Cup notes

His agent Mark Mascarenhas described the ICC act as insulting and discriminatory. 8220;It8217;s a disgrace the ICC discriminated against Sachin, who should have been resting rather than being bothered by such trivia.8221;He, asserted that 8220;a lot of others have far bigger logos on their bats.8221;

Members peeved

LONDON: With the rest of the ground virtually sold out, there were scores of empty seats in front of the famous Lord8217;s pavilion on Wednesday because of a protest by members of the Marylebone Cricket Club MCC against their own committee.

Angry at being forced to buy tickets at a club they technically own, the members made their protest by either staying away from the Australia-Zimbabwe game orwatching the game from the bars.

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