“Right from school days, I had the love and passion for the game. Playing for India was the ultimate dream. Whatever happened in my life happened around cricket. It has always been at the centrestage. Cricket helped me to grow,” he said.

Tendulkar said that people bringing disgrace to the game makes him sad as it leaves a bad impression on cricket, which should always head in the right direction.

“Yes. It doesn’t leave a good impression about cricket and cricketers. It is something one would like to erase and make sure cricket heads in the right direction so that it helps cricket to grow across the globe,” Tendulkar said.

World Cricket has recently being marred by a spot-fixing scandal after a British tabloid exposed a fixer predicting no-balls bowled by Pakistani bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamir for taking cash on camera.

In an interview to ‘Times Now’ on the occasion of ‘joy of giving’, Tendulkar said his father has always been the most influential figure in his life.

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A report in the Sydney Morning Herald said Watson was approached in the bar of the team’s West London hotel, the Royal Kensington Garden, after the Lord’s Test, and Haddin was confronted during the World Twenty20 tournament last year.

“Both players had immediately reported the approaches to the authorities and neither is suspected of any wrongdoing,” the newspaper said.

The report has come after spot-fixing allegations against several Pakistani cricketers, including captain Salman Butt, have shocked the world cricket.

Mazhar Majeed, an alleged match fixer, claimed in a sting operation by a British tabloid that several Pakistani cricketers were involved in spot and match fixing.

This led to Majeed’s arrest and investigation into the issue by the International Cricket Council and Scotland Yard.

The London Police has already questioned pace duo of Mohammed Asif and Mohammad Aamer and stumper Kamran Akmal.

During the fourth Test against England, which finished on Sunday, Asif and Aamer bowled no—balls at the exact moments predicted by Majeed to an undercover journalist, who paid him 150,000 pounds for the information.

According to Sydney Morning Herald, Watson and Haddin were approached by the same man, who sought to procure information from other international cricketers and at least one member of the media during the World Twenty20 tournament in England.

“Senior International Cricket Council sources described him as a Mumbai gangster with links to illegal bookmakers in India,” the report said.

“A Cricket Australia spokesman yesterday confirmed approaches had been made to two players during the tour of England, and to a CA official. Watson and Haddin declined to comment,” the report added. Fairfax media is claiming Watson and Haddin were approached separately by an Indian gangster with links to illegal bookmakers, with neither player suspected of any wrongdoing.

It is alleged Watson was approached after the Ashes Test at Lord’s while Haddin was confronted during the World Twenty20 tournament in June.

Both Haddin and Watson reported the approaches to authorities immediately.

The revelations come days after fresh allegations of corruption have engulfed the cricket world.

Pakistan cricket is at the centre of a fresh match-fixing scandal, including claims that the Sydney Test against Australia this year was rigged.

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Peter Ingram, the New Zealand batsman, has said learning from watching Virender Sehwag bat has helped transform his career. Ingram is sometimes criticised for a lack of footwork, but he said the reduced foot movement – a hallmark of Sehwag’s batting – has helped trigger the run of form which has lifted him to the New Zealand team.

Sehwag and Ingram are both international openers, born just five days apart. While Sehwag has been among the most feared batsmen in the world for years Ingram is still taking his first tentative steps in international cricket, working full-time as a teacher as he is yet to win a central contract.

After several poor seasons on the domestic scene – he has been around since 2001-02 – he was in commanding form over the past three years. “I played for five years for Central Districts, and averaged 17, used to try and move my feet heaps and block too much,” Ingram said. “And then I just kept watching Virender Sehwag, if he can not move his feet and score runs then so can I. Since then I have averaged about 65 and scored heaps and heaps of runs.”

This is the first tournament he is playing involving Sehwag, and he is looking ahead to learning from the Indian batsman. “I have tried to have a chat with Sehwag. We are trying to organise one. I want to have a talk with him and see how he works and trains.”

The stand-and-deliver method isn’t something that Ingram recommends for everyone, though. “Not everyone is the same, obviously it suits me and suits him,” he said. “I am not as good as he is, but one day hopefully I will be.”

Sehwag has made a habit out of reaching his centuries with a six; most recently he nearly did it off the controversial Suraj Randiv no-ball last week, but it isn’t something Ingram has attempted. “No, I haven’t even thought about it.” He does dream of a Sehwagian feat. “I want to play Test cricket and smash a hundred of 80 balls.”

