Sri Lanka's former cricket captain Arjuna Ranatunga and his brother have settled a criminal case against them by offering compensation to school students allegedly assaulted by them here in March last year.
The students had alleged that Ranatunga, his brother Prasanna and others had beaten them up when they entered their residence here looking for a cricket ball that had landed in their premises from a school next door.
The Ranatungas had vehemently denied the charge, contending that the students might have earned the wrath of domestic servants by their provocative behaviour, but faced a criminal case after some of the students were hospitalised with injuries.
The case had been dragging on for months, and Ranatunga's lawyers offered to settle the matter by paying compensation. The students agreed to the offer of Rs 200,000, reserving their right to file a civil case for more.
The son of West Indies batting great Viv Richards has been offered a contract with county side Middlesex - and it could be the start of his England career.
Mali Richards, an 18-year-old allrounder, was offered a summer contract by Middlesex, whose home ground is Lord's. He is eligible for England because he was born at Taunton, Somerset, where his father was playing.
Richards Jr. Has played already in the Caribbean for Antigua, his father's home island, but was school educated in England and starts a university degree at Cardiff University in Wales next year.
"We haven't actually seen him play but he's got a good record in junior cricket and has been recommended to us," Middlesex coach John Emburey told London's Evening Standard on Wednesday.
The NZC and the New Zealand Cricket Players’ Association (NZCPA) have agreed that no breach of bargaining protocol occurred in a lingering dispute between the two parties over player payments.
New Zealand players have gone on strike between October 1 to October 31, forcing the cancellation of an annual pre-season training camp in Lincoln.
The NZCPA had sought mediation over the impasse after NZC chief executive Martin Snedden released his side’s documents to the public two weeks ago.
Snedden, however, denied the claim and the two parties have jointly agreed that neither side had breached the protocol.
Season tickets for the India-West Indies third Test, beginning here on October 30, go on sale Thursday from Gate IV of the Eden Gardens.
A CAB official said while the last time around 10,000 tickets were sold to the public, the association expects to to sell more than that this time.
Denominations that will be on sale to the public are Rs 400, 500 and 1,000.
The mix of the denominations for the public was not immediately known.
The official said that affiliated unites have already picked up quota tickets worth Rs 25 lakh, and the demand here will decide the amount of tickets available to the public.