Board of Control for Cricket in India rejects dope code

The Indian cricket control board has come out in full support of its players, rejecting the World AntiDoping Agency's contentious "whereabouts requirements" clause, which makes it mandatory for cricketers to be available for out-of-competition testing.

The board, which took the decision at an emergency working committee meeting at its Mumbai headquarters on Sunday, said while it was not against players being tested as part of the International Cricket Council's Wada-compliant antidoping code, the procedure involved was "unreasonable" and that it "violated the Indian Constitution."

BCCI president Shashank Manohar said in Mumbai after the meeting: "We agree with the dope testing code, we are only objecting to the system.

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Only 3 Indians on International Cricket Council list

Only three Indian greats, left-arm spin magician Bishen Singh Bedi, prolific opener Sunil Gavaskar and champion all rounder Kapil Dev, have been named by the International Cricket Council in its 55-strong Hall of Famers list, which has 22 Englishmen in it.

The ICC, while announcing Colin Cowdrey as the 19th cricketer to be formally inducted in its elite list of cricket greats, provided the list of persons who have been chosen for the Hall of Fame, but yet to be formally inducted.

The list contains 22 Englishmen, 11 Australians, 13 West Indians, three each from India, Pakistan and two South Africans and a lone New Zealander.

Strangely, none from Sri Lanka was found good enough to make the list though it has won the World Cup in 1996. Apparently the list does not contain cricketers who have retired after 1995.

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Lanka takes hit, Pakistan stumped

Eight people,including six policemen and two civilians, were killed and six players of the visiting Sri Lankan cricket team were injured when masked terrorists ambushed the cricketers near Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium at about 9 am.

The ambush, similar in style to the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, stunned a world already trying to deal with an uncontrollable militant element that is threatening to destabilise Pakistan.

Pakistani forces have been battling a wave of militancy in its northwest regions, considered by many to be a safe haven for Al Qaeda.

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