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India will play roughly 50 matches in that period, which puts the total value of the deal at approximately Rs 165 crores ($ 35 million) – Cricket news from from cricket in India

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Originally, the plan was to have 45-overs, split innings games for the domestic tournament only when the international cricketers were away with their international commitments. However, the plan was changed and first game with the new format will be played on 6 October between Queensland and Tasmania at the Gabba.

The major issue for the international players will now be to get suitable practice for the 2011 edition of the World Cup that begins from February next year. Australia is the three-time defending champion in the tournament. To counter this, Cricket Australia is toying with the idea of playing 50-over games between two teams, the ‘possibles’ and the ‘probables’, before the start of the World Cup.

However, to be fair to Cricket Australia, neither England, nor South Africa play fifty-overs cricket at the domestic level.

The reasoning behind the split innings format is to allow for more strategy from the captains of the two sides. The new rules will see the first innings of 20 overs, which will be followed by a 25-over innings, with teams of 12 players each. There will not be any Powerplay overs like now, and the bowlers will be allowed to bowl a couple of bouncers per over, apart from being allowed to bowl a maximum of 12 overs each.

The fielding restrictions will be pre-imposed, with the captains having no say in the matter. In the first five overs of the innings, there will be a maximum of two fielders allowed outside the circle. Similarly, between 21 and 25 overs, there will be two allowed outside the circle. For the rest of the overs, a maximum of four players will be allowed outside the circle.

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History of Indian cricket – Before 1930s

The game of cricket was introduced in India in the middle of the 18th century. On 3rd March 1845 the ‘Sporting Intelligence’ magazine carried a reasonably lengthy match report between ‘Sepoy’ cricketers and the European ones. The article clearly proved that Indian cricket was underway in a city called Sylhet, in modern day Bangladesh.

An impressed reporter proudly stated “the most enthusiastic European Cricketers could not have played with more energy and cheerfulness than the Sepoys did”.

However, chroniclers of cricket unanimously suggest that the formation of ‘Parsi Oriental Cricket Club’ in Bombay in the year 1848 led to the start of organized cricket by the Indians.

Parsi cricket

The first Indians to take to the game were the Parsis of Bombay, an educated, well-to-do and progressive community. In 1848, the Parsi boys established the ‘Oriental Cricket Club’.

The emerging Parsi middle class supported cricket as a means of strengthening ties with the overlords, while intellectuals welcomed it as a renewal of physical energy for the race. Around thirty Parsi clubs were formed in the within two decades of the formation of the first club. They were named for British viceroys and statesmen and for Roman gods.

Hindu cricket

The Hindu’s took up the game of cricket with the primary reason that they did not want to fall behind the Parsis in any manner. The first Hindu club ‘Bombay Union’ was formed in 1866. Hindus started playing cricket due to social and business rivalry with the Parsis. Hindu cricketers sorted themselves on the lines of caste and region of origin.

One of the primary Hindu cricketer was Ramchandra Vishnu Navlekar.
Some of the main clubs were Gowd Saraswat Cricket Club, Kshatriya Cricket Club, Gujrati Union Cricket Club, Maratha Cricket Club, Teluu Youn Cricketrs etc.

“There is no more agreeable sight to me,” remarked the Mayor of Bombay in 1886, “than of the whole Maidan overspread by a lot of enthusiastic Parsi and Hindu cricketers, keenly and eagerly engaged in this manly game.”

Gymkhanas

The all-white Bombay Gymkhana, which even refused admission to Ranji, was established in 1875. The Europeans invited the Parsis to paly with them for the first time in 1877. This more or less became a regular feature though it was a decade before the Parsis’ eventually managed to win. Beginning from 1886, the Hindus also began playing an annual match with the Europeans.

With the efforts of Luxmani and Tyebjee families, also famous for their social work such as establishing schools and good work at the law courts, the Muslims had also set up their own cricket club in 1883. This was known as the Muslim Cricket Club.

Cricket in India got a huge impetus by the formation of Parsi, Hindu and Muslim Gymkhanas in the 1890s. The British alloted one plot each to the three major religious communities in the city, for their exclusive use ending their conflict with the colonizers.

Ranjit Singhji

A notable mention in this era is the vital contribution of the Black Prince, Prince Ranjit Singhji who had moved to England to study at Cambridge University and was given a cricket “blue” in his final year by the college.

