TV sting accuses six umpires of fixing

Chris Barrett Indian TV station says it has exposed six leading cricket umpires willing to fix matches.

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Lyon the mane man as Australia fires up

Chris Barrett Delhi: Carted around at Chennai and then dumped, Nathan Lyon's immediate future as Australia's No.1 spin bowler was up in the air.

Chopper-cam not clear for take-off

Chris Barrett The FoxKopter has been grounded. One of the heavily spruiked innovations to Fox Sports' Twenty20 Big Bash League coverage, the mini-helicopter camera (pictured below), was conspicuous by its absence...

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Finger-picking good: Lawson wants ball tampering legalised

Chloe Saltau, Chris Barrett BALL-TAMPERING laws should be relaxed to permit bowlers to pick the seam and redress the growing imbalance between bat and ball, former Test paceman Geoff Lawson believes.

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Umpire in Australian spotlight for fixing claims

Chris Barrett A seemingly trivial warm-up match between Australia and England before the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka has been thrust into headlights amid allegations of corruption made against six umpires.