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India vs Australia: Virat Kohli and Co fined 20 percent match fee for maintaining slow over-rate in first ODI
Firstcricket Staff •India captain Virat Kohli has accepted the fine imposed on the team for the offence and the visitors won't be challenging the decision by the referee.
India vs Sri Lanka: Rain plays spoilsport, first T20I called off without a ball bowled due to wet patches on pitch
•The umpires held several inspections but the damp patches on the pitch did not allow the match to start, much to the disappointment of fans who had gathered in large numbers
India vs West Indies: Kieron Pollard and Co fined 80 percent match fee for slow over-rate in first ODI
•There was no need for a formal hearing as West Indies skipper Pollard pleaded guilty to the offence after the end of the match and accepted the proposed sanction.
India's S Ravi excluded from ICC Elite Panel of Umpires for 2019-20 season; Michael Gough and Joel Wilson included in list
•Gough and Wilson have been elevated from the Emirates ICC International Panel of Umpires by the selection panel consisting of ICC General Manager - Cricket, Geoff Allardice, former player and now commentator Sanjay Manjrekar, and match referees Ranjan Madugalle and David Boon.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: From England's 1987 defeat against Australia to Shaun Pollock's mathematical slip up, 10 heartbreaking moments from showpiece event
Rohit •Here we look at England's loss against Australia in 1987, India's first-round exit in 2007 and some other heart-breaking moments from World Cups of the past.
Shane Warne says players of his generation played more cricket than current lot and still found time to improve
•Shane Warne refuses to buy the argument that players nowadays don't find time to work on their game.
India vs New Zealand: Daryl Mitchell-like umpiring howlers not unusual, the way decision was made and its aftermath is
Michael Wagner •The first strange thing that happened was Daryl Mitchell walked down and asked Kane Williamson how to review it. Then the decision came. That was then, followed by Williamson having an absolute brain-fade.
South Africa vs Pakistan: Faf du Plessis to miss third Test due to one-match suspension for Proteas' slow over-rate
•The ICC announced the punishment in a statement after South Africa won the second Test by nine wickets to take a 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
India's Javagal Srinath, Sundaram Ravi retained in ICC's elite panel of match officials
•The retention of the panel, for the period 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019, was done following the annual review and selection process, the ICC said in a statement.
Anil Kumble-led ICC Cricket Committee backs stricter punishments for ball-tampering; retaining toss in Tests
•The International Cricket Council’s Cricket Committee backed stricter punishments for ball-tampering but decided not to do away with the toss in test cricket during a two-day meeting which concluded in Mumbai on Tuesday.