He then went on to play county cricket for Sussex. He made his Test debut for England in 1896. This made him the first Indian to play Test cricket.
Ranjit Singhji was Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1897. He scored a century in the second innings on his Test debut, making his only the second batsman for England to achieve this feat. Duing the year 1899 he amassed 2,780 runs during a season which was the highest aggregate ever made!

India’s most prestigious first-class cricket tournament – Ranji Trophy was named after him in order to honour this great cricketer.

The Bombay Quadrangular

It started as a contest between the Parsis and the Europeans and evolved thereafter. The Hindus joined in 1886. These matches came to be called the Presidency matches due to their ever-rising popularity. In 1907 a triangular tournament was started which involved the Parsis, Europeans and the Hindus.

It was in 1912 that the Muslims joined the league of the famous Bombay tournaments turning it into a Quadrangular. Neutral umpires were introduced for the first time in 1917. Uptil now, umpires were mainly appointed from the Bombay Gymkhana. However, all this changed and umpires began to be appointed from the non-competing teams.

In the 1920’s, the quadrangular tournament gained immense popularity. Players were being selected from all over the sub-continent region. This gave a huge boost to cricket in India and led to the start of several other tournaments all over the country.

In the year 1937, a new team called the Rests was also added to the already four teams turning it into a Pentangular tournament. However, in 1946 due to communal disturbances this Pentangular tournament was done away with, and a zonal competition came into existence.

The Nayudus from Nagpur

The Nayudu family spent thousands on the promotion of cricket. They formed a club in Nagpur that coached many underprivelaged boys and took care of their education provided they fulfilled the only condition, that is, to play cricket.
Such was the family’s fascination with the sport that C K Nayudu’s birth was celebrated by his granddad by organising a cricket match.

The family’s contribution proved fruitful as C.K Nayudu, the family’s illustrious son, went on to become one of the finest batsmen that India has ever produced.

One of Nayudu’s most memorable innings was his 153 in Bombay in 1926. Coming in an hour and thirteen minutes against six English top line bowlers spoke volumes of the progress made by Indian cricket. CK Nayudu was Wisden’s Cricketer of the Year in 1933 and was also nicknamed as the ‘Hindu Bradman’.

Formation of BCCI

A.E.R Gilligan’s MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) toured India in 1926 and took on Bombay in a match that proved to be a turning point in the history of Indian cricket. As C K Naidu smashed 153, with elevan sixes and thirteen fours, for the Hindus, India began dreaming big. It eventually led to the formation of BCCI in 1928. Records prove that the first meeting was held on 4 December 1928 and was funded by the Maharaja of Patiala.

The first President of the Board was RE Grant Govan and the founding Secretary was AS De Mello. De Mello later went on to become Board President and was also involved in the creation of the Cricket Club of India. He also helped in establishing Brabourne Stadium which was India’s first permanent cricket venue in 1937.

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Modi was re-elected along with other office bearers at the elections held under the supervision of retired district and sessions judge M R Farooqui, said Modi’s legal counsel Mehmood Abdi in a media release.

Rajender Singh Nandhu and Nasruddin Nagauri were elected as secretary and the treasurer respectively, the release said.

Representatives of the state government and the district sports officer were present during the elections as observers along with a representative of the Rajasthan Sport Council, according to Abdi.

Saying some disgruntled elements were claiming that a parallel body has been formed in the Nagaur District Cricket Association, Abdi said as per the Rajasthan Sports Act, 2005, there can be only one district association.

“Any other person or body other than the authorized sports association claim to be the sport association of a given district will invite penal provisions as under the Sports Act it is an offence to unauthroisedly claim to be a sports association,” he said.

“In today’s election all the affiliated primary sports bodies affiliated with the district cricket association and duly recognized by Registrar of Cooperative Societies and the Rajasthan Cricket Association were represented,” he said.

Abdi said that the parallel association is being claimed by persons who were not even members of the Nagaur district association and their civil seeking membership had been stayed by the Jodhpur Bench of the Rajasthan High Court.

“As such a non member cannot claim to hold elections of a body of which he is not a member,” he said.

District sports officer has issued certificate of affiliation to the newly elected association comprising Modi as president, Nandhu as secretary and Nagauri as treasurer, according to Abdi.

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) made this announcement in Colombo.The ICC had launched an online competition to suggest names for the mascot of the event to be held in the sub-continent for the first time since 1996.

