Denness Profile

A fierce battle between financial muscle and old-boy tradition ends in a compromise solution but the war is hardly over

For too long now, the ICC has had an old school of people out of touch with the game, who justify themselves and flex their muscles using the rules.

Mike Denness' stern rectitude emanates from his being a part of the cricketing establishment

After bodyline, Kerry Packer and match-fixing, the world of cricket braces for its fourth tectonic upheaval

Climbing down from their pedestals, the ICC and the BCCI sink their differences, at least for the time being, and avert a major crisis.

In a sudden turnaround, the ICC match referee says Tendulkar was not booked for ball tampering.

Ultimatum from ICC -- Dear Jaggu, toe the line and don't even dream of playing Sehwag in the first test, or else...
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MacLaurin (the ECB chief) and Dalmiya (BCCI chief) cold war dates back to 1993. But till India and Pakistan re-engage in cricketing ties and reactivate the ACC, Dalmia would not really cause nightmares to ICC.

Happy, but not terribly. Why is Sehwag not playing? Isn't it time to quit the ICC (just as Gary Kasparov did with FIDE, the chess organisation) and form a new cricket council?

Nov 22, 2001

Mike Denness must be sacked, ostracised and humiliated in public.
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