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Michael Holding slams 'ridiculous' ICC Test championship points system

England fast bowler Chris Woakes, who was also part of the roundtable, said the points system might need to be tweaked in future

Loved my battles with these two: Warne hails Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara

Wishing the West Indian legend Brian Lara on his 51st birthday today, former Australian spin wizard Shane Warne termed him as the 'best batsman' of his generation.Warne, who played 145 Tests and 194 ODIs for Australia, shared a picture with legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and Lara and said he loved the intense rivalries with the duo during his cricketing career."Loved my battles with these two legends - unfortunately they won most of the time !!! But I hope our battles on the field entertained everyone & you all enjoyed them. Both @brianlaraofficial and @sachintendulkar were easily the best batsman of my generation. Ps Happy birthday BC, have a great day buddy," Warne captioned the picture on Instagram.Lara holds the record for the highest individual score ever in first-class cricket (501 not out).In 1994, playing for Warwickshire against Durham at Edgbaston, Lara scored 501 not out.Lara played a knock of 400 runs against England in the fourth Test of the four-match series .

Sanitised balls, players in facemasks: How coronavirus may change cricket

The umpire will need to monitor this and so rather than allowing any other material, the sanitiser usage on the ball after every over could be a good way to keep one sanitised and safe

Delhi court grants bail to bookie Sanjeev Chawla in match-fixing case

Special Judge Ashutosh Kumar granted the relief to Chawla on a personal bond of Rs 2 lakh with two sureties of the like amount on April 30.

Cricket 'superfans' who share their hoard of old footage and photographs

Many of us are fans. A few of us record every ball of every single match played in international cricket. Dhruv Munjal on the custodians of archival treasures

ECB postpones inaugural edition of 'The Hundred' to 2021 over coronavirus

Felt holding the tournament behind closed doors contradicts 'the competition's goal to attract a broader audience', says England and Wales Cricket Board

Chuni Goswami: Indian football's first poster boy and a complete athlete

The former Indian skipper, who was popularly known as 'Chuni' Goswami, died on Thursday due to cardiac arrest at the age of 82 in Kolkata, West Bengal.

Football legend, first-class cricketer Chuni Goswami passes away at 82

The iconic sportsperson, who also played first-class cricket for Bengal, was 82 and breathed his last at a hospital in Kolkata

'You don't need money, everyone else does': Akhtar's reply to Kapil Dev

On Wednesday, Akhtar had proposed a made-for-television three-match ODI series between India and Pakistan to raise funds for the fight against the pandemic in both the countries

All sporting events are cancelled. Value them more when they return

As much as so many of us live and breathe sport, catastrophes such as these help put things into perspective

Umpired out

The Ranji Trophy dates back to 1934. Currently, the competition is played initially as a league, divided into three tiers.

Visa curbs over Covid-19 force foreign players to miss IPL till April 15

India has reported 60 positive cases in the outbreak which has led to over 4,000 deaths globally

IPL in the time of coronavirus: Stakeholders want closed-door matches

With the tournament just weeks away, the Health Ministry has already flagged its concerns to the Sports Ministry

Coronavirus: These sports events have been affected by Covid-19 outbreak

Japan's Olympics Minister Seiko Hashimoto on Tuesday hinted that the Tokyo Games could be postponed due to the Coronavirus outbreak

Mandira Bedi talks about life's curveballs and why she still feels grateful

Bedi has been very candid about battling what she now believes was undiagnosed and untreated depression in her thirties

Sachin Tendulkar to 'come out of retirement', face Ellyse for an over

While Australia women will take on England in a must-win encounter in the ongoing triangular series, Perry and her teammates will be on hand for the celebrity-laden Bushfire match, a 10-overs-per-side

Memories of 2009 attack still linger; 10 Lankan players opt out of Pak tour

Sri Lankan cricket board conducted a meeting with the players to inform them about the security arrangements and were given the freedom to decide on their participation in the tour

Youth ODI: India U-19 begin South Africa tour with a 9-wicket victory

South Africa's decision to bat fist backfired as their batsmen failed to convert the starts into big scores with Luke Beaufort top-scoring with a 91-ball 64.

Year in Review: Mankading to WC final, top 5 cricket controversies of 2019

Business Standard lists the five controversies in world cricket that drew a lot of attention during 2019

Pakistan appoints Mushtaq Ahmed as spin bowling consultant for one year

Mushtaq has worked with the West Indies team as spin consultant and was also a bowling coach at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore