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Kapil Dev, the ICL chairman, has said taking legal action would be the only option left if the ICC doesn’t respond to the league’s bid for official recognition

Cricinfo staff19-Oct-2008New innovations at ICL?Kapil Dev said the umpire review system, which the ICC is now trialling, was started by the ICL. They also have some more innovations in the pipeline. “We also plan to award nine runs for a 90-yard hit,” he said. “And we are thinking about abolishing overthrows if there is a direct hit while going for a run-out.”Kapil Dev, the ICL chairman, has said taking legal action would be the only option left if the ICC doesn’t respond to the league’s bid for official recognition at its next board meeting, possibly in November. The ICL had issued a letter to the ICC to convene a board meeting after the talks with the BCCI failed.”I think we are on very good ground as far as a legal case goes,” Kapil said. “Eventuallywe will do that [take legal action]. “We are not the ones who are enforcing bans on players or umpires.”Subhash Chandra, chairman of the Essel Group, which owns the ICL, and Himanshu Mody, the league’s business head, had met BCCI president Shashank Manohar and N Srinivasan, the board’s secretary, in New Delhi but the talks barely lasted 15-20 minutes and they failed to arrive at a common ground.Manohar met officials of the ICL for the first time since the league was set up in April 2007 after its request for recognition came up for discussion at the ICC board meeting in Dubai earlier this month. It was decided at that meeting that Manohar would provide a written report to the ICC board “in due course” after discussions with the ICL.Kapil said he was unhappy with the way the talks were conducted. “I wasn’t there but I believe they said ‘you shut down the ICL then we will talk’. There is no point in talking after that. We will now wait for 21 days to decide our future plan of action.”

Both fast bowlers having terminated their ICL contracts are now eligible to play again under the auspices of CSA

Cricinfo staff03-Jun-2009South African fast bowlers Nantie Hayward and Johan van der Wath will be available to play under the auspices of CSA again after having terminated their ICL contracts. “Hayward, Van der Wath and Kemp are all high-level products of CSA’s system, and we are glad that they have decided to rejoin,” Gerald Majola, the South African board’s chief executive, said.Hayward, who played for Chennai Superstars and Royal Bengal Tigers, and Mumbai Champs’ van der Wath join Justin Kemp among those who have complied with CSA’s newly announced amnesty conditions for players associated with the unofficial league. The amnesty followed a ruling by the ICC that it would accept those players and officials who terminated their ICL contracts back into their fold.The ICC also proposed a “cooling off” period between the termination of the ICL contracts and the resumption of official cricket, and has left it to the member countries to decide on the appropriate timeline.Majola said CSA had introduced a six-month period from the time of the player’s last appearance in the ICL provided he has terminated his contract, and franchises would be able to contract players under the terms of the current Memorandum of Understanding or on a pay-for-play basis. “Players must terminate their contracts by May 31, 2009 if they wish to be eligible to play in next year’s Champions League or IPL,” Majola said.Both Hayward and van der Wath have met the conditions and are now eligible to play under the CSA after the six-month cooling off period.

Celtic are looking to make it six wins in a row as they face St Mirren in the Premiership this weekend after beating AZ Alkmaar 2-0 earlier in the week.

Ange Postecoglou’s Hoops have won their last five matches in all competitions. They beat Jablonec 4-2 and 3-0, Hearts 3-2, Dundee 6-0 and AZ Alkmaar 2-0, scoring 18 goals in those five games.

The Australian will be hoping that his side can continue their eye-catching form to secure a second successive win in the league to pile the pressure on their arch-rivals Rangers.

On the Chalkboard

Despite beating AZ Alkmaar without conceding a goal, there was one negative to come out of the game, as unfortunately Liel Abada was unable to make the most of his opportunity to impress. Postecoglou brought him into the starting XI after missing the two games prior to the Europa League clash and the winger failed to justify his head coach’s decision.

The teenage winger was given the lowest FotMob score in the starting XI as he was handed a rating of 6.5/10. In 58 minutes on the pitch, he did not create a single chance for his teammates and lost four of his seven duels. This, along with his withdrawal before the hour mark, suggests that he had a poor outing.

Therefore, the youngster should be taken back out of the spotlight for this match against St Mirren. Postecoglou should give him a chance to work hard in training to ensure that he is 100% ready to take his next opportunity, rather than picking him this weekend and potentially causing him to try too hard in an attempt to make up for the Alkmaar showing.

Celtic’s manager should now unleash Odsonne Edouard on St Mirren after the Frenchman dropped out of the XI in midweek. He is a proven performer in the Premiership and he should return to the team, with Kyogo Furuhashi moved back into a wide position to support the 23-year-old.

Former Hoops forward Frank McGarvey commented on Edouard last year and claimed that he ‘magic in his feet’. He said: “I just love watching Edouard. He has that bit of magic in his feet, and he reminds me of Charlie Nicholas.

“You just know if he gets the ball just outside of the box the other team are in trouble. Edouard has that ability to produce something out of nothing because he has such quick feet.”

The £19k-per-week dynamo has used that magic to score 58 goals and provide 26 assists in 102 league matches for Celtic in his career. This illustrates the level of quality Postecoglou has to call upon and why he should reinstate Edouard into the starting XI following Abada’s frustrating display against AZ Alkmaar.

AND in other news, Celtic must seal deal for 6ft 3 colossus who can “cause havoc”, Ange would love him…

Many Everton fans have been left fuming as some news emerged on their proposed new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock.

Writing in his latest piece for The Athletic, Patrick Boyland has now revealed that the Goodison Park faithful are very close on getting two funding streams for the new ground.

While this is good news in terms of the stadium’s development, a lot of the Merseyside club’s supporters were left raging at the timing of it, as one supporter said: “Oh what a surprise a bad defeat and a stadium announcement.”

After two losses at the hands of Aston Villa last weekend in the Premier League and Queens Park Rangers in the Carabao Cup in midweek, it’s fair to say fans are in no mood for this.

Nonetheless, Rafa Benitez needs to get some good results soon in order to brighten the mood among the Toffees, especially in the build-up to moving grounds.

Everton fans on stadium news

These Blues fumed as the news on the stadium was shared on Twitter, with one EFC supporter even going as far as to claim that the timing of it was ’embarrassing’:

“The predictability. It’s embarrassing.”

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“Oh what a surprise a bad defeat an a stadium announcement, could not write it”

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“Two days too late Paddy, surely they should have timed this just after QPR put in the winning penalty?”

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“Wow positive stadium news after a poor team performance – seems to be a pattern here”

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“Announcement on stadium after a few awful results. Doesn’t surprise me one bit. Need to focus on our atrocious squad than anything else right now”

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“Like clockwork”

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In other news, find out what setback an injury expert has said Everton may now face here!

Scottish football pundit Michael Stewart has slammed Glasgow Rangers over their lack of leadership as the Heart and Heart podcast affair rumbles on.

The Lowdown: Media crisis

Earlier this year, the Gers made the controversial decision to start charging media outlets up to £25,000 to receive full access to the club (The Daily Mail), while also making the Heart and Hand podcast an official media partner.

However, recent sectarian and discriminatory tweets from the podcast’s contributors were publicised (via The Daily Record), which has unsurprisingly led to plenty of criticism of those responsible.

The Latest: Stewart hits out

Stewart has been a vocal critic of the Gers in the past, and he made his feelings known in this situation as well. Taking to Twitter, he said:

“Leadership demands the ability to make tough decisions and unfortunately it’s clear that @RangersFC lack any real leaders to deal with the problems they have.”

The Verdict: Disaster

Rangers’ media policy has backfired here in spectacular fashion. Clearly, there was a breakdown in the relationship between the media and the club, and the 55-time Scottish champions had somewhat of a right to be frustrated – for example, they have been forced to demand changes to articles in the past. However, such a radical move was never going to be smooth.

To allow any outlet to become an official media partner without doing a background check is negligent at best and downright stupid at worst. They must now move as quickly as possible to right this wrong, otherwise Stewart may just have a point.

In other news, this Rangers man has been urged to leave Ibrox.

The Plays of the day from the second day of the third Test between South Africa and Australia in Cape Town

