Two-Test ban on Ganguly off
The two-Test ban on India [ Images ] captain Sourav Ganguly [ Images ] has been lifted by the International Cricket Council [ Images ].
ICC [ Images ] Chief Executive Officer Malcolm Speed [ Images ] informed the Board of Control for Cricket in India about the decision on Friday."We have received a communication to this effect from Speed. Ganguly is free to play now," BCCI secretary S K Nair said.
Ganguly was slapped a two-Test suspension by ICC Match Referee Clive Lloyd [ Images ] for India's slow over rate in the BCCI's Platinum Jubilee One-Day International against Pakistan in Kolkata [ Images ] on November 13. He appealed against the decision, citing frequent changing of the ball, heavy due and injury to Pakistan batsman Salman Butt [ Images ] as the reasons for the delay.
The ICC appointed New Zealand [ Images ] lawyer Tim Castle to hear the Indian captain's appeal and allowed him to play the first Test against South Africa [ Images ] in Kanpur last week pending the hearing, which was conducted via a teleconference on Thursday.
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