Perth: New Zealand umpire Billy Bowden, who steps into the super-charged atmosphere of the third Test between Australia and India, is already no stranger to controversy.Bowden, with the crooked finger and eccentric gestures, has previously been written off by the Australians
Melbourne: Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh has been charged with showing dissent towards an umpiring decision during the first cricket Test against Australia, Cricket Australia said.
London:All five officials involved in the bungled end to the World Cup final will not feature in September's inaugural World Twenty20 tournament in South Africa, the International Cricket Council announced Friday.
Dubai:The International Cricket Council (ICC) today appointed Allan Hurst of Australia as the match referee for India's upcoming ODI series in Ireland, Scotland, while the umpiring duties will be donned by England's Mark Benson, Kiwi Billy Bowden and Aleem Dar of Pakistan.
Chester-Le-Street:The fourth and final Test between England and West Indies was abandoned without a ball being bowled because of rain at the Riverside here.
Dubai:New Zealand's Billy Bowden has been chosen to umpire in India's four ODIs against the West Indies starting on January 21 at Nagpur while Aussie Simon Taufel will officiate in the four matches against Sri Lanka in Febraury.
Dubai:The inimitable Billy Bowden became the youngest umpire to officiate in 100 ODIs even though yesterday's match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka was washed out in Hamilton.
Shane Warne may end up being fined in his farewell Test here after stump microphones picked him speaking rudely to umpire Aleem Dar following a turned down leg-before appeal against England skipper Andrew Flintoff.
Mumbai:Damien Martyn and man of the match Shane Watson stitched together an unbeaten-103 run partnership to take Australia to their first Champions Trophy win with an eight wicket victory over West Indies at the Brabourne stadium here today.
Jaipur:Sri Lanka will bat first against a depleted Pakistan side in their Champions Trophy Group B game played here at Sawai Mansingh stadium.
