Cricket's governing body will hold a two-day meeting in London to discuss the possibility of playing day-night Test matches and to find ways of keeping the one-day format relevant amid Twenty20's growing popularity. While day-night matches were introduced in One-Day International cricket three decades ago, Test matches have always been played in daylight. The International Cricket Council's (ICC) cricket committee will also look at the umpires referral system, which allows players to call for television reviews, at the meeting at Lord's from Monday. Their recommendations are due to be announced on Tuesday. These are not binding but will instead go forward for approval to the ICC's chief executives committee and their main board, whose next meetings are due to take place during the global governing body's annual conference week at Lord's from June 22-26. IPL hit ‘gambling' slur Indian Premier League chiefs were Sunday defending themselves against government charges that the lucrative Twenty20 event in South Africa was “encouraging gambling and betting.” Sports minister Manohar Singh Gill lashed out at an IPL mobile phone SMS contest in which participants win cash prizes for correctly guessing the sequence of runs scored in the subsequent over of the match. “A lot of effort has gone into this concept (SMS contest) and into making this possible,” IPL commissioner Lalit Modi was quoted as saying in South Africa by the Times of India. “It's a valid point (made by Gill). But the margin of something like that happening is one in a million. If this game works, fine. If not, then we will leave it aside.” A spokesman for the BCCI, Rajiv Shukla, said: “SMS games are there in every sport all over the world. If there is any report of gambling within the game, we will look into it.” Bell, Sidebottom in squad Ian Bell and Ryan Sidebottom have been recalled to the England squad for the second Test against West Indies in Durham starting on Thursday. Squad: Andrew Strauss (captain), James Anderson, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Paul Collingwood, Alastair Cook, Graham Onions, Kevin Pietersen, Matthew Prior, Ryan Sidebottom, Graeme Swann.
