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Saeed Ajmal, the driving force behind Pakistan’s Test series victory against England, is to pull out of his deal to be one of Worcestershire’s overseas players in this year’s Friends Life t20 competition.

Umar Farooq06-Apr-2012Saeed Ajmal, the driving force behind Pakistan’s Test series victory against England, is to pull out of his deal to be one of Worcestershire’s overseas players in this year’s Friends Life t20 competition.Ajmal will cite a need to manage his workload ahead of additional international commitments for Pakistan, who are confident of announcing a series against Sri Lanka shortly.Ajmal’s wife has also recently given birth to the couple’s third child, a son, who predictably has already been nicknamed Teesra – the ‘third one’ – after his latest mystery delivery.It will be a major disappointment for Worcestershire, who had signed one of the most appealing cricketers in the game. Ajmal was also their best bowler in last year’s T20 competition. He claimed 16 wickets in eight games, conceding fewer than six runs an over and averaging 11.37 per wicket.Worcestershire have yet to hear official confirmation of Ajaml’s withdrawal, though they were aware of plans for the Sri Lanka series which have been mooted for a few weeks. They have yet to make contingency plans.The PCB has also yet to decide whether to allow Junaid Khan to play for Lancashire. The left-arm fast bowler has recently recovered from knee injury and, while he has applied for a No Objection Certificate, the PCB have yet to grant it.

It’s fair to say that Leeds United have looked different recently.

The Whites haven’t been at the races whatsoever, and if it weren’t for a late winner against Birmingham City they’d have failed to win any of their previous four matches.

It’s no surprise that this poor run has coincided with a defensive lapse.

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Leeds still have the joint-best backline in the league, conceding just 20 goals in 25 games, but ten of those have been shipped in their last four outings.

So what’s going on? Ben White’s stats are still as excellent as ever, winning 11 interceptions in the last three games. The same, meanwhile, goes for Liam Cooper, who has amassed 20 clearances in the same time frame. So where is the defensive lapse coming from?

It’ll be hard for United fans to hear it, but blame for the Whites’ poor defensive record as of late may lie on the shoulders of Kalvin Phillips.

The defensive midfielder has often been the rock in front of Leeds’ backline protecting the defence from any possible threats, but in recent weeks he’s been lacklustre.

The 24-year-old averages the third-highest tackles-per-game in the entire division, but in Leeds’ last four matches he’s made just two tackles overall, averaging 0.5 per match which is way down from the 3.1 he has been averaging this term.

That’d be ok if he was making up for it by winning the ball back in other ways, but his interception numbers tell a similar story as he’s made just two in the past four matches.

There’s no doubting that Phillips is one of the main reasons for Leeds’ brilliant defensive record this season – his tackling stats up to this point have been nigh on impeccable, but his recent dip seems to be what has caused United to leak goals.

In other news, Phil Hay has named three positions that Leeds are looking to strengthen in January.

بدأ نادي النصر السعودي مفاوضاته للتعاقد مع السنغالي ساديو ماني، من صفوف بايرن ميونخ الألماني.

انضم ماني إلى بايرن ميونخ في الصيف الماضي، قادمًا من ليفربول الإنجليزي، وشهد موسمه إصابة قوية أبعدته عن المشاركة في مونديال قطر مع السنغال، واستمر غيابه من نوفمبر إلى منتصف فبراير تقريبًا.

موسم ماني مع بايرن ميونخ كان مخيبًا للآمال إلى حد ما، ولا يعتقد أنه جزء من خطط توماس توخيل المدير الفني الجديد للفريق البافاري.

وقال توخيل عن ماني في تصريحات لموقع “Sport1”: “لقد كان أقل من التوقعات، الوضع التنافسي مرتفع للغاية، وضعية البداية ليست سهلة بالنسبة له، اللاعب يعرف ذلك أيضًا، إنه يعرف رأيي ورأي النادي”.

