| Sreesanth in Tihar jail | | Suspended cricketer S Sreesanth, who was on Tuesday remanded in judicial custody till June 4, will be kept in jail number one of the Tihar jail. “Sreesanth will be lodged in Jail number one,” police sources said. | | Dhoni keeps mum on spot-fixing scandal | | Having avoided the media before and after the final of the Indian Premier League, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday maintained a stoic silence on the spot-fixing scandal that has, among others, also led to the arrest of CSK’s Team principal Gurunath Meiyappan. | | 12 bookies arrested
in India | | Six bookies were arrested in Goa on Monday following information provided by Delhi Police looking for “fixers” alleged to be conduits of three more cricketers while six others apprehended on the charge of betting in Chennai, Mumbai and Chennai during IPL matches. | | ‘Events outside ground were disrupting’ | | Observing that “events outside the ground were disrupting”, Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Fleming on Sunday blamed its batters for poor shot selection after they were “outplayed” by the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League final at the Eden Gardens. | | England eye series win | | Buoyed by Stuart Broad’s match-winning burst at Lord’s, England will look to seal a series win over New Zealand in the second and final Test starting at Headingley on Friday before turning their attention to Australia in July. | | ICC withdraws Rauf from Champions Trophy | | Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf has been withdrawn from next month’s Champions Trophy tournament in England amid media reports he is under Indian police investigation for spot-fixing, the ICC said on Thursday. | | Pakistan raring to go against Ireland | | Pakistan are keener than ever to get back on the field for the first of two one-day internationals against Ireland on Thursday after their second ODI against Scotland on the weekend was a wash-out. | |
