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Ben Stokes set deadline to make World Cup decision as England hope star will return

Ben Stokes retired from ODI cricket last year, but England white ball coach Matthew Mott is hopeful he will reverse his decision ahead of the World Cup

Daily Mirror · Mar 8, 2023

India vs Australia: Steve Smith still in dark about pitch for Ahmedabad Test

NEW DELHI: Australia's stand-in skipper Steve Smith on Wednesday said that they still did not know which pitch will be used for the crucial fourth and final Test against hosts India in Ahmedabad. The two top sides will square off in less than 24 hours on Thursday.

The Times of India · Mar 8, 2023

Rohit Sharma terms Ravi Shastri's assertion as 'rubbish'

NEW DELHI: Ravi Shastri, who was the Indian team's head coach for six out of seven years from 2014, wouldn't be too amused to find out how it feels when the shoe is on the other foot as skipper Rohit Sharma called him an "outsider".

The Times of India · Mar 8, 2023

ICC should stop conducting WTC: Niranjan Shah

MUMBAI: Former BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah has a solution for halting this recent trend in India of making spinner-friendly pitches on which Test matches are finishing inside three days on a regular basis now. He wants the International Cricket Council to stop conducting the World Test Championship.

The Times of India · Mar 8, 2023

Rahul Dravid wants young batters to embrace challenge of playing on tough pitches

AHMEDABAD: At a time when young opener Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer and KS Bharat are trying to cement their place in the Test team, the challenging nature of pitches for the Test series against Australia has only made the task tougher for them.

The Times of India · Mar 8, 2023

'It's all about points': Rahul Dravid defends spin-friendly tracks

Rahul Dravid says every team wants home wins to qualify for WTC Final

The Times of India · Mar 8, 2023

Ahmedabad pitch confusion, with two strips prepared ahead of fourth India-Australia Test at Narendra Modi Stadium

Australia remains in the dark about which pitch will be played on in the fourth Test in Ahmedabad, with Indian curators preparing two wickets.

ABC News · Mar 7, 2023

Michael Vaughan's legal team describe ECB racism investigation as "wholly inadequate"

Michael Vaughan's legal team gave closing submissions on Tuesday at the Cricket Discipline Commission hearing and took aim at the ECB, but the national governing body hit back

Daily Mirror · Mar 7, 2023

Vaughan’s lawyers accuse ECB of ‘woefully inadequate’ investigation

The England and Wales Cricket board conducted a ‘woefully inadequate investigation’ into Michael Vaughan that was “an affront to fairness”, the final day of the Yorkshire racism hearing was told

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2023

Shape of Michael Vaughan’s life and livelihood at stake at racism hearing, says lawyer

Former England captain Vaughan is accused by the ECB of making a racist comment to Azeem Rafiq and three other Yorkshire players in 2009

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2023