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  • Harbhajan Singh, Javagal Srinath awarded MCC life membership

    India’s Harbhajan Singh and Javagal Srinath had been amongst 18 cricketers awarded life membership of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) on Tuesday.
    The MCC, based mostly at Lord’s, is the custodian of cricket legal guidelines.
    Harbhajan and Srinath each loved fantastic worldwide careers. Harbhajan is India’s third-highest wicket-taker in Tests, with 417 dismissals in 103 Tests and greater than 700 plus worldwide wickets throughout codecs.
    Srinath, at the moment an ICC Elite Panel Match Referee, is among the best quick bowlers with 315 ODI wickets and 236 Test victims.
    “Eight of the 12 Test-playing nations are represented within this year’s list, which includes some of the most recognisable names in the modern game,” stated the MCC in an announcement.
    England’s main Test run-scorer Alastair Cook, is joined by fellow countrymen Ian Bell and Marcus Trescothick, totalling greater than 39,000 worldwide runs between them.

    A fourth England star, Sarah Taylor, returned to the sphere this yr, showing within the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, Charlotte Edwards Cup and The Hundred, and is recognised as one of many best wicket-keepers of her era.
    Four South African legends have been awarded honorary life membership, with Hashim Amla, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis and Morne Morkel all receiving the honour. Kallis’s 13,289 Test runs places him third on the all-time run-scoring record.
    Woman batter Alex Blackwell and the trendy Damien Martyn of Australia are additionally included.
    Ian Bishop, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan all characterize West Indies. Bishop took 161 wickets in simply 43 matches, whereas Chanderpaul is West Indies’ most capped Test participant (164) and solely seven gamers have scored greater than his 11,867 runs.
    Sarwan racked up 15 Test centuries, and his 291 in opposition to England in 2009 equalled the best particular person rating by a West Indian on English soil by Sir Viv Richards in 1976.
    Rangana Herath of Sri Lanka took 433 Test wickets in a profession spanning virtually twenty years, and options within the prime ten of all time wicket-takers.
    Sara McGlashan is the only real New Zealander on the record, showing over 200 instances for the White Ferns over the course of a 14-year profession and Zimbabwean allrounder Grant Flower has been recognised for his 10,000 worldwide runs in 288 matches.
    “Once approved by the MCC Committee, letters of invitation are sent to the individual to accept. There is no set number per year. Nominees can accept and be granted the honour at any time,” the assertion added.

  • MCC open to altering guidelines of short-pitch bowling, suggests tweaks in Umpire’s Call

    Image Source : GETTY Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)
    The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), custodian of legal guidelines of the sport, is open to altering the principles of short-pitch bowling after a “global consultation” on the topic.
    The MCC World Cricket Committee met just lately through a video convention to debate points going through the sport.
    “The committee heard that MCC is to embark on a global consultation on whether the Law relating to short-pitched deliveries is fit for the modern game,” the Committee stated in an announcement issued on Monday.
    “It is MCC’s obligation to make sure that the Laws are utilized in a secure method, a viewpoint constant throughout all sports activities.
    “With research into concussion in sport having increased significantly in recent years, it is appropriate that MCC continues to monitor the Laws on short-pitched bowling, as it does with all other Laws.”
    The Committee, headed by Mike Gatting and which additionally contains the likes of Kumar Sangakkara, Sourav Ganguly and Shane Warne, pressured on sustaining steadiness between bat and ball.
    “There are necessary points to contemplate within the session, particularly the steadiness between bat and ball; whether or not or not concussion needs to be recognised as a special damage to another sustained; modifications that are particular to specific sectors of the sport — e.g. junior cricket; and whether or not or not lower-order batsmen needs to be given additional safety than the legal guidelines presently permit.
    “The committee mentioned the Law and have been unanimous that short-pitched bowling is a core a part of the sport, notably on the elite degree. There was additionally dialogue on different points of the sport in any respect ranges which can mitigate the danger of damage.
    “They agreed to provide feedback during the consultation, which will begin with a survey that is due to be distributed in March 2021 to the specific groups identified to partake in the exercise.”
    No determination on the matter is predicted earlier than 2022. Short-pitch bowling, of which the bouncer is part, has been a fiercely debated topic in current occasions.
    “Data is to be collected from these stakeholders by the top of June 2021, after which the outcomes can be debated by numerous committees and sub-committees throughout the Club as talked about above, in addition to the International Cricket Council (ICC), throughout the latter half of the 12 months.
    “The final proposal and recommendations, whether for a change of Law or not, will be decided by the MCC Committee in December 2021, with any decision to be publicised in early 2022.”

