Pink cricket ball to be tried at SCG

July 5th, 2009 Umpire dies after being hit on head by ballSWANSEA, Wales — A cricket umpire has died after being struck on the head by a ball. Alcwyn Jenkins collapsed after the blow during a Welsh cricket league match in Swansea on Saturday.

May 14th, 2009 DURBAN - Chennai Super Kings opener Matthew Hayden has said retirement from international cricket has acted as the catalyst for his golden run in this year's Indian Premier League (IPL). The powerful Australian, who quit international cricket last year, has been destroying all bowling attacks in IPL.

May 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Sports Minister M.S. Gill Saturday lashed out at the Indian Premier League (IPL) for introducing SMS-based ball-to-ball predictions, dubbing it 'commercial use of cricket for business gains' and criticised the Indian board for allowing it.

April 30th, 2009 DURBAN - Who says Twenty20 is a young man's game, asks Sachin Tendulkar. Not only Tendulkar, the other 35-plus players like Matthew Hayden, Adam Gilchrist, and Sanath Jayasuriya have outshone the younger lot in the ongoing second edition of the Indian Premier League.

April 17th, 2009 DUBAI - Former India captain Ravi Shastri will replace legendary West Indies fast bowler Michael Holding in International Cricket Council's (ICC) cricket committee, the world panel announced here Friday. Holding resigned last year because he was unhappy with the ICC's decision to change the result of the 2006 Oval Test between England and Pakistan from a forfeited win for England to a draw.

April 9th, 2009 LONDON - Pop singer Pink is back with her ex-husband Carey Hart. Hart, 33, confirmed that the two are back saying, 'We're working s*** out, I admit it.

March 19th, 2009 LONDON - Actress Julia Roberts streaked her hair pink after her four-year-old daughter Hazel begged her to dye it. Roberts, a mother of three, showed off her new look on the US talk show 'Late Show with David Letterman', reports contactmusic.com.

March 18th, 2009 HAMILTON - New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori has hoped that the Seddon Park pitch will offer a bit of pace to his new ball bowlers that will give them an advantage over India in the first cricket Test starting here Wednesday. 'We still want something with a bit of pace in it -- that would suit us more than it would suit the Indian side -- but I don't think we're about doctoring wickets,' Vettori said on the eve of the match here Tuesday.

February 17th, 2009 LONDON - British pop singer Lily Allen chose the same kind of pink dress to perform on a US TV show as she had for the GQ magazine 20th anniversary three months before. Dailymail.co.uk reports that Allen wore the sugar pink fringed dress for the performance on the 'Tonight Show with Jay Leno'.

January 31st, 2009 DUBAI - The International Cricket Council (ICC) has reversed its decision on controversial Oval Test between England and Pakistan from a draw to an England win. The 2006 Test was initially awarded to England by umpires Steve Bucknor and Billy Doctrove after Pakistan refused to take field in protest against ball-tampering charges.

January 12th, 2009 SYDNEY - Australia's Twenty20 specialist Dave Warner might be a revelation for many after his blitzkrieg against South Africa at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), but Delhi Daredevils coach Greg Shipperd is least surprised. Warner, who in his international debut hit a swashbuckling 89 off 43 balls when he opened the batting Sunday night, was snapped up by Indian Premier League side Delhi Daredevils a month ago.

January 8th, 2009 MELBOURNE - South African batsman Mark Boucher was wrongly given out leg before wicket on the final day of the Sydney cricket Test against Australia, said Cricket Australia's (CA) umpires manager Andrew Scotford. Australia won the match but lost the series 1-2 to South Africa.

January 2nd, 2009 SYDNEY - South Africa captain Graeme Smith termed Australia's selection policy as 'lacking in clarity' and also questioned the selection of fast bowler Doug Bollinger for the third and the final Test here at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). 'I think having (Ben) Hilfenhaus in Melbourne and now picking Bollinger here shows a little bit of lack of clarity in terms of where they want to go.

January 1st, 2009 SYDNEY - In support of the McGrath Foundation, the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) is all set to turn pink during the third Test between South Africa and Australia starting here Saturday. Day three of the match has been re-named Jane McGrath Day by the SCG Trust, in honour of Glenn McGrath's late wife and in support of the McGrath Foundation, which increases awareness of breast cancer and raises money to fund breast cancer nurses around Australia.

December 27th, 2008 MELBOURNE - It is almost certain that the first night cricket Test will see Australia facing Pakistan in the southern hemisphere's next summer at the Adelaide Oval, most likely in November. Cricket Australia (CA) will seek International Cricket Council (ICC) approval for the day-night match - to be played at the Adelaide Oval in November.