Brydon Coverdale in Cape Town20-Mar-2009
Jacques Kallis explains to Asad Rauf that he inside-edged the ball after a single he took on 99 was ruled a leg-bye© Getty Images
Bucknor stops here
Steve Bucknor made a good start to his final Test appearance, withseveral decisions upheld by the review system. One such moment camewhen Peter Siddle was adamant that he had trapped Ashwell Prince lbwfor 40 and Bucknor disagreed. The Australians were convinced enough togo for the review and while the ball struck Prince in line and wouldhave crashed into the stumps, it clearly pitched outside leg and wasthe right decision. Bucknor has copped plenty of criticism in thepress over the past couple of years but journalists are a famouslyforgiving bunch. One South African reporter in the Newlands press box,after seeing the replays, bellowed: “Steve Bucknor, don’t leaveus yet!”Passing the buck to Billy
The response wasn’t so positive when the TV umpire Billy Bowdenoverturned Bucknor’s not-out call to end Prince’s innings on 150. TheAustralians felt Prince had gloved down the leg-side off BenHilfenhaus and Bucknor went in the batsman’s favour. After six minutesof mostly inconclusive replays, including a Hot Spot that didn’t showimpact on the glove but might not have had the best angle, Bowdenadvised Bucknor to give it out. It looked as though the ball probablyhit the glove but it was hard to imagine how Bowden could have beencertain enough. For the record, Bucknor told Cricinfo last week thatleg-side catches were among the hardest for umpires to adjudicate.”These are difficult to see from in front,” Bucknor said. “They areeasier from behind but at least the referral system is there toassist.”100 … maybe
Kallis has waited 11 months for a Test century so when it cameup with a quick single his celebrations were naturally boisterous. Atfirst. Until the umpire Asad Rauf called it a leg bye. The ball hadtaken the inside edge before ricocheting onto Kallis’ midriff and when the umpire’s signal came he was already embracing his partner AB de Villiers and acknowledging the standing ovation from the crowd. After Kallis showed his bat to Rauf, the umpire reversedhis decision and the century stood. Ricky Ponting had some strongwords to Rauf, querying the reversal, and it was unclear whether Raufhad consulted the third umpire or not. The confusion continued whenthe electronic scoreboard went blank. When it was switched back on,the figure next to Kallis’ name was 100. Well, when you’ve waited 11months, what’s another minute or so.Bryce pays the price
After bowling his first two Test overs late on the first day, BryceMcGain was overlooked for three hours on the second day before finallygetting the ball in his hands. Onlookers were wondering why RickyPonting was ignoring McGain and instead rotating his four seamers invarying combinations. Eventually, at 2.10pm, McGain was given hisfirst bowl of the day and it wasn’t really worth the wait. Prince tookthe long handle to McGain and his first three balls disappeared forboundaries and when Jacques Kallis got in on the action as well,McGain’s spell finished up at five overs for 51 runs. When he returnedfor a second spell things didn’t improve and his first ten overs atTest level cost 93.Economic stimulus
While McGain was getting pounded at one end, Peter Siddle at the otherwas sending down a magnificent spell of tight, aggressive fastbowling. Siddle’s spell at the same time was six overs, five maidens,0 for 1. He was so difficult to get away that at the same time asMitchell Johnson had gone for 74 from 16 overs, Siddle’s 16 overs hadcost 16. But applying pressure is about working from both ends and thelack of support meant Siddle was unable to get a breakthrough duringthat wonderful spell.

After wrapping up the Test series 2-0, England now switch their focus to the one-day contests against West Indies

