England in India

Jagmohan Dalmiya and the BCCI are unhappy with all three members chosen by the ICC for the Referees commission: Andrew Hilditch, Majid Khan and Judge Albie Sachs of South Africa.
The Sunday Times quoted Malcolm Speed, chief executive of the ICC, as saying: "If India will not co-operate with the commission, we have to consider whether it is worth going ahead."

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England all rounder, Craig White who was in the original squad for the six-match ODI series but stayed back due to a knee problem is expected to join the team on Tuesday.

Triangular in Australia

South Africa grabbed a big win in Adelaide against a tired-looking New Zealand side to relegate Australia to the bottom of the VB Series table once again.

The bonus point secured by the 93-run win takes Shaun Pollock's side four points ahead of Steve Waugh's men. New Zealand are still in top spot, with 17 points.

South Africa batted first, starting slowly but profiting from a late injection of runs from Mark Boucher and Jonty Rhodes to reach 253-5. Boucher was particularly damaging, scoring 57 from 32 balls, in an innings that included three boundaries and two sixes.

Pakistan in Bangladesh

Pakistan captain Waqar Younis has called for increased security measures to discourage a repetition of the incident that saw Shoaib Akhtar hit by a brick in Dhaka on Thursday.
Shoaib was fielding close to the boundary when he had to be taken to hospital with a head injury.
"There should be cameras in the stand and security personnel should sit in the stand and watch people," said Waqar.
"Crowd trouble is common in this part of the world, but for the players' safety, strict measures should be taken."

Miscellaneous

India comfortably beat West Indies by eight wickets in their opening Super League match in the U-19 World Cup.

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Pearl Lara, mother of Brian, has died at home in Trinidad. Her death follows a stroke last October. Her son, who should have been on tour in Sharjah with the West Indies team, has been at home because of the broken arm which he suffered in Sri Lanka.

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Mark Mascarenhas - agent of the biggest name in world cricket, Sachin Tendulkar, was killed on Sunday in a road accident.
Mascarenhas's car rammed head-on into another car and overturned when he was returning from church in Nagpur, western India. He died of head injuries.
Mascarenhas headed the Connecticut-based sports management company WorldTel, which used Tendulkar as cricket's best selling brand after signing a multimillion dollar deal with the Bombay strokeplayer last year.

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