The Cape Town pitch used for the second Test between India and South Africa at Newlands has been deemed ‘unsatisfactory’ by the International Cricket Council (ICC). This verdict follows the completion of the Test, which became the shortest in the history of the format, spanning only 107 overs and breaking a 92-year-old record set in […]

ICC handed India a blunt verdict on the Indore pitch after the third Test match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series witnessed a three-day finish with hosts Australia scripting an emphatic nine-wicket win. ICC gave a “poor” rating to the pitch under the committee’s Pitch and Outfield Monitoring Process. Legendary Indian skipper, Sunil Gavaskar was left […]

The veteran English fast bowler, Stuart Broad has received a fine and a demerit point from his father Chris Broad, a match referee, as the pacer has been found breaching the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) code of conduct during the first Test against Pakistan. Broad was fined 15 percent of his match fee for a […]

The First Test between Australia and South Africa at Durban was a heated affair. The scuffle between David Warner and Quinton De Kock raised the tension between both parties. The second Test although was a lot less violent, it punished the South African lead-bowler Kagiso Rabada as his demerit points tally swelled. The right-handed fast bowler […]

Kagiso Rabada’s recent suspension has forced the young fast-bowler Lungi Ngidi to rethink his action as a player. Due to showing aggressive reactions on the field, Rabada has been recently handed two Tests suspension. In the second Test between the hosts South Africa and Australia at Port Elizabeth, Proteas pacer Kagiso Rabada showed aggressive reactions […]

South African captain Faf du Plessis has raised the question on ICC’s demerit points system. After the second Test between the hosts South Africa and Australia, Kagiso Rabada was charged in level two with three demerit points. During the first innings of the second Test, South African pacer Kagiso Rabada had a shoulder contact with […]