Andrew McGlashan at Headingley20-May-2009Match factsThursday May 21
Start time 10.45 (9.45GMT)Big PictureEngland wrapped up the Test series and regained the Wisden Trophy with impressive efficiency in their final five-day action before the Ashes. However, before thoughts can seriously turn to Australia, there is a busy period of limited-overs action, beginning with this three-match series against West Indies.After the win at Chester-le-Street, Andrew Strauss said that it was important England focussed on their one-day cricket and not think too far ahead. They came back to steal the series in the Caribbean 3-2 with Andrew Flintoff taking a hat-trick in the final match, but yet again Flintoff is injured and on the sidelines. So too is Kevin Pietersen, who has been withdrawn with an Achilles injury, leaving the door open for a possible debut for Eoin MorganWest Indies are always a dangerous one-day team with a batting line-up packed with explosive hitters, none more so than their captain, Chris Gayle, who found top gear in the second innings at Durham with 54 off 43 balls. He might not have much time for Test cricket, but the one-day variety is much more up his street. Dwayne Bravo’s return to the squad adds depth with bat and ball, so although England have been comfortably superior in recent weeks that might change in the coming days.Form guideEngland WWLLW
West Indies LLWWLWatch out for…Ravi Bopara has solved England’s Test No. 3 position for the foreseeable future and now he needs to cement his position at the top of the one-day order. He was promoted to open in India and retained the role in West Indies with a modicum of success, but England are still searching for the ideal combination. His approach is refreshingly simple – “you just attack more balls in one-day cricket” – and with his confidence riding high this is Bopara’s chance to make another position his own.How West Indies could have done with Dwayne Bravo during the Test series, but he was controversially omitted after medical advice said his ankle hadn’t recovered sufficiently. He has spent the last six weeks batting, bowling and diving around at the IPL and his return brings so much to the tourists’ side. He can bat anyway, but favours the ‘finishers’ role, is a brilliant death bowler and is one of best fielders in the world.Team newsAlastair Cook and Graham Onions are the two players who drop out from the Test side and their places are likely to be taken by Owais Shah and Dimitri Mascarenhas. Shah has a point to prove after losing his Test place and failing to break into the Delhi Daredevils side during the IPL and could be joined in the middle-order by Morgan, who has played 23 ODIs for Ireland, or Ian Bell. Matt Prior and Ravi Bopara have recovered from the knocks that kept them off the field on the final day of the Test match.England (probable) 1 Andrew Strauss (capt), 2 Ravi Bopara, 3 Owais Shah, 4 Eoin Morgan, 5 Paul Collingwood, 6 Matt Prior (wk), 7 Dimitri Mascarenhas, 8 Stuart Broad, 9 Graeme Swann, 10 Tim Bresnan, 11 James AndersonWest Indies are likely to draft in a number of allrounders with Bravo’s return topping the bill. Kieron Pollard, who played against England in the Caribbean, could join him in the middle order while Darren Sammy is a valuable player in one-day cricket with his tight wicket-to-wicket bowling. Lendl Simmons will resume opening alongside Chris Gayle.West Indies (probable) 1 Chris Gayle (capt), 2 Lendl Simmons, 3 Ramnaresh Sarwan, 4 Shivnarine Chanderpaul, 5 Kieron Pollard, 6 Dwayne Bravo, 7 Denesh Ramdin (wk), 8 Darren Sammy, 9 Jerome Taylor, 10 Sulieman Benn, 10 Fidel EdwardsPitch and conditionsThe ground still resembles a building site with two cranes in position behind the stands, but the pitch and relayed outfield look in good condition. The forecast is for showers and it hasn’t warmed up much yet for the West Indians.Stats and TriviaEngland and West Indies have met each other four times in one-day internationals at Headingley, with England leading the head-to-head 3-1. West Indies’ only victory came in 1988 when Gordon Greenidge made 78 and Malcolm Marshall took 3 for 28.The last meeting on this ground was in 2004 when England came out on top by seven wickets with Steve Harmison claiming the Man-of-the-Match award for his 3 for 31.Quotes”The one-day series coming up and the Twenty20 are two very important series for us as a developing side. Hopefully we can win there and build up more momentum.”
“We have the guys to do the job. We are representing West Indies so have to give our best.”

It was an inexperienced Australia bowling line-up but that didn’t prevent them from taking the eight wickets needed on the final day to take a series lead in the top-of-the-table clash with South Africa

The Bulletin by Dileep Premachandran02-Mar-2009
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
How they were out

