Michael Herbert Rudolf Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne, [ 1894 – 1939 ] was a British peerand soldier, the son of the 4th Baron Brabourne. Knatchbull was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, served in the Gallipoli Campaign, rose to heights, was awarded the Military Cross for his "distinguished service in the Field during the operations at the Dardanelles." In 1933, upon his father's death, he succeeded as Baron Brabourne following which he was made Governor of Bombay and was invested as a Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire.Have never read this before ! Television news channel Al Jazeera has hit out at the manner in which the ECB and CA dismissed allegations of spot-fixing involving their teams in its documentary, The Munawar Files, adding that the ICC had failed to answer questions about the alleged "match-fixer at the centre of our investigation" Aneel Munawar. The documentary, the second on corruption in cricket by Al Jazeera, claimed that up to 15 international matches - several of them Tests - in the 2011-12 period had been subject to spot-fixing. Munawar was also at the center of their first documentary, which alleged that the Chennai Test in December 2016 and the Ranchi Test in March 2017 had been subject to spot-fixing by England and Australia players. In its race to corporatise, centralise and improve team performance over the past seven years, Cricket Australia's leadership lost sight of the fact that sport is not a business, and that cricket in particular is judged by the way in which its participants abide by the spirit of cricket as much as by how often they win or lose. These are among the key findings of the Ethics Centre's independent review of CA, released on Monday. Composed by Dr Simon Longstaff in conjunction with a player review conducted by the former Test batsman Rick McCosker, it has exposed the governing body as "arrogant" and "controlling", while casting back to the introduction of more outwardly corporate structures and goals by the 2011 Argus review as a key point on the road towards the Newlands ball tampering scandal. Equally, the review has outlined clear divisions between CA's Board and executive, its state association owners, and the players represented by the Australian Cricketers Association. Critically, CA's overarching strategy for 2017-2022 is shown to be missing strong links to the spirit of cricket that underpins behavior within the game, with the review also identifying a consistency between the corporate behaviours of CA in dealing with stakeholders and sponsors and the moral decay of the national team leading to the choice of David Warner and Cameron Bancroft, with Steven Smith's tacit support, to use sandpaper to try to gain reverse swing in Cape Town!~among 42 recommendations outlined by the review are the desire for Australian cricket to establish an ethics commission to oversee the ethical health of the game in Australia!!~ sounds pretty interesting !!! That Governor described in 1st para inaugurated Brabourne Stadium, built on a piece of land reclaimed from the sea which Lord Brabourne, Governor of Bombay, presented to the Cricket Club of India after being tempted with an offer of immortality in the bargain. It was officially opened on December 7 1937 following with a match between the CCI and Lord Tennyson's team. The idea that the ground would be the Lord's of India was the brainchild of a Goan, Neville de Mello. It was as exclusive as its English counterpart and every bit as luxurious - Frank Worrell once remarked that it was the only place in the world where he could watch cricket in his dressing-gown and remove it when it was his turn to bat. It was also a multi-sport complex which hosted international tennis.The first test here was played in Dec 1948 between India and West Indies while the last one was against Sri Lanka in 2009.It first hosted an ODI (Australia Vs Pak – 1989) – and today’s match against Windies was played here at Brabourne. I have written disparagingly about him, dismayed about the vast support of statements like ‘you are seeing India’s talent on screen’ by sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri and Manjrekar even when he had stings of failure .. but not often does a knock of 162 get lamented as a missed double-century.One cannot wonder counting as this happens to be the seventh - though, three of the previous six have been double-hundreds, the man is Rohit Sharma.
Brabuorne History ~ Al Jazeera .. .. and Ranatunga Arrested
Posted on the 29 October 2018 by Sampathkumar SampathMichael Herbert Rudolf Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne, [ 1894 – 1939 ] was a British peerand soldier, the son of the 4th Baron Brabourne. Knatchbull was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery, served in the Gallipoli Campaign, rose to heights, was awarded the Military Cross for his "distinguished service in the Field during the operations at the Dardanelles." In 1933, upon his father's death, he succeeded as Baron Brabourne following which he was made Governor of Bombay and was invested as a Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire.Have never read this before ! Television news channel Al Jazeera has hit out at the manner in which the ECB and CA dismissed allegations of spot-fixing involving their teams in its documentary, The Munawar Files, adding that the ICC had failed to answer questions about the alleged "match-fixer at the centre of our investigation" Aneel Munawar. The documentary, the second on corruption in cricket by Al Jazeera, claimed that up to 15 international matches - several of them Tests - in the 2011-12 period had been subject to spot-fixing. Munawar was also at the center of their first documentary, which alleged that the Chennai Test in December 2016 and the Ranchi Test in March 2017 had been subject to spot-fixing by England and Australia players. In its race to corporatise, centralise and improve team performance over the past seven years, Cricket Australia's leadership lost sight of the fact that sport is not a business, and that cricket in particular is judged by the way in which its participants abide by the spirit of cricket as much as by how often they win or lose. These are among the key findings of the Ethics Centre's independent review of CA, released on Monday. Composed by Dr Simon Longstaff in conjunction with a player review conducted by the former Test batsman Rick McCosker, it has exposed the governing body as "arrogant" and "controlling", while casting back to the introduction of more outwardly corporate structures and goals by the 2011 Argus review as a key point on the road towards the Newlands ball tampering scandal. Equally, the review has outlined clear divisions between CA's Board and executive, its state association owners, and the players represented by the Australian Cricketers Association. Critically, CA's overarching strategy for 2017-2022 is shown to be missing strong links to the spirit of cricket that underpins behavior within the game, with the review also identifying a consistency between the corporate behaviours of CA in dealing with stakeholders and sponsors and the moral decay of the national team leading to the choice of David Warner and Cameron Bancroft, with Steven Smith's tacit support, to use sandpaper to try to gain reverse swing in Cape Town!~among 42 recommendations outlined by the review are the desire for Australian cricket to establish an ethics commission to oversee the ethical health of the game in Australia!!~ sounds pretty interesting !!! That Governor described in 1st para inaugurated Brabourne Stadium, built on a piece of land reclaimed from the sea which Lord Brabourne, Governor of Bombay, presented to the Cricket Club of India after being tempted with an offer of immortality in the bargain. It was officially opened on December 7 1937 following with a match between the CCI and Lord Tennyson's team. The idea that the ground would be the Lord's of India was the brainchild of a Goan, Neville de Mello. It was as exclusive as its English counterpart and every bit as luxurious - Frank Worrell once remarked that it was the only place in the world where he could watch cricket in his dressing-gown and remove it when it was his turn to bat. It was also a multi-sport complex which hosted international tennis.The first test here was played in Dec 1948 between India and West Indies while the last one was against Sri Lanka in 2009.It first hosted an ODI (Australia Vs Pak – 1989) – and today’s match against Windies was played here at Brabourne. I have written disparagingly about him, dismayed about the vast support of statements like ‘you are seeing India’s talent on screen’ by sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri and Manjrekar even when he had stings of failure .. but not often does a knock of 162 get lamented as a missed double-century.One cannot wonder counting as this happens to be the seventh - though, three of the previous six have been double-hundreds, the man is Rohit Sharma.