اقرأ أيضًا | الأهلي السعودي يبدأ مفاوضاته مع مدرب من الدوري الإنجليزي

وبحسب صحيفة “ذا أثليتك” التقى ممثلو ماني مع جوران فوسيفيتش المدير الرياضي لنادي النصر السعودي، في البرتغال لمناقشة فرص التعاقد مع السنغالي الدولي.

النصر جلب النجم البرتغالي كريستيانو رونالدو إلى صفوفه بعد مفاوضات في ديسمبر الماضي، حين فسخ تعاقده مع مانشستر يونايتد.

بالإضافة إلى وصول رونالدو ضم النصر أيضًا لاعب خط وسط إنتر ميلان السابق مارسيلو بروزوفيتش وسيكو فوفانا من لينس.

بايرن ميونخ مستعد للسماح لماني بالرحيل، للاستفادة ماليًا من الصفقة، في ظل سعيه أيضًا لضم هاري كين من توتنهام. 

Jim Allenby scored an unbeaten 74 to give Glamorgan a fighting chance after Hampshire’s bowlers had begun well in Dimitri Mascarenhas final home match

Alex Winter at the Ageas Bowl07-Sep-2013
ScorecardJim Allenby played a composed innings of 74 not out before chipping in with two wickets in a miserly spell•PA Photos

Jim Allenby has been the saviour of Glamorgan this season. He is so prized the county secured him on a new four-year contract in August; some deal for a 30-year-old. But his value was evident as he top-scored and bowled a painfully mean spell to send Glamorgan to their first showpiece final since 2000.His knees must be creaking given the weight of responsibility he has been forced to carry this year. Without his 1700 runs in all competitions, Glamorgan would have endured a miserable year. Here, he read the conditions far better than any of his colleagues with the bat and, with the ball, showed the correct length to bowl on a sluggish pitch.A 60-ball half-century gave some progress to what was for 30 overs a laboured first innings. From Allenby’s stability, Glamorgan added 81 in the final eight overs. That blitz, which included four fours and two sixes in Ben Wright’s unbeaten innings, was more like the cricket seen recently at the Ageas Bowl. Four hundred runs were scored here in the Friends Life t20 quarter-final and run-fests ensued in England internationals with New Zealand and Australia.The push gave Glamorgan a very competitive total, which they defended well, despite Hampshire’s own late surge of 71 in the final 10 overs, led by Sean Ervine, who arguably played the innings of the day by continuing to find the rope and keep Hampshire in the hunt with 54 in 51 balls. But once he holed out to long-on with 58 needed in 27 balls, the champions were dethroned.Ervine was removed by Michael Hogan – another who has made a standout contribution for Glamorgan and who they have relied on in all formats to be competitive. Having been slightly too full in his opening three overs, which conceded 20, Hogan closed out the match with full, straight bowling to end with 4 for 51.But it was Allenby who led the way with the ball, conceding only 18 runs from his eight overs and claiming the wickets of openers James Vince and Michael Roberts, who were pulling their hair out at how difficult the bowling was to manoeuvre.Allenby praises team effort

“It was a good all-round display. We’ve prided ourselves on putting in consistent team performances and not relying on individuals to win games and that’s what we showed again today. Three or four guys chipped in with the bat and all the bowlers did a good job.
“It was a tough wicket. It was quite slow and took turn. We summed it up quicker than they did and bowled brilliantly. With Michale Hogan and Graham Wagg and our spinners we’re always going to go well. It was probably lucky that we were sent in really because it turned more as the game went on.
“A few times out there I thought I’ve got to just whack this but it would probably have gone straight up in the air. It was good to have Murray Goodwin out there to work with and Ben Wright, that is probably one of the best one-day innings you’ll see. He’s only got 40 but that changed the momentum. He’s done it quite a few times this year without the recognition so it was good for him to do it today on the big stage.
“Whoever we come up against in the final, be it Notts or Somerset. They’re going to have guys who want to be seen on TV and are competing for England squads. They’ll take the focus away from the game. If we don’t do that and stick to our roles which are very well defined this year then we’ll go well.”

