Ranatunga’s fresh guard -- politics
Cricket supremo Arjuna Ranatunga’s surprise announcement that he is to retire from the game has sent Sri Lanka’s parliamentarians into a spin amid reports that he may enter the political fray.



Govt warns BCCI to set house in order
The government on Friday warned the Indian cricket board that it would not hesitate to interfere in its working to set things right in the wake of the match-fixing scandal.



Indian request on Cronje extradition in a limbo
The South African Department of Foreign Affairs has not yet received any request by the Indian government for the extradition of disgraced former captain Hansie Cronje.



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