Karachi: Pakistan's controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has been fined US$5,000 for two breaches of the players' code of conduct.
Bangalore: The ICC has given international umpires a new mandate to clamp down on obscene language, sledging and racial abuse on the field of play.
Bangalore: A new and restructured Players' Code of Conduct for international cricket comes into force from the start of Friday's second Test match between the West Indies and India in Trinidad, according to an official press release from the International Cricket Council.
Bangalore: International umpires are to play a more active and direct role in player discipline, following the introduction of a new Players Code of Conduct by the International Cricket Council (ICC) last week, according to an official press release.
He is the no emotions involved, deadpan faced umpire bearing the brunt of the very aggressive and very competitive world of international cricket. Always under microscopic analysis and doing a thankless job, I always wondered whether these umpires ever enjoyed their chosen profession. This is perhaps why I decided to meet Asoka and find out what goes on in his life and profession.Asoka, like S Venkatraghavan and Peter Willey, is an international cricketer turned umpire. Now, that all three were bowlers is just a coincidence. They played for their country when the benefit of doubt was always in favour of
In my recent tour to the beautiful island nation of Sri Lanka I was fortunate to have met among many lovely people a soft-spoken, mild mannered gentleman answering to the name of Asoka de Silva. Needs no introduction. He is the no emotions involved, deadpan faced umpire bearing the brunt of the very aggressive and very competitive world of international cricket. Always under microscopic analysis and doing a thankless job, I always wondered whether these umpires ever enjoyed their chosen profession. This is perhaps why I decided to meet Asoka and find out what goes on in his life