The Ageas Bowl has seen some cracking wickets for one-day cricket but a slow, sticky surface was unveiled for this semi-final and the conditions were alien to hosts Hampshire, as they lost a second one-day semi-final this season. Hitherto unbeaten at home in the competition this year, and successful in seven out of eight chases in the group stage, Hampshire were unable to hunt down a target asking for just under a run a ball.Allenby was almost impossible to score off. He bowled wicket-to-wicket on a length just fuller of good. With no pace or angle to work with, the batsmen endured eight overs of largely patting the ball back up the pitch. Only one boundary came from his spell, Jimmy Adams reaching out to flick a ball from middle and off wide of deep midwicket.It was Adams who headed the pursuit. Like Allenby, he largely settled for carefully working the bowling around and it was the Hampshire captain who elected to take the batting Powerplay in the 28th over when the required rate had leaped to 10 an over.Two slog sweeps found the rope but as he attempted a third, Andrew Salter, Glamorgan’s 20-year-old offspinner, slid one on to the front pad that was somehow not given out lbw by umpire David Millns. It was the second exceptionally close lbw appeal Adams had survived. He also escaped a caught behind decision when it appeared he gloved an attempted sweep to Mark Wallace.But he rode his luck and brought up a 73-ball fifty with a leg side swat that bounced over the head of Wallace. It was cricket straight from a schoolboy fixture and matched the six-yard run-out Adams missed earlier in the day; one of three run-out chances Hampshire didn’t take in a lacklustre fielding display.Adams fell top-edging an on-side flick that went straight in the air when 76 were needed from 42 balls and it was too much for the new batsmen who followed to settle on a pitch where timing was very difficult all day, even accounting for a fairytale scenario from Dimitri Mascarenhas, playing his last game for Hampshire.It was not the swansong he had hoped for. He stood at the end of his run at the Northern End preparing to bowl the 31st over of the Glamorgan innings. But the public address delayed his shuffling few strides to the crease to announce that this would be Mascarenhas’s final over at the Ageas Bowl.He acknowledged the generous applause before sending down a typically slippery over from which only three balls were scored off. A standing ovation followed as the Hampshire faithful recognised the final sight of one of their great servants. Hampshire lost the match and a legend.

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Sri Lanka overcame adverse playing conditions in their rain-affected ODI against West Indies to achieve a victory that Angelo Mathews said had proved the character of his side

ESPNcricinfo staff09-Jul-2013

Sri Lanka overcame adverse playing conditions and a poor start on the first day of their rain-affected ODI against West Indies to achieve a victory that has all but put them in the final of the tri-series, a result the captain Angelo Mathews said had proved the character of his side.Play was abandoned on Sunday with Sri Lanka 60 for 3 in 19 overs. They had to restart their innings, which was reduced to 41 overs, on Monday knowing that anything less than a strong batting performance would hurt them under the D/L method. Under Kumar Sangakkara’s guidance, Sri Lanka made 159 in 22 overs.”We had a team talk, and we needed to get runs. Especially with D/L, batting first is a disadvantage,” Mathews said. “It is tough to play around rain delays batting first. We had to get the runs, and I am glad that we got the runs.”Very pleased with the boys. They showed a lot of character. Especially on the first day. I thought Sangakkara batted brilliantly, he held the innings together.”Sangakkara batted through the innings, converting a cautious start on Sunday into an unbeaten 90 off 95 balls on the reserve day. He helped Sri Lanka take 72 runs off the last six overs. “I think the wicket was quite spongy. There was a slow high bounce. It needed patience at the start and slogging at the end,” Sangakkara said. “If you hang in there, with the new rules, and the wicket getting better, you can get the runs.”The real decision is, when the going is tough, are you going to absorb the pressure or are you going to attack? Batting first, you can absorb the pressure and then catch up in the end. If you have wickets in hand, the advantage is with you. On tough wickets like this, being there in the end helps.”Sri Lanka were aided by a West Indies bowling performance that was poor compared to the effort on the first day of the game. Apart from their inability to contain the batsmen, West Indies’ bowlers conceded 31 runs in extras, 24 of which were in wides.”We undid the work we did yesterday. It wasn’t right on our part. When you set plans, you have to bowl the plans. We were all over the shop,” their stand-in captain Kieron Pollard said. “If we are honest with ourselves, our bowling was not up to the mark. Thirty-one extras is totally unacceptable.”The batting also let the home side down. Chasing a revised target of 230 in 41 overs, West Indies slumped to 31 for 4 in the ninth over. Devon Smith made a 14-ball duck. The innings was stabilized by Darren Bravo and Lendl Simmons, who made half-centuries, but after that stand another collapse followed and five wickets fell for 23 runs.”Bravo and Simmons brought us back, but if we are totally honest with ourselves, myself included, we haven’t batted well,” Pollard said. “We always put ourselves in these situations. As cricketers, we need to find a way out. It should not have come down to this.”West Indies now depend on Sri Lanka beating India in the final league game on Tuesday in order to make the final of the tri-series.

