Cricket

This day in sport: 07 April 2000

Hansie Cronje cricket scandal erupts A Delhi detective stumbled across a taped telephone conversation between South African captain Hansie Cronje and businessman Sanjay Chawla, sparking a controversy tat rocked international cricket. Cronje proved to be the central figure to match-fixing

Cameron’s all White

We applaud Cameron White’s decision this week to turn his back on the Indian Premier League and in the range of $200,000 when he will miss up to five games for the Bangalore Royal Challengers, in order to play for

Bowling The Fans Over – Saving One Day Cricket

Another poor crowd yesterday at the MCG for the One Day International between Australia and The West Indies, is this a concern for One day Cricket as a whole and a bigger concern for next year’s World Cup? Australia are

This day in sport: 10 Feb 2003

Cricket protests Mugabe Zimbabwe Test batsman Andy Flower and fast bowler Henry Olonga wore black armbands at the commencement of the World Cup in a brave protest against President Robert Mugabe’s tyrannical regime. Both men were forced into exile and

Twenty/20 Not Perfect Vision

The founder of Twenty20 cricket Stuart Robertson has come out and warned administrators not to overdue the shortest form of the game. He is quoted as saying that “Twenty20 was always designed as a game for counties or states or