The elephant is young, enthusiastic and determined.

The mascot loves street cricket, playing or just hanging out with his friends, radio (to listen to the game), television (to watch the game or play it on a console), the net (to research the stats!), going for a dip when it’s hot, and uh, street Cricket.

Meanwhile tournament director Ratnakar Shetty says that work progress at the different venues is satisfactory. The deadline is 31 December 2010.The nearly 1½ month extravaganza, the 2011 Cricket World Cup will be held on the Indian sub-continent from February 19 to April 2. This is the tenth edition of the mega event, and will be co-hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Pakistan was also a co-host and was supposed to hold 14 matches, but was dropped from the schedule due to security concerns. These games have been distributed among the other countries. In all, there will be 49 games played in this tournament. The format is One Day Cricket (ODI) with 14 countries participating for the trophy (10 ICC countries and 4 associate member countries). The winning team stands to pocket US$4 million.

Now about the all important mascot for the Cricket World Cup 2011. It is an elephant. Even the Asian Games in Delhi in 1982 had an elephant named Appu. The International Cricket Council (ICC) had launched an online competition for the name of the mascot elephant. At an event in Colombo, Sri Lanka, the mascot’s name was unveiled. Director of the 2011 Cricket World Cup, Ratnakar Shetty said in a media release, “The idea of our mascot is to crystallize the feelings and action of the sport and the fans in a graphic form that reflects the visceral tone and emotion that Cricket creates in its followers, especially in an event like the CWC. It also emphasizes the enthusiasm of youth both in general and for Cricket itself, especially on the sub-continent with its massive and dedicated following. He’s stylized to give an instantly recognizable graphic strength so that with exposure his bold lines and strong coloring will instantly create a friendly face for the CWC.” The build up to the 2011 Cricket World Cup has begun as the International Cricket Council announces a new competition for the fans of the game. The competition is to give a name to the mascot of the tournament which is an elephant.

The aim of the move is to encourage fans to participate in the fanfare for the showcase event of the ICC held every four years.

The tournament is set to be staged in the sub-continent with former champions India and Sri Lanka joining emerging test nation Bangladesh as the hosts of the event.

In a press release the ICC unveiled, the new competition that is set to attract cricket enthusiasts especially kids from all over the world.

The press release states that the governing body of the game has come up with a novel idea of creating awareness and popularizing their flagship event.

The fans can play a part in the tournament by giving a name to the mascot, and hope that their suggestion is chosen as the official name for the World Cup elephant.

Fans have been advised to make their suggestions during the ongoing week, as the competition runs between 20 to 27 July.

The governing body of the game in collaboration with the organizers of the tournament will reveal the winning name of the mascot at a launch in Colombo, which will mark ‘200 days to go’ to the first match of the fifty-over Cricket World Cup 2011.

The 10th edition of the most prestigious fifty-over tournament would start in February with the opening match to be played in Dhaka on 19 February 2011. The tournament will last more than a month and end in India with the final to be staged in Mumbai on 2 April 2011.

This is the third time that the tournament is being staged in the sub-continent the first World cup was co-hosted by India and Pakistan in 1987, followed by the 1996 World cup jointly staged by Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka.

The third edition was originally set to be co-hosted by India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh but Pakistan was stripped of hosting rights due to the volatile security situation in the country. Especially, after a terror strike on the Sri Lankan cricket team that left five touring cricketers with minor bullet injuries.

ICC meanwhile hopes that they succeed in generating enough interest in the event after the fifty-over format’s popularity went down considerably after the advent of the T20 format.

Another major concern is the saturation of global events since the 2006 ICC Champions trophy as many as five global events have been staged in T20 and fifty-over varieties.

These include three T20 World championship, two Champions trophies and one fifty over World cup.

With a plethora of these competitions many cricketing experts feel that the fans of the game might not feel a great deal of excitement for the 2011 World cup, hence the ICC needs to introduce some novel ways of keeping interest alive in One-Day-Internationals.

The 2011 Cricket World Cup will be broadcasted to 220 countries around the globe. Don’t forget to watch it LIVE.

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Asked about the upcoming Australia’s tour of India, Waugh said it would be tough series and can go either way.

“India always is a difficult team to beat at home. But they have a few bowling issues. Even Harbhajan Singh had a mixed year and has not been consistent. Well, of course he always gets pumped up against Australia. It would be a tough series,” he said.