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Na altitude de 3.700 metros, em Oruro, na Bolívia, o Flamengo superou o obstáculo da altitude e venceu o San José por 1 a 0, na noite desta terça-feira, pela estreia na Conmebol Libertadores. O responsável por dar a vitória ao Rubro-Negro foi Gabigol, que conseguiu fazer o gol após passe de Bruno Henrique. O goleiro Diego Alves ficou com uma menção honrosa pelo desempenho ímpar acima do nível do mar, com muitas defesas importantes que evitaram os gols dos bolivianos.

Com o resultado, o Flamengo chegou aos três pontos – na liderança do Grupo D -, enquanto o San José fica na lanterna, sem pontuar. Pela Libertadores, ambas as equipes voltam a campo na semana que vem – na quarta, o Rubro-Negro recebe a LDU e, na quinta, os bolivianos visitam o Peñarol. Antes, pela Taça Rio, segundo turno do Campeonato Carioca, os comandados de Abel Braga fazem o clássico com o Vasco, sábado, no Maracanã.

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MILAGRES DE DIEGO ALVES
Como era de se esperar pela elevada altitude, o Flamengo jogou de uma forma cadenciada, trabalhando para ir ao ataque no erro do San José. Já os bolivianos, sem sentir muito os 3.700 metros pelo costume de jogar no local, aproveitavam para tentar abrir o placar, esbarrando em Diego Alves, que fez milagres. No primeiro tempo, aos 38 e 39 minutos, com Saucedo e Torrico, respectivamente, tentando o gol.

FOLIA EM ORURO
Já no segundo tempo, o Flamengo passou a ir mais ao ataque, pegando um San José um pouco cansado. E nestas tentativas, a qualidade ofensiva dos comandados de Abel Braga prevaleceu. Aos 14 minutos, Bruno Henrique deu um passe perfeito para Gabigol, que entrou na área e mandou direto, na saída do goleiro Lampe, 1 a 0. A preparação durante o Carnaval, fora do Brasil, estava surtindo o efeito esperado pelo Rubro-Negro – provocando, assim, a folia nas alturas.

SEGURA A EMOÇÃO ATÉ O FIM
Na frente do placar, o Flamengo passou a trabalhar mais a bola, segurando o jogo e a emoção pela vitória na estreia na Libertadores até o fim. O San José até tentou atrapalhar, mas Diego Alves seguia fazendo milagres, em chutes de Marcelo Gomes, aos 17, e Saucedo, aos 28. O Rubro-Negro conseguiu uma chance de ampliar aos 36 novamente com Gabigol, mas mandou em cima do goleiro boliviano. Fim de papo, três pontos mais do que importantes para o Flamengo, que promete embalar na temporada!

