THE HIMALAYAN MAIL JAMMU Q THURSDAY Q JUNE 17, 2021 11 BCCI wins case against former Black Caps gunning for IPL team Deccan Chargers glory in WTC final NEW DELHI, JUNE 16: In what comes as a ma- NEW DELHI, JUNE have been prolific but jor boost for the Board of 16: The inaugural World Williamson has been elite - Control for Cricket in India Test Championship final be- - his tally of 9,899 interna- (BCCI), the Indian cricket gins in Southampton on Fri- tional runs eclipsed only by board has won a legal battle day, June 18, as an upbeat India's Virat Kohli and against Deccan Chronicle New Zealand take on a England's Joe Root. Holdings (DCHL) in the strong India side in a duel to Among wicket-takers Bombay High Court. Speaking to ANI, a BCCI become Test cricket's first across all formats in that official in the know of devel- official world champions. period, seamer Trent Boult opments said it was a wel- The one-off match at the and his new-ball partner come decision. Rose Bowl marks the culmi- Tim Southee have been "We are extremely happy nation of a two-year cycle of massive influencers in the with the development. It the World Test Champi- team's fortunes.And the has vindicated our position onship, which was launched swinging Duke's ball could as we had always followed in 2019 to create Test have Boult and Southee in- what was in the agree- cricket's pinnacle event. fluence the route of the ment," the official said. The move was intended to WTC final.New Zealand The IPL Governing Coun- revive Test cricket and make finished runners-up at the cil had terminated Deccan the five day game more rel- last two 50-overs World Chargers in 2012 for finan- evant in the times of Cups -- they were particu- cial breaches, a move that Twenty20 cricket.And New larly unlucky in 2019 when the franchise had chal- Zealand Captain Kane through.'New Zealand have tainted Chris Cairns, England won the title via a lenged. Williamson reckons it has been unlucky to not have Daniel Vettori and Stephen now-scrapped boundary- They had approached the been done with success. won a major ICC tourna- Fleming to Brendan Mc- count rule after the final Bombay High Court and the 'I think we saw it at the ment despite a barrel of tal- Cullum and Ross Taylor, to ended in a tie even after a process of arbitration end of the competition, ent in the teams that have the petit yet towering bats- Super Over. started with Justice (retd) 6046 crore plus interest board strongly believed it under the captaincy of teams trying to push their played since their first Test man Kane Williamson, tal- The WTC final presents CK Thakar as the sole arbi- and charges as per reports. had a very good case. Adam Gilchrist. case for qualifying which match against England in ent and intent have never the Black Caps with an- trator and BCCI was or- While reacting to the de- Deccan Chargers was one In 2017, the Kochi made way for a lot of excit- 1930. been lacking for the Black other opportunity to be- dered to shell out Rs 4800 velopment back in July of the eight original teams Tuskers Kerala team won a ing results,' Williamson said New Zealand vice-cap- Caps.Reuters noted that come world champions crore to DCHL in July 2020, a BCCI official had of the Indian Premier similar arbitration case over last week.'We saw in Aus- tain Tom Latham since the start of 2015, and if all falls into place, 2020. This after DCHL had made it clear that an appeal League and had also won its termination six years tralia, in New Zealand, a lot From Richard Hadlee to batsmen like Tom Latham nothing can stop them go claimed damages of Rs was on the cards as the the 2009 edition of the IPL, earlier. of teams had a chance to get Martin Crowe and the and stalwart Ross Taylor for glory. How India and New Zealand reached WTC Final Australia leave out big names NEW DELHI, JUNE 16: For a long time, there had been attempts to bring additional context to Test for Windies tour cricket beyond the result of NEW DELHI, JUNE Uncapped fast bowler individual series. 