Tainted Salman Butt to be considered for selection
Pakistan’s disgraced former captain Salman Butt is being considered for selection for the three-match Test series in the West Indies in April after the PCB gave clearance to the national selection committee.
Butt, 32, was the mastermind of the spot-fixing scandal that took place during Pakistan’s tour to England in 2010 and along with teammates – Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamir – were banned for five-years and served jail time.
Their bans expired in September 2015 and while Butt has performed well in domestic cricket since then, Aamir has made his way back into the national team last January.
Former Indian, SL, WI first-class players in USA selection camp
Former Hyderabad wicketkeeper
Ibrahim Khaleel is one of three former first-class players to be invited to a USA selection camp from March 16 to 19 in Houston, Texas. The purpose of the camp is to pick a 14-man squad to tour Uganda in May for WCL Division Three matches.
Khaleel, 34, last represented Hyderabad in January 2015, having played 57 first-class matches in the Ranji Trophy since his debut in 2002. He has been playing league cricket in Chicago for the past several summers and was identified by selectors at an ICC Regional Combine held in Chicago last May.
ECB predicts loss of 15 million GBP in opening season of new T20 competition
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) are predicting a 15 million GBP loss for the first year of the proposed new eight-team regional T20 competition.
Finance directors from the first-class counties met last week as part of their regular schedule of meetings but discussions centered largely around the finances of the proposed T20 competition.
Cricbuzz has been passed a document, produced by the Chairman of the group of finance directors, which details the outcome of their discussions.
Also present at the meeting was Scott Smith, the ECB's financial director. The document says that Smith presented figures which suggested the overall financial results for the tournament would be a deficit, at least initially, with a loss of 15 million GBP expected in the first season. The ECB do not yet know when the new tournament is planned to become profitable.
Karthik ton helps Tamil Nadu clinch Vijay Hazare Trophy
Tamil Nadu clinched the Vijay Hazare Trophy with a comfortable win over Bengal in the final on Monday (March 20) at the Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi. Tamil Nadu, the tournament's most successful side, won their fifth title after Dinesh Karthik stepped up with the bat once again in the summit clash. His 120-ball 112 helped Tamil Nadu post 217 on the board and in reply, Bengal could manage only 180.
Brief scores: Tamil Nadu 217 in 47.2 overs (Dinesh Karthik 112, Baba Indrajith 32; Mohammed Shami 4-26, Ashok Dinda 3-36) beat Bengal 180 in 45.5 overs (Sudip Chatterjee 58, Manoj Tiwary 32; Aswin Crist 2-23, M Mohammed 2-30) by 37 runs.