There was relief in some quarters of the Delhi and District Cricket Association on Monday with the Delhi high court setting aside a trial court order restraining six office bearers from discharging their functions saying it was not sustainable in the eyes of law.

An all-round performance by Ankit Dabas (45, 2/34) coupled with Saurabh Sharma’s 45 helped Telefunken Club beat star-studded ONGC by 17 runs and enter the knock-out round of the 38th Lala Raghubir Singh hot weather cricket tournament on Tuesday.

Ekalavya Devedi scored 74 while Sunny Sehrawat picked up four wickets as Sonnet Cricket Club beat Vidya Jain Academy by eight wickets in a pre-quarter-final match of the 40th all-India Goswami Ganesh Dutt Memorial cricket tournament at the St Stephen’s College grounds in the capital on Tuesday.

The Indians hammered Australia XI by 243 runs in a Champions Trophy warm-up match after skittling out the defending champions for just 65 in Cardiff on Tuesday.

Seeking to regain form, India pacer Ishant Sharma is keen to make an impression in favourable English conditions during the Champions Trophy, starting here on Thursday.

Showing scant regard for his experience and administrative acumen, the Mumbai Cricket Association on Tuesday banned senior official Ratnakar Shetty for five years.

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has come under sharp attack from some former cricketers for his alleged conflict of interest for having stakes in the sports management company, which handles him an

The conflict of interest crisis gripping Indian cricket grows by the day.

The “conflict of interest” issue around Indian cricket threatens to take off in another direction with India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s close friend Arun Pandey finding the spotlight on himself.

Acknowledging that the image of cricket had taken a beating following the spot-fixing scandal, Jagmohan Dalmiya on Monday said that he would leave no stone unturned to restore the game’s lost glory.