    The Committee additionally mentioned the Decision Review System, particularly the “confusing” umpire’s name.
    “The committee debated using ‘Umpire’s Call’ for LBW choices made through the Decision Review System, which some members felt was complicated to the watching public, notably when the identical ball may both be Out or
    Not out relying on the on-field umpire’s unique determination.
    “They felt it might be easier if the unique determination was disregarded on evaluation, and that there was a easy Out or Not out, with no umpire’s name.
    “The ‘hitting zone’ of the stumps would nonetheless be retained, which needed to be hit by at the very least 50% of the ball for an Out determination.
    “If such a protocol was introduced, they felt it should also include a reduction to one unsuccessful review per team, or for the relevant review to be lost irrespective of its outcome.”
    England spinner Jack Leach, who discovered himself on the receiving finish of a 3rd umpiring error on the opening day of the second Test towards India in Chennai, in contrast the DRS to soccer’s Video Assistant Referee (VAR), saying it’s “still controversial”.
    The MCC added, “Other members have been happy with the present system, feeling that it was necessary to retain the human ingredient of the on-field umpire’s determination, which takes into consideration the ‘good thing about the doubt’ that has existed in umpires’ choices for a few years. They felt that supporters did perceive the idea of ‘Umpire’s Call’.
    “MCC will share the various opinions with the ICC Cricket Committee.”
    The Committee additionally feels the identical DRS expertise needs to be used throughout the board.
    “Te committee felt that ICC ought to present the identical expertise for all worldwide cricket, moderately than counting on the host broadcasters’ personal agreements. It additionally felt that the TV umpire ought to take a look at replays from a impartial perspective, moderately than attempting to see if there may be proof to overturn the on-field determination.
    “The committee felt that the soft-signal system labored properly for catches throughout the 30-yard fielding circle, however that catches close to the boundary typically left the umpires unsighted.
    “It was proposed that, for such catches, the on-field umpires could give an ‘unsighted’ instruction to the TV umpire, rather than the more explicit soft-signal of Out or Not out.” 

  • MCC president Kumar Sangakkara condemns racial abuse of Indians at SCG

    Image Source : AP Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) President Kumar Sangakkara
    Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) President Kumar Sangakkara on Monday condemned the incidents of Indian gamers being subjected to racial abuse by spectators through the third Test towards Australia, demanding sturdy punishment towards the offenders.
    MCC is the guardian of the legal guidelines of the sport.
    “I did read about what happened with the crowd and the Indian team in the last couple of days,” Sangakkara stated throughout a digital interplay facilitated by the Abu Dhabi T10.
    “Racism in any country in any manner has to be condemned and those responsible should be strongly punished and stern action should be taken against them,” stated the previous Sri Lanka captain.

    Play was halted for a couple of minutes on the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday after India pacer Mohammed Siraj complained of racial abuse from a piece of the gang, resulting in expulsion of six spectators and an unreserved apology from Cricket Australia.
    On Saturday and Sunday, Siraj and senior bowler Jasprit Bumrah had been allegedly subjected to a number of abuses together with racist slurs like “Brown Dog” and “Big Monkey”.
    Sangakkara stated he was lucky sufficient to not face racism in his taking part in days.
    “During my time I was fortunate that I never came across any kind of racial abuse. I can’t speak on behalf of other Sri Lankan cricketers but I personally have not been victimised in terms of racial slurs and that’s true for every country I have toured,” he stated.

  • Left parties to support countrywide protests by workers, farmers next week

    Left parties on Tuesday announced their support to the country-wide strike called by various trade and farmers’ unions on November 26 and 27 against the central laws. The parties, including CPI, CPM, CPI (M-L) and the Marxist Coordination Committee (MCC), said the laws are an “attack” on the workers and the farmers of the country.

    Addressing media persons after a joint meeting of the Left parties, CPI state secretary Bhuwaneshwar Mehta said, “The farmers will stage agitation against the three farms laws of the Centre on November 26. They will also stage a dharna in front of the Raj Bhavan here on November bodies and we will support them.”

    In a joint statement, the parties also appealed to the people of the state to make the protests a success. We all should oppose the attacks on workers and farmers by the Centre.”

    CPM state secretariat member Prakash Viplav said, “We expect around 30 crore employees and workers from several sectors to take part in the strike.”

    The trade unions have called the strike to oppose the changes in labour laws, division of the nationalized banks and sale of shares in railways, coal, petroleum, telecommunication, steel, heavy engineering, airports and ports to private players.