the Rajasthan Royals players were also refused bail during the afternoon sitting.Investigators told the court they had seized two million rupees (around $37,000) stashed in a cricket kit bag and hidden at the ...
KARACHI: Former Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Lt. Gen. Tauqir Zia (Retd) has demanded ad hoc arrangements in the present set-up of the board.When the incumbent management of the PCB is celebrating the democratic transition a few former, current players and administrators casting doubts on the mechanism adopted by the PCB for the elections held in Islamabad on May 8 three-day before the General Elections in the country."The recent election for the chairman Zaka ...
KARACHI: Former skipper Aamer Sohail firmly believes that Pakistan's chances in the Champions Trophy depend on their adoptability to the conditions."Conditions would play a very important role in Pakistan's chances for this premier 8-nation contest," Aamer Sohail told APP in an interview on Tuesday."Batting will be our key area in focus and if they did well, team will have bright chances to reach the semi-final", he commented."We are second favourites in our group "B" with ...
LONDON: England squad for the second Test against New Zealand at Headingley, starting on Friday:Alastair Cook (capt), James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Ian Bell, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Nick Compton, Steven Finn, Matt Prior (wkt), Joe Root, Graeme Swann, Jonathan TrottCopyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2013 ...
ISLAMABAD: Former legendary cricketer Zaheer Abbas advised the Pakistan Cricket Board to immediately appoint a batting coach for the national team instead of focusing on the bowlers ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy in June.Zaheer also called on the selectors to take a few risks and drop those players from the Champions Trophy who had not performed during the tour to South Africa urging the selectors to look for new talent in the batting department, ...
SYDNEY: Cricket Australia said Tuesday it had no immediate plan to curb the use of social media by players after a Twitter rant by David Warner, but suggested it could happen in the future.Opening batsman Warner is due to face a disciplinary hearing on Wednesday into an alleged code of conduct breach after a heated tirade at two top cricket writers.He faces sanctions ranging from a fine to suspension or counselling.Cricket Australia boss James Sutherland ...
NEW DELHI: India's Test paceman Shanthakumaran Sreesanth and two other bowlers were to appear Tuesday in court over allegations that they accepted tens of thousands of dollars for spot-fixing, police said.Sreesanth, along with his Rajasthan Royals teammates Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan, was arrested last week for deliberately bowling badly in specific overs during the ongoing Indian Premier League after striking deals with bookmakers."We will seek further custody of the players in the court as ...
