Cricket

The MCC committee has turned down a revised £75m offer for a downgraded development at the Nursery End at Lord's.

In their latest IPL 2013 chat John Pennington and Chetaen Narula look back at the first two play-offs in the Indian Premier League 2013, discussing wins for Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, look ahead to the Mumbai Indians-Rajasthan Royals match and discuss the spot-fixing allegations that have shook the league in the past week.

The sponsors of IPL are increasingly getting restive as they find that the rub-off from the betting-fixing tainted league is proving to be negative for their brands.

Ireland once again underlined their ability to compete with the heavyweights of world cricket, coming close to recording another famous victory over Pakistan but in the end had to settle for a tie in the first One-Day International in Dublin. Paul Stirling's second successive century against Pakistan got Phil Simmons' side off to the perfect start in their pursuit of 276 before Kevin O'Brien's explosive innings of 84 meant the game went into the final over.

The crime branch is reported to have received a one-page fax from Meiyappan seeking time till Monday, with the assurance that he would appear in person.

Graham Onions collected the 18th five-wicket haul of his first-class career to provide Durham a useful lead against Middlesex

In this shrill and malevolent world of T20 league — where no one is above board — a new Dravid has emerged, a little late, but welcome all the same.

Paul Stirling and Kevin O'Brien star as Ireland secure a dramatic draw with Pakistan in the one-day international at Clontarf.

Leicestershire's battle to salvage a draw from their Championship Division Two game against Glamorgan was boosted by bad weather and their best opening stand of the season at Grace Road

The sacking of the ICC's elite panel umpire comes a day after TOI quoted Mumbai police sources as saying he was under the scanner for involvement in the IPL spot-fixing.