16: Australia will send an Wes Agar, the younger Other than a few riveting understrength squad to the brother of established rivalries-- that bring the Caribbean for the white- spinner Ashton Agar, has best of the emotions from ball tour against the West been included in the 18- fans across the globe -- Test Indies, with Pat Cummins, man squad along with Ben cricket has struggled to find David Warner and Glenn McDermott, Dan Christian a context over the years. Maxwell opting out, and and Ashton Turner. One-Day Internationals Steve Smith injured. Alex Carey, Josh Hazle- have the World Cup. Cricket Australia said wood, Moises Henriques, Twenty20 Internationals pace trio Jhye Richardson, Mitchell Starc and Mitchell have the World Twenty20 Kane Richardson and Swepson return to the (now the T20 World Cup). Daniel Sams, along with all- Aaron Finch-captained Pinnacle tournaments that rounder Marcus Stoinis, squad after missing out on irrefutably give us a Cham- had also opted out of the the New Zealand tour ear- pion in that particular for- tour for "various reasons". was nursing an elbow injury month and five Twenty20 lier this year due to a selec- mat until the next edition. Selector Trevor Hohns and was "disappointed" to matches in Bangladesh in tion clash with the Test Test cricket did not have said in a team release on miss out on the tour, Hohns August, subject to biosecu- side. any such tournament. Wednesday that while they said of the former captain. rity arrangements and gov- Squad: It's not that no attempts mooted in 2009 when the each of the three formats of in this tournament, were were disappointed not to Selectors telegraphed the ernment approvals. Aaron Finch (capt), Ash- were made to find the ICC met the MCC to discuss international cricket. as follows. have all their players avail- changes last week by Warner, Cummins and ton Agar, Wes Agar, Jason champion side in Test the subject. The ICC World Test The pandemic severely able the national selection adding six players to Aus- Smith were among Aus- Behrendorff, Alex Carey, cricket. New Zealand's Martin Championship (got under- affected the schedule, re- panel respected the deci- tralia's white-ball squads tralian players who com- Dan Christian, Josh Hazle- ICC Test rankings are in Crowe was one of the main way on August 1, 2019. sulting in some series to be sions of those who had amid reports some would peted in the Indian Premier wood, Moises Henriques, place for years and do ex- brains behind this proposal. It was decided that each postponed or cancelled. opted out of the tour. skip the West Indies and fol- League, which was sus- Mitchell Marsh, Riley actly that. After moving back and competing country would This resulted in the ac- "International tours in lowing tour to Bangladesh pended last month after a Meredith, Ben McDer- After every Test series, forth and dealing with a lot play in six series over that tual number of Tests the time of COVID-19 un- because of 'bubble fatigue'. number of players and team mott, Josh Philippe, the two teams involved re- of things, the ICC decided time, three at home and played by each side being doubtedly present many Australia are scheduled to staff contracted COVID-19 Mitchell Starc, Mitchell ceive points based on a that the inaugural competi- three away, with all series reduced from what was ac- additional challenges for play five Twenty20 and despite the tournament's Swepson, Ashton Turner, mathematical formula in- tion would be held in 2013 being of a minimum two tually planned. The fol- athletes," Hohns added. three one-day internation- strict biosecurity proto- Andrew Tye, Matthew volving both teams' previ- replacing the Champions matches duration but able lowing series were af- Master batsman Smith als in West Indies next cols. Wade, Adam Zampa. ous rating and the result of Trophy.However, these to be expanded to as many fected: the series. plans were abandoned and as five to cater for encoun- The second Test match Each team's points total it was rescheduled for June ters such as the Ashes. of a two-match series in from matches over the last 2017, with the second Test The top nine ranked 2019-2020 between Pak- Euro: Pogba stars while Kante few years is divided by a fig- Championship scheduled in teams on the ICC Test team istan and Bangladesh was ure based on their total 2021.However, in 2014 the rankings as on 31 March postponed until the 2021- number of matches and se- 2017 World Test Champi- 2018 qualified for the WTC. 2022 season. ries played, to give a 'rating'. onship was cancelled and Australia, Bangladesh, For every series under knits France together The ratings undergo an the 2017 Champions Tro- England, India, New the WTC, there are 120 NEW DELHI, JUNE that looked short of cohe- like a world-beater. fielder, who said this week annual update that elimi- phy was reinstated. Zealand, Pakistan, South points available, distrib- 16: France midfielder Paul sion.But it was Chelsea's In the 28 games he has how much of an honour it nate results more than three In October 2017 it was de- Africa, Sri Lanka and the uted evenly over the num- Pogba earned the Star of Kante, who at the age of 30 started for France with was to play alongside years old, to make the rat- cided by the ICC that the West Indies made the cut.