ICC’s chief pitch consultant Andy Atkinson on Monday expressed satisfaction over the efforts being made to improve the Ferozeshah Kotla pitch, which was banned for one year from hosting international matches after the abandoned India-Sri Lanka game last year.

Dutch allrounder Ryan ten Doeschate has been signed by Tasmania to play in Australia`s Twenty20 Big Bash this season, officials said.

Former Chairman of the Sri Lankan cricket board T Sumathipala rejected Arjuna Ranatunga`s allegations that he was involved in placing bets on Indian Premier League matches and threatened to sue the World Cup winning ex-captain.

Indian pace bowler S. Sreesanth on Sunday said he expected strict punishment from Pakistan Cricket Board to those who were found guilty in the recent match fixing scandal. 

Bryan Young, who led New Zealand to a historic victory in the third Test against Pakistan in 1994, is angered over rumours of wrong doing casting aspersions on then Pakistani players.

Suspicion that the Australia-Pakistan Sydney Test could have been fixed is bound to get stronger with a newspaper here splashing a picture of some Pakistani cricketers with alleged bookie Mazhar Majeed, who is at the center of a spot-fixing scandal that has rocked the game.