Trevor Chappell

While ball tampering saga has shaken Australian cricket to its core, the entire episode has also been the focal point for many hilarious memes and videos that going viral on social media.

Trevor Chappell has never apologised to New Zealand for the underarm ball that shocked the cricketing world in 1981 and the former Australia batsman says there is not much point doing so now as it would not change anything.

Irked by the "unethical" charge levelled at Adam Gilchrist for using a squash ball in his gloves in the World Cup final.

Former Indian captain Virat Kohli's batting gloves, which he wore during his match-winning innings against Pakistan in the ICC T20 World Cup, were auctioned for $5,750 at a charity dinner organized by The Chappell Foundation. The event raised over $5 million for homeless young people, with businessman Greg Boorer bidding $28,000 for a dinner at his home catered by Surjit's Indian Restaurant. The charity dinner was attended by Australian cricket legends and dignitaries, including former Prime Minister John Howard.

"The underarm had very little to do with winning that game of cricket, because, in fact, we'd won the game," said Chappell, now CA's talent manager.

After 40 years, New Zealand Cricket boss Martin Snedden is ready to laugh at the underarm bowling row at plunged Kiwi-Australian sporting relations to an all-time low.

David Saker, who was Australia bowling coach at the time of Sandpaper Gate, on Sunday, said that the entire scandal can be reinvestigated but he is not too sure what's going to come out if it is indeed looked into again.

A World Cup ton is a big milestone in any cricketer's career and Shaiman Anwar of UAE joined a select band of unlikely centurions who surprised everybody.

The Australian cricket team or its prominent players have been involved in controversies over the years which have had serious repercussions in the fraternity and beyond. TOI lists six of those incidents in the last four decades.

Tim Southee calls the Aussies "brothers across the ditch". What he doesn't say though is how deeply the Kiwis want to beat their "big brothers" to take home the ultimate prize in cricket - the World Cup.

The cricket world was left stunned when then Australian captain Greg Chappell instructed his younger brother Trevor to bowl an underarm delivery to New Zealand's Brian McKechnie during a match of the Benson & Hedges World Series Cup.

Cricket icon Greg Chappell has disclosed that he's been facing financial challenges, and his friends have come together to establish an online fundraising platform aimed at "improving his quality of life in his later years," as reported.