Ball management will be our biggest challenge when cricket resumes: Nitin Menon
Cricket | June 30, 2020 15:17 ISTMenon, 36, quit his playing career when he was 22 and shifted to his family profession of umpiring.
Menon, 36, quit his playing career when he was 22 and shifted to his family profession of umpiring.
The 36-year-old, who has officiated in three Tests, 24 ODIs and 16 T20Is, is only the third from India to make it to the prestigious group after former captain Srinivas Venkatraghavan and Sundaram Ravi, who was axed last year.
Dave Cameron, who headed Cricket West Indies for six years between 2013-2019, has joined the race for ICC chairman's post.
Saliva ban on match ball has been one of the most talked-about regulations that has been imposed by the ICC looking at the virus threat.
Bangladesh Cricket Board has said that ICC needs to extend the World Test Championship cycle to allow the boards to organise scheduled Test series which are currently postponed.
There has been no decision on the fate of the 2020 men's T20 World Cup yet, which is scheduled to take place in October-November.
The ICC Board met via video-conference on Thursday with key point in the agenda was whether to adopt a process that selects or elects the new Chairman.
Legal experts have been advocating for years the need to criminalise match-fixing in India, the lack of which has meant that the hands of authorities have been tied when it comes to investigating corruption in the popular sport.
Wasim Khan said that Pakistan would go to India for the ICC events after it got complete assurance about the security and safety of its players and officials.
Shakib was banned for two years, one year of it suspended, for failing to report corrupt approaches during an IPL edition by an alleged Indian bookie named Deepak Aggarwal.
With the ICC already making it clear that a final decision on the fate of this year's T20 World Cup will be taken next month, the primary agenda of discussion will be the nomination process for the chairman's election.
Malinga is known to kiss the ball often at the start of his run-up which is what Tendulkar pointed out.
ICC revealed record viewing figures for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020, which has become one of the most-watched women's sporting events in history.
To mark UN World Refugee Day, the ICC produced a video which highlights how cricket has the ability to change lives, bring hope and unite people together across the world.
Root also said that the fast bowlers are practicing in the nets without saliva but they will get to know the real effects only when they play the matches.
The ICC, after a board meeting earlier this month, decided to wait another month and explore more contingency plans before taking a call on the event in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Roberts resigned on Tuesday and was replaced by T20 World Cup chief executive Hockley in an interim role amid the financial crisis faced by the board in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The former speedster however is aware that ICC's Cricket and Medical committee, in prevailing circumstances, didn't have an option but to go for the ban.
ICC has banned the use of saliva on ball as an interim health safety measure in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic
Former Australia captain Mark Taylor has said that the game will favour the batsmen more than the bowlers with ban on the usage of saliva.
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