Mitchell Johnson was adjudged Man of the Match for his efforts with both the bat and ball © AFP
Write off Australia only if you wish to be called a fool. South Africa’scoronation as the world’s best Test side was put on hold as an Australianteam with three debutants in the ranks routed them by 162 runs at theWanderers. Each of the four pace bowlers was absolutely superb asAustralia choked the life out of the South African batting beforeadministering the lethal blows. Mitchell Johnson led the way with 4 for112, but Peter Siddle was just as impressive, summoning up a magnificentspell that accounted for JP Duminy in the second session.There was no dramatic collapse, as on the fourth day, but Australia’spersistence was eye-catching and by the time Johnson slipped one throughDale Steyn’s bat and pad, eight wickets had fallen for 85 runs. Havingstarted the day needing a further 276 to win, South Africa lasted justeight balls after tea, with tidy, restrictive bowling the key to theAustralian success. They simply blocked off the runs and waited for themistakes.Not long ago, Duminy had marshalled a tremendous rearguard action at theMCG that ultimately inspired a South African series win. There was to beno such repeat on Monday though, with Siddle’s spell irrevocably changingthe game after lunch. Accurate, hostile and tireless, he kept running inuntil Duminy finally fended a brute of a delivery to Ricky Ponting atsecond slip.What followed wouldn’t have thrilled the South African dressing room much.Morne Morkel had fallen to a poor pull stroke in the first innings, butthere was no instance of twice shy here, with an ill-advised hoick atJohnson ending up in Phillip Hughes’ hands at midwicket. That left MarkBoucher as the lone hope for survival, and when the hugely impressive BenHilfenhaus got some late movement to take the inside edge of his bat,South Africa were left to ponder a post-tea miracle.Hans Christian Andersen wasn’t at the Wanderers though, and Paul Harrisdeflected a Siddle delivery to short leg to start the countdown. Two ballslater, Johnson finished it off to spark jubilant celebrations from Pontingand his supposed underdog side.Jacques Kallis and Hashim Amla had started the day with all three results very much a possibility, but when Hilfenhaus got one to rear and strikeKallis on the glove in the day’s opening over, you sensed the magnitude ofthe task that they faced. Even so, the duo survived the initial burst fromHilfenhaus and Johnson to raise hopes among the sparse crowd.A superb cover-drive off Johnson took Amla to his half-century from 103balls, and when Kallis flicked an errant delivery from Siddle for four,South Africa had 200 on the board. It all went wrong soon after. Thepartnership was worth 76 when a ball from Siddle appeared to stop a littleon Amla. His click off the toes only found Hughes at midwicket.Five runs later, it got worse. Andrew McDonald bowled at pedestrian pace,but was so accurate that South Africa simply couldn’t get him away. As thepressure built, AB de Villiers attempted to turn one away off the pads.The Australian appeal was spontaneous, as was Billy Bowden’s response, andthough de Villiers went for a referral, it was futile.The grip was tightening, with just 10 runs from 10 overs, and when the newball was taken, there was another moment of drama. Johnson’s firstdelivery with it kept low and struck Kallis plumb in front of the stumps.But as soon as Bowden’s crooked finger went up, Kallis went for thereferral. This time, fortune was on South Africa’s side, with the replayshowing that the ball might have pitched just outside the line of legstump.Kallis didn’t stick around long enough to make much of the reprievethough. When Johnson pitched one full and wide of off stump, he went forthe flamboyant drive on bended knee. Unfortunately for him, it onlyproduced an inside edge on to the stumps. Kallis had scored just 4 fromthe last 42 balls that he faced, and his exit drastically reduced SouthAfrica’s chances of saving the game.Duminy played one gorgeous on-drive off Johnson, but there was little elsefor South Africa to savour before lunch was taken. If the slips hadn’tbeen so deep, Australia might even have had another wicket, as Hilfenhausinduced an edge from Boucher. Ultimately though, it mattered little, withthe Australian progress to victory inexorable.

Some Liverpool supporters are unhappy that Nat Phillips has signed a new deal with the Reds, with many claiming that it makes no sense.

The 24-year-old became something of a cult hero at Anfield last season, having been thrown into the team by Jurgen Klopp.

A host of long-term injuries to the likes of Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip meant that Phillips was called into action more than expected, but he helped Liverpool finish third in the Premier League.

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With those key centre-backs fit again and Ibrahima Konate signed from RB Leipzig, though, Phillips now finds himself as fifth-choice in his position.

Despite this, Liverpool confirmed on Tuesday [via the club’s official Twitter account] that the Englishman has signed a new long-term deal at Anfield, with no other clubs willing to buy him on transfer deadline day despite him being linked with an exit in recent weeks.

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Liverpool fans unhappy with Phillips update

These Reds fans took to Twitter to show their unhappiness at Phillips being given a new contract amid an absence of new signings on deadline day.

“Love you Nat but this club is gonna throw me off the edge”

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“Sorry, what?”

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“This club is just laughing at the fans today aren’t they?”

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“I’m tired of this club”

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“Nah I’m speechless”

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“This is the nail in the coffin”

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In other news, one Liverpool player is set for a deadline day exit – find out who it is here.

Former All Leeds TV presenter Joe Wainman has dropped his verdict amid rumours Leeds United are vying to sign Hibernian left-back Josh Doig.

Marcelo Bielsa has already strengthened his defensive options by welcoming Junior Firpo to the club after concluding a £13million deal with Barcelona last month.

However, Ezgjan Alioski’s decision to turn down a new Whites deal in favour of a lucrative contract with Saudi Arabian outfit Al-Ahli has resulted in Leeds boss Bielsa being keen to add further reinforcements.

JustJoe Football Show anchorman Wainman has suggested 19-year-old Doig is needed at Elland Road, especially with early injury doubts over Firpo.

Leeds have been told they will have to fork out £5million if they want to persuade Scottish Premiership side Hibernian to sell their prized asset.

However, Leeds are not the only club in the running and Hibs’ sporting director Graeme Mathie has described suitors as undervaluing Doig.

Doig made 35 appearances last season and Wainman believes the highly-rated teenager is the perfect option for Bielsa.

He told Football FanCast: “We’ve been linked with Josh Doig, who plays in Scotland.

“He is a young guy who has been coined as the next Kieran Tierney. He seems to be the one that’s on the radar because we have let a lot go. Ideally, we need another left-back.”