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Elton Chigumbura led Zimbabwe to a win over Afghanistan in the 3rd ODI. (© JEKESAI NJIKIZANA/AFP/Getty Images)

Top Stories: Things that made news in the cricket world today:

Zimbabwe beat Afghanistan by 6 wickets:

  • Brief Scores: Afghanistan 223-8 ( Noor Ali 56, Nabi 42; Chisoro 2-40),
  • Zimbabwe 229-4 in 49.4 overs (Mutumbami 74, Chigumbura 50*).
  • Man of the Match – Richmond Mutumbami

Amit Mishra booked for assaulting a woman: 

  • Indian leggie Amit Mishra has been booked for assaulting a lady during the Indian training camp in Bangalore, last month.
  • Ashok Nagar police have been investigating the case and have issued a notice to Mishra asking him to give his statements. The alleged victim knows Mishra for the last 3 years and had gone to meet him.

Virender Sehwag retires from International cricket and IPL

  • Virender Sehwag, who created much hullabaloo in the twitter world post his declaration that he would retire very soon, confirmed his statement, and officially retired from international cricket and IPL. He declared his retirement via his twitter account, following which he issued a two page statement.

Shahyar Khan meets Rajeev Shukla, but prospects of bilateral series seems unlikely

  • Post a shameful incident involving the Maharashtra based political party Shiv Sena breaking into the BCCI office while the meeting between the delegates were going on, Pakistani Chief met the IPL chairman in what was described as “courtesy call”. It was an inconsequential meeting, involving no particular topics related to the bilateral series. Khan will try to meet Union minister Arun Jaitley soon in regards for the bilateral series. Khan’s accomplice, Mr Najam Sethi, flew back to Dubai post the incident.

Chennai ODI to have no neutral umpires

  • Following the withdrawal of Aleem Dar by ICC, S Ravi has been drafted in as a replacement umpire for the fourth ODI between India and South Africa. Thus this becomes one of the rare instances in recent times wherein the “one neutral-one home” umpire policy has been breached, and both the umpires will be home umpires.

JP Duminy out of series, Dean Elgar named replacement:

  • Dean Elgar has been drafted in as the replacement for JP Duminy for the remainder of the ODI series. JP Duminy sustained a laceration to his right hand while fielding off his own ball in the 3rd ODI, and will need 2-3 weeks to recover.

Possible ‘reverse bidding’ for new IPL teams:

  • BCCI may round up a new innovative revenue model called ‘reverse bidding’ for potential buyers of the two new Indian Premier League teams. A reverse auction is a type of auction in which the roles of buyer and seller are reversed. In a reverse auction, the sellers compete to obtain business from the buyer and prices will typically decrease as the sellers undercut each other.

Victoria storm into elimination finals:

  • Brief Scores : Victoria Bushrangers 320-6( Stonis 109, Handscomb 67; Faulkner 3-71) beat Tasmania (Dunk 54, Paine 47; Pattinson 3-35) by 48 runs D/L method.

Vincent ex-wife testifies against him

  • Lou Vincent, who ihas told Southwark Crown Court in London thatChris Cairns was “very confident” that he would get away with match-fixing because “everyone was doing it in India”.
  • Cairns, who denies two counts of perjury and perverting the course of justice, also told other players that they would “never play cricket again” unless they agreed to take part in fixing, according to testimony from Eleanor Riley, who was married to Vincent until the couple’s divorce in 2012.

Ganguly sacrificed his opening spot for me: Sehwag:

  • Soon after making the announcement of his retirement, in an interview withANI, Sehwag   thanked all his former teammates, captains and especially Sourav Ganguly, the man who is believed to have a substantial role in his career. “Ganguly sacrificed his opening spot for me; he loved me and had confidence in me. So, thank you Sourav.”

Rohit has got all the shots to be a Virender Sehwag: Graeme Smith:

  • Rohit Sharma, who has been in sublime form in this series, has got appreciation from former South African opener Graeme Smith. In an interview to BCCI.tv, he said “It is very difficult to replace players like Sehwag. He was a naturally attacking batsman and Rohit Sharma has shown that kind of flare in the series so far. It is all about combinations at the end of the day and how opening partners complement each other,”

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