The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) is planning to take action against five clubs that changed their names and ownership over the last three years without informing the executive committee. HT reports.
Mumbai's hopes of claiming a hattrick of Ranji Trophy titles continue to suffer. In reply to their first-innings total of 252, Rajasthan reached 236 for one at stumps on Day II of the four-day quarter-final on Saturday, thanks to an unbroken second-wicket partnership of 206 between Vineet Saxena and skipper Hrishikesh Kanitkar.
This one will be a clincher, the big promotion to the Elite Group being at stake. Four teams from the Plate Division, after having played some tough cricket for over a month-and-half and topped their pool, are now set to lock horns.
A Delhi district court on Monday gave the executive committee of the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) nine days to come up with a reply to the queries put up by the restrained sports working committee to conduct elections.
Domestic players of five states are yet to receive their dues (gross revenue share) for 2009-10 from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), due to the lethargy of the respective associations.
Australia's Delhi-bound Commonwealth Games contingent has been warned that there is an 80 per cent risk of terror attacks in the Indian capital but the country remained committed to participating in the event.
In the wake of raging spot-fixing controversy, former Test cricketer and current Mumbai coach Praveen Amre said domestic cricket in the country was corruption-free.
Age manipulation and unfair practices in the selection of players by the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) has not gone down well with the Delhi High Court, which asked the cricket body on Monday to put in place a set of guidelines to tackle the menace.
The sports working committee of the Delhi and Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) suffered a jolt on Friday after a Delhi court restrained the panel from carrying out its duties till the next hearing on July 4.
Mithun Manhas (210), Sunny Sohal (106) and Sarandeep Singh (3 for 36) helped ONGC beat Ashoka Club by 127 runs in a DDCA Hot Weather match.
The Cricket Board is to add four more teams and make its annual Corporate Trophy tournament, scheduled between September 1-8, into a 16-team affair.
The wait for pension for former cricketers who played for Delhi doesn't seem to be ending. In fact, two of the 64 players who had registered themselves under the scheme have passed away since the scheme was first announced by the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) in February last year.
The Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA) on Friday suspended national-level umpire, Somnath Jha, after a sting operation showed him agreeing to favour a particular team.
Fine bowling by man-of-the-match Sourav Sharma (3-12) helped Telefunken Club beat Malik Sports by seven wickets and lift the Shekhar Tyagi T20 tournament title on Tuesday.
The NKP Salve Challenger Trophy was today allotted to Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association and will be conducted in Indore from October 8-11.