FICHA TÉCNICA
SAN JOSÉ (BOL) 0 X 1 FLAMENGO

Estádio: Jesús Bermúdez, em Oruro (BOL)
Data/hora: 5/3/2019, às 19h15 (de Brasília)
Árbitro: Nestor Pitana (ARG) – Nota LANCE!: 6,0 (não influenciou no resultado, apesar de ter em alguns lances demorado a aplicar cartões, preferindo a conversa)
Assistentes: Diego Bonfa (ARG) e Maximiliano Del Yesso (ARG)
Renda/público: Indisponíveis
Cartões amarelos: Iker Hernández, Alessandrini, Segovia (SJO) e Diego, Léo Duarte, Bruno Henrique, Diego Alves (FLA)
Cartão vermelho: –

GOL: Gabigol 14’/2ºT (0-1)

SAN JOSÉ: Lampe, Segovia, Toco, Edemir Rodríguez e Jair Torrico; Kevin Fernández (Gutiérrez 21’/2ºT), Didí Torrico, Rodrigo Ramallo e Sanguinetti (Marcelo Gomes 9’/2ºT); Iker Hernández (Alessandrini 21’/2ºT) e Saucedo. Técnico: Néstor Clausen.

FLAMENGO: Diego Alves, Pará, Léo Duarte, Rodrigo Caio e Renê; Cuéllar, Willian Arão, Diego (Ronaldo 40’/2ºT) e Arrascaeta (Éverton Ribeiro intervalo); Bruno Henrique (Vitinho 31’/2ºT) e Gabigol. Técnico: Abel Braga.

أعلن نادي تشيلسي الإنجليزي، اليوم الثلاثاء، تعاقده رسميًا مع الدولي الفرنسي، كريستوفر نكونكو، قادمًا من لايبزيج الألماني بعقد يمتد حتى يونيو 2029.

وقال نكونكو في تصريحات نشرها الموقع الرسمي للنادي: “أنا سعيد للغاية بالانضمام إلى تشيلسي، لقد تم بذل جهد كبير لإحضاري إلى النادي وأنا أتطلع إلى مقابلة مدربي الجديد وزملائي في الفريق وأظهر لمشجعي تشيلسي ما يمكنني القيام به على أرض الملعب”. 

Nkunku is a Blue! 🔵 pic.twitter.com/NASfDOG0Xg — Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) June 20, 2023

وأضاف نكونكو: “بعد أن لعبت في دوري الدرجة الأولى والدوري الألماني، أريد الآن أن ألعب في الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، أحد أقوى الدوريات في العالم، أنا متحمس جدًا لهذا التحدي وسأفتخر بارتداء قميص تشيلسي”.

اقرأ أيضًا.. ديلي ميل: آرسنال يقدم العرض الثاني لضم هافيرتز من تشيلسي

فيما قال لورانس ستيوارت وبول وينستانلي، المديران الرياضيان لتشيلسي: “أثبت كريستوفر أنه أحد اللاعبين المهاجمين البارزين في كرة القدم الأوروبية على مدار الموسمين الماضيين وسيضيف الجودة والإبداع والتنوع إلى فريقنا، لقد أظهر قدرته على أعلى مستوى مع لايبزيج وفرنسا ونتطلع إلى انضمامه مع زملائه الجدد قبل الموسم الجديد”.

صاحب الـ25 عامًا انضم إلى لايبزيج في صيف 2019 قادمًا من فريق باريس سان جيرمان بمبلغ 13 مليون يورو، وحقق بطولة كأس ألمانيا مرتين، قبل أن يتم إعلان انتقاله إلى تشيلسي اليوم بدفع الشرط الجزائي والذي يقدر بـ60 مليون يورو.

