Pawar gets ICC position

By Our Correspondent

New Delhi

Oct. 5: The International Cricket Council’s president elect, Sharad Pawar, was on on Sunday named as the chairman of the Finance and Commercial Affairs Committee while the BCCI president Shashank Manohar was named as a member of the Governance Review Committee.

The appointments were made as the ICC revised its committee structure. The ICC president David Morgan announced details of the committee structure for the next 12 months.

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Sachin’s No. 1 for Warne

London, Oct. 5: Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar tops the list of world’s best 100 Test cricketers named by legendary spinner Shane Warne in his book Shane Warne’s Century, which also features as many as 10 other Indians.

Warne’s list from amongst cricketers whom he had played with or against also includes Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, V.V.S. Laxman, Harbhajan Singh, Virender Sehwag, Anil Kumble, Kapil Dev, Mohammad Azharuddin, Dilip Vengsarkar and Ravi Shastri. The list in Warne’s book released on October 2 is almost identical with the one in the Times newspaper published last year.

The legendary spinner describes Tendulkar as a "genius" and "best in the business", one who has an amazing discipline, and puts the Indian ahead of West Indian legend Brian Lara. — PTI