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Banned Bangladeshi umpire Nadir Shah denied Indian visa

Nadir Shah, the 50-year-old Bangladeshi umpire, has been denied a visa to travel to India, World Cricket Badger has learned. According to our sources in Bangladesh, Shah, who was a member of the ICC International umpire panel, applied for his visa on April 3, however his passport has been returned with no reason given for […]

ICC needs an independent chairman, says former president Ehsan Mani

While suspended BCCI president Narayanswamy Srinivasan’s proposed chairmanship of the International Cricket Council (ICC) is set to be challenged in India’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, former ICC president Ehsan Mani wants an independent chairman to steer cricket’s highest governing body.

Have you heard the Cricket Badger Radio Show?

In addition to this website, we now have our very own radio show on Radio Yorkshire every Tuesday evening between 7pm and 9pm UK time hosted by James Buttler.

Sachin Tendulkar image named Wisden - MCC Cricket Photograph of the Year 2013

A photograph of Sachin Tendulkar in his final Test appearance in Mumbai has been named the 2013 Wisden – MCC Cricket Photograph of the Year. Atul Kamble has been rewarded for his picture while South African and Bangladeshi photographers have been named as runners up.

Star trio confirmed for MCC v Rest of the World fixture

Pakistan duo Shahid Afridi and Saeed Ajmal are the latest players to be confirmed for this year’s MCC v Rest of the World clash at Lord’s. Bangladesh batsman Tamim Iqbal will also play in the fixture on Saturday 5th July which is part of the Lord’s Bicentenary celebrations.

Darren Stevens discharged over BPL match-fixing but Chowdury guilty

Kent allrounder Darren Stevens, along with five others, has been found not guilty by the tribunal investigating corruption in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). One of the owners of the Dhaka Gladiators franchise, Shihab Jishan Chowdury, has been found guilty of “being party to an effort to fix” a match.