File image of Indian umpire Nitin Menon© Twitter Nitin Menon, the only Indian in the ICC elite panel of umpires, will finally realize his “dream” when he gets to officiate in the iconic Ashes in England in June-July. The 39-year-old from Indore will be the on-field umpire in the third and fourth Test of the …
File image of former England captain Michael Vaughan© Twitter Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan was Friday cleared “on the balance of probabilities” of using racist language before a match for county club Yorkshire in 2009. The 2005 Ashes-winning captain was alleged to have used the term “you lot” when referring to a group of …
South Africa’s Adrian Holdstock and Pakistan’s Ahsan Raza have been added to the ICC’s Elite Panel of Umpires for 2023-24, with veteran Aleem Dar stepping down. The addition of Holdstock and Raza sees the number of umpires in the panel rise up to 12 from 11. The additions were overseen by the ICC Elite Umpire …