The former skipper also felt the retirement of so many quality players have stripped Australia off its’ invincible aura and they no more have the same intimidating factor.

“They probably have lost their aura. Australia dominated world cricket from 1995 to 2005 but now they no more have the intimidating factor. They are not feared anymore,” said Waugh,

“It happens when you lose so many good players in short time. It happened to West Indies, they dominated in the 70s and 80s. Now there are five teams like Australia, South Africa, England, India and Sri Lanka who are at even,” Waugh added.

Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan retired recently and Waugh feels even though it would be difficult to emulate him, there is probably some talent waiting to emerge.

“It is difficult to have bowlers like Murali, Shane (Warne) and (Anil) Kumble, all in the same era. They took like 2000 wickets among them. But the game is always bigger than individuals and I believe there is some talent out their ready to pop up anytime,” Waugh said.
“There are a couple of spinners who are doing well like Graeme Swann. He has been a steady bowler and last year has been most successful bowler. Harbhajan (Singh) has been good and plays well against Australia. Mendis is also an amazing bowler and he will surely come out of his bad patch,” he said.

Waugh, who was here to conduct a school debate competition on ‘Commercialisation of Sports’, said the Indian Premier League poses a big threat for the youngsters of India.

“It (IPL) is always dangerous for Indian young players because straight away after bursting onto the scene they get endorsements and huge money. This can take away the focus and hunger from the youngsters.

“There is a big responsility on the managers and players to help them keep and maintain a balance or else they would regret 20 years down the line,” he said.

Waugh also said he didn’t have the time to get engaged in IPL as he was too busy with his other commitments.

“I was approached for the IPL but I could not have given 100 per cent as I am too busy with my charity programmes and business,” he said.

Asked if he endorses day and night Tests, Waugh said, “It is better for a few countries. Even in India, the popularity is dwindling so if a few night Tests can help to bring the craze back then its good.

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The Umpires Decision reviews System was not used in the recent Pakistan-Australia Test series, where Koertzen retired and even in the current Sri Lanka-India Test series, it has been kept out.

“You should have it in every single series. Somehow, somebody has to come up with a deal and say we will support this, we will sponsor it. It’s no use having it when South Africa play Australia or in the Ashes, and then you have for example Sri Lanka playing Bangladesh and you can’t have it,” Koertzen said.

“I don’t think that’s fair on the umpires because in one Test you get some sort of assistance and in the other one you’re on your own. It’s only going to make it harder for the guys if it goes that route.”

Koertzen said umpiring in an international match is always difficult as while people around the globe watch slow-motion replays, they don’t have any access to TV.

“You make a decision and you watch the (corporate) suites – there are maybe a hundred suites. Everyone sitting there jumps up and goes to look at the monitor inside their suite to see if you’ve made the right decision or not. That is sad because it puts a hell of a lot of pressure on you. At the end of the day you’re the only guy who knows if you did your best or not,” Koertzen told Cricinfo.

“With the technology, millions of people can see if you got it wrong. You stand there and think you made a good decision and then you hear a few boos from upstairs and you think, maybe I did get that wrong. You won’t know until you walk off the field and you have a chat with the third umpire and the match referee,” he added.

The UDRS has been regularly criticised by many teams with several players even pointing out the technological glitches.

It was at the centre of an embarrassing row in January during the Johannesburg Test between South Africa and England.

But despite the controversies, the ICC has pressed for its use during the 2011 World Cup and also called all teams to use it regularly in Tests.

Koertzen is Africa’s Regional Umpire Performance Manager

Retired South African umpire Rudi Koertzen has been appointed as the Regional Umpire Performance Manager (RUPM) for the Africa region by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

The record-holding umpire, who tired after officiating at the final Test between Pakistan and Australia in Leeds, will now performance manage, support and coach the Elite Panel and International Panel umpires within his region as well as those umpires visiting his region to officiate.

Koertzen will also work closely with the home board umpire managers of the Full Member boards of Cricket South Africa and Zimbabwe Cricket as well as the ICC Africa regional office to support the emerging umpires in Africa.

“It is a great honour to be able to give back to international cricket and to be able to share my experience and knowledge with umpires at all levels within the Africa region,” said Koertzen on his appointment.

“I look forward to contributing to the improvement of officiating in the region and working alongside all those involved in this. I am delighted to be given this opportunity of continuing to be part of this wonderful game and the wonderful profession of umpiring,” he added.

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