ESPNcricinfo previews the first T20 international between England and New Zealand

The Preview by Alan Gardner24-Jun-2013Match factsJune 25, The Oval
Start time 6.30pm (1730 GMT)Eoin Morgan will lead England against New Zealand two days after his Champions Trophy final disappointment•Getty Images

Big PictureRemember New Zealand’s tour of England? Well, it didn’t end two weeks ago. Less than 48 hours after England failed to win their first piece of global 50-over silverware by losing a T20 shootout against India, the T20 leg of the New Zealand series will begin at The Oval. The insistent rumble of the Ashes, which got even louder on Monday, means that a squad made up of T20 specialists and assorted young tyros has been assembled, with none of England’s senior Test players involved. Oh, except for Kevin Pietersen, who could play in the second game on Thursday.In Stuart Broad’s absence, Eoin Morgan will lead a side likely to contain four of his Champions Trophy team-mates. The T20 team, logically, diverges the furthest from England’s Test blueprint and the likes of Michael Lumb, Alex Hales, Luke Wright and Jade Dernbach are regulars in the shortest form but there could still be a debutant or two involved, with call-ups for Yorkshire’s hard-hitting middle-order batsman Gary Ballance and the former Ireland seamer Boyd Rankin.New Zealand won the ODIs against England 2-1, raising expectations, but faltered in the Champions Trophy group stage, albeit that the weather played a big role in two of their games. The squad has been freshened up a little for what will be New Zealand’s last international fixtures before a few months off. Back at the start of February, these two teams began their 16-round tussle over two continents with England smashing the ball around Eden Park with record-breaking abandon. Hopefully there will still be some gas in the tank.Form guide (most recent first)England WLWWL
New Zealand LWLLW
In the spotlightRavi Bopara sneaked into England’s Champions Trophy squad and then proceeded to make himself an indispensible member of the team, at a time when many were prepared to write him off as an international nearly man. Bopara appeared to be a central component for England in the build up to the World Twenty20 last year, only to lose form and confidence at a crucial time. His last T20I innings was a single run from six balls in the Super Six defeat to Sri Lanka that sent the holders out but he now has the opportunity to further strengthen his renaissance credentials.New Zealand rarely seem to be short of nuggety allrounders to hit hard down the order and fill in with a few overs of medium pace. Corey Anderson was brought in as an ODI debutant in the Champions Trophy match against England, many thought precisely because of the threat of rain and a shortened game – he bowled one over at a cost of four runs and then biffed 30 in a revitalising partnership with Kane Williamson. The burly left-hander appears likely to get an opportunity to press his case ahead of James Franklin.Team newsApart from Pietersen, who will not be available for the first game, England have named a squad completely devoid of players likely to be involved in the Ashes. Alex Hales has struggled for runs with Nottinghamshire recently, while Jade Dernbach’s stock dipped when called into the ODI squad as cover before the Champions Trophy but the low-key nature of this series might be to their advantage. Boyd Rankin and Gary Ballance could both win their first caps for England.England 1 Michael Lumb, 2 Alex Hales, 3 Luke Wright, 4 Ravi Bopara, 5 Eoin Morgan (capt), 6 Jos Buttler (wk), 7 Ben Stokes, 8 Chris Woakes, 9 James Tredwell, 10 Jade Dernbach, 11 Boyd Rankin/Danny BriggsHamish Rutherford returns after a few weeks in county cricket with Essex but the majority of the team will be familiar. Tom Latham provided some fireworks in New Zealand’s win over Kent on Sunday and could return to the middle-order, with Grant Elliott absent through injury. Ian Butler and Doug Bracewell will vie to deputise for Tim Southee, while Ronnie Hira provides another spin-bowling option.New Zealand 1 Hamish Rutherford, 2 Martin Guptill, 3 Brendon McCullum (capt, wk), 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Tom Latham, 6 Colin Munro, 7 Corey Anderson, 8 Nathan McCullum, 9 Ian Butler, 10 Kyle Mills, 11 Mitchell McClenaghanPitch and conditionsScene of England’s dominant Champions Trophy semi-final win, a different surface is likely to be used for the T20 but bounce and turn should still figure. The forecast is for a warm evening with some cloud cover, which could help the ball swing.Stats and trivia England have won seven out of nine T20s against New Zealand. The only previous T20 international played between them in England was a nine-wicket home victory at Old Trafford in 2008.
New Zealand have the top two T20 batsmen in the world – Martin Guptill and Brendon McCullum – according to the current rankings.
Since making a half-century against Worcestershire at the start of May, Alex Hales has score 78 runs in 13 innings, with 11 single-figure scores.
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Differing versions are emerging over how the three-man independent commission to look into the corruption charges in the IPL was formed

