No relief for Kochi Tuskers Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday rejected Kochi Tuskers Keralas plea seeking to restrain the Cricket Board (BCCI) from encashing or enforcing its bank guarantee of Rs 156 crore. I refuse to give any relief and I am rejecting the application, Justice S F Vajifdar said in a brief order,the details of which would be given later. On September 19,the BCCI had terminated the contract of Kochi Tuskers Kerala for alleged breach of contractual terms,prompting the IPL franchise to move the High Court. The BCCI had announced two days ago that it had decided to encash or enforce the bank guarantee of Kochi Tuskers in their possession and also terminate the franchise as they had allegedly breached the contractual terms. Sachins proposal rejected COLOMBO: ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat has ruled out changes to 50-over cricket despite a proposal put forward by Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar wrote to Lorgat last month suggesting four 25-over innings rather than the traditional 50-over format. However,Lorgat said the ICC saw no reason to change. ICC offered Amir a deal karachi: The ICC had offered Pakistan teenage pacer Mohammed Amir a bargain under which if he had confessed to his involvement in spot-fixing he would have escaped with a maximum ban of two years. A well-informed source in the Pakistan Cricket Board said that the offer came across the table even before the anti-corruption tribunal of the ICC held its hearings earlier this year. Aamer at that time didnt accept this offer and is now regretting it, the source added. Samaraweera dropped Colombo: Sri Lanka left out experienced middle-order batsman Thilan Samaraweera from a squad of 16 named on Wednesday for the three-match Test series against Pakistan in the UAE next month. Samaraweera makes way for young opener Lahiru Thirimanne. The squad: Tillakaratne Dilshan (captain),Angelo Mathews,Tharanga Paranavitana,Lahiru Thirimanne,Kumar Sangakkara,Mahela Jayawardene,Prasanna Jayawardene (wicketkeeper),Dinesh Chandimal,Rangana Herath,Suraj Randiv,Chanaka Welagedara,Suranga Lakmal,Shaminda Eranga,Dammika Prasad,Nuwan Pradeep,Kaushal Silva. PCB shifts T20 tournament KARACHI: An outbreak of dengue in Lahore has forced the Pakistan Cricket Board to shift its premier domestic tournament to Karachi. The PCB announced its decision on Wednesday after President Asif Zardari had advised to move the national T20 championship out of Lahore. Zardaris advice came during a meeting he held with senior sports officials to discuss fund-raising matches for the flood victims in the Sindh province. NZC chief to step down Wellington: New Zealand Cricket chief executive Justin Vaughan announced on Wednesday that he would step down at the end of November,after more than four years in the job. Vaughan said the NZC needed a chief executive who could commit to remaining in the position until the 2015 Cricket World Cup and his young family meant he was unable to do that. He said the lead-up to the tournament,which will be co-hosted by New Zealand and Australia,would involve intense travel and he felt it was time to move on. Willing to bat anywhere chennai: Explosive West Indies and Mumbai Indians batsman Kieron Pollard says he would love to bat up the order to score more runs but has no qualms in batting at any slot the team management decides during the Champions League Twenty20 main round which begins on Friday. Any cricketer would love to grab the opportunity to bat high up the order and try to maximize the time. Having said that there are eleven players going out there. It is the team management in their appointed time decides on these matters, Pollard said. Pataudi shifted to ICU New Delhi: Former Indian cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi has been shifted to the ICU at Delhis Ganga Ram Hospital after doctors found him to be critically ill with a lung infection. He is on very high level of oxygen support requiring intermittent BIPAP (Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure). He is conscious and his cardiac function remains stable. He is being monitored very closely, a hospital bulletin said. He is being observed closely by a team of pulmonologists and critical care specialists, it said.
