Lord's owners Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) said on Wednesday they would create a new redevelopment plan for the 'home of cricket' after a row which led former British Prime Minister John Major to resign from the MCC committee.

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is contemplating a tour of Afghanistan, the club's president said on Wednesday, indicating that a visit to the war-torn nation was more likely than a trip to neighbouring Pakistan.

Players must "take ownership" of the issue of corruption in cricket, according to MCC World Cricket Committee chairman Mike Brearley.

The MCC World Cricket Committee said on Tuesday it was wrong that the decision review system (DRS) was not used in matches involving India.

The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is all set to team up with a British company to build cricket communities in India by designing 12 residential areas based around cricket fields.

Former Australia captain Steve Waugh has taken a lie-detector test as part of his bid to help root corruption out of cricket.

Following a brand licensing agreement between real estate development and investment company Anglo Indian and the Marylebone Cricket Club, the former would use some of the club's brand marks in India for its upcoming residential projects.

Michael Holding has hit out at India for wielding "too much power" in world cricket. India are the sport's financial powerhouse on account of cricket's massive following in the world's second most populous nation.

Former Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara is in hot water after his highly acclaimed lecture at Lord's, where he criticised what he alleged was a corrupt and politicised cricket administration at home.

Former India captain Rahul Dravid has been included in the MCC side which will take on County champions Nottinghamshire in Abu Dhabi as the English domestic season starts off in Abu Dhabi.