In a shocking revelation, a seasoned English county player on Wednesday claimed that an Indian businessman had approached him to fix one-day domestic matches, a development which sent alarms in the cricket fraternity.

Former Pakistan captain Younis Khan is in no mood to back down from his fight against the Pakistan Cricket Board over the indefinite ban imposed on him and has turned down a PCB offer to go for a compromise settlement.

Bangladesh have another chance to confound critics of their Test status when they face England in the first of a two-match series starting at Lord’s on Thursday.
Since their promotion to the five-day format a decade ago, the Asian side have won just three out of a possible 66 matches and lost all six of their Tests with England, including two in Bangladesh earlier this year.

The deep disappointment caused by Team India’s performance in the Caribbean caused such hurt that many have gone to the extent of calling for MS Dhoni’s head. Realistically speaking, is there an alternative to Dhoni? It was his steady hand on the rudder that took India to the top in Tests and twice, albeit briefly, in ODIs too. And all this took place just a few months ago.

The International Cricket Council has been given until November 2011 to adhere to all clauses of the World Anti-Doping Agency’s code. The bone of contention has been the contentious ‘whereabouts’ clause, which India’s cricketers refuse to accept.

South Africa withstood a late West Indies fight-back led by Darren Sammy to prevail by 17 runs in the second one-day international on Monday and take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
The South Africans appeared to be coasting to victory, when West Indies chasing 301 slumped to 236/8 in the 45th over.

Bangladesh opening batsman Tamim Iqbal expects to play against England in the first Test at Lord’s starting here on Thursday despite struggling with a wrist injury that could yet require surgery.

Eoin Morgan has insisted he will have no problems adjusting to the tempo of Test cricket should he make his debut in the five-day format against Bangladesh at Lord’s on Thursday.
And he even joked Brian Lara’s world record score of 400 not out might be under threat, such was the Ireland-born left-hander’s new-found discipline.

Leading a young side to Zimbabwe after the selectors decided to rest several senior players including regular skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Suresh Raina on Tuesday said he was confident the youngsters would deliver in the tri-series and two bilateral Twenty20 internationals against the hosts.

The ICC has stopped investigating the Australia-Pakistan Sydney Test after finding no evidence of match-fixing, a Cricket Australia spokesman said.
The Test, which Pakistan lost from an advantageous position, was under the scanner as the then coaches Initkhab Alam and Aaqib Javed suspected match-fixing by their players, particularly stumper Kamran Akmal.