Sidharth Monga and Sharda Ugra02-Jun-2013

The IPL governing council

Rajiv Shukla (former IPL Chairman and Uttar Pradesh CA)

Arun Jaitley – (BCCI vice-president and Delhi and districts CA president)

Anirudh Chaudhary – Haryana CA

Amitabh Chaudhary – Jharkhand CA

Sanjay Patel – Baroda CA

Ganga Raju – Andhra CA

MP Pandove – Punjab CA

Ravi Shastri

At least two members of the IPL governing council are unaware of when and how the three-man commission was selected to inquire into the complaints against the owners of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, and Gurunath Meiyappan, N Srinivasan’s son-in-law.Two others in the eight-member governing council confirmed that even though a meeting wasn’t convened to discuss the issue, their consent was taken over the phone before the decision was announced. They were not willing to divulge who called them for their consent.The BCCI press release sent on May 28 said the IPL governing council had appointed the commission comprising Sanjay Jagdale and two retired high-court judges from Tamil Nadu. Jagdale has since resigned from the BCCI, and there are different versions emerging as to who actually appointed the three men.IS Bindra, former BCCI president and currently Punjab Cricket Association chief, said it was appointed by a committee that consisted of IPL CEO Sundar Raman, BCCI’s general manager (game development) Ratnakar Shetty, TNCA vice-president and BCCI lawyer PS Raman, and event-management firm IMG’s Peter Griffiths. Bindra said Shetty told him that at the BCCI’s working committee where Srinivasan agreed to step aside while the probe was on.Ajay Shirke, who recently resigned as the BCCI treasurer, said he was given to understand that the commission would be appointed by the following people: Shirke himself, Jagdale, Ravi Shastri, IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla and BCCI vice-president Arun Jaitley. Two of those five were supposed to be part of the probe commission, Srinivasan had said in Kolkata, hours before the IPL final.Shirke said that out of the blue he was told next day that he would be on the commission. Shirke said he duly declined. When the release finally arrived from “the IPL Governing Council”, it had Jagdale on the commission. Jagdale has since said he never knew he was to be a part of the commission, and had asked to be excused from it.Shirke didn’t say, though, who put his name, and later Jagdale’s, in the commission. Bindra said he tried to enquire about that during the working-committee meeting. “‘Who made this committee,’ I asked,” Bindra said. “Srinivasan said, ‘I don’t know.’ I asked Professor Shetty, and he said an operations committee named the probe panel. That committee consisted of Sundar Raman, Shetty, Peter Griffiths, and Raman.”Bindra then, speaking to a television channel, went on to point out Raman is the same lawyer that accompanied Gurunath to Mumbai hours before the latter was arrested. Bindra called Raman a personal lawyer of “Mr president”. He even said that the commission was a “Sundar Raman-appointed panel”.Over the few years since the departure of Lalit Modi, Sundar Raman has emerged as Srinivasan’s right-hand man in the board particularly when related to commercial property rights, broadcast production and coverage. He has even represented the BCCI at a chief executives’ committee meeting at the ICC in 2011.With Jagdale and Shirke both gone, the commission’s future remains uncertain. Jagdale’s replacement will have to be named by Jagmohan Dalmiya, the interim in-charge of the BCCI’s day-to-day affairs, which will then have to be ratified by the working committee of the BCCI. Bindra, however, told ESPNcricinfo that the two judges will remain because Jaitley told him that removing them “will be a disrespect to the judges”.