The crisis in the PCB surrounding the suspension of Zaka Ashraf as chairman is having its deepest impact on the team's tour of the West Indies in the middle of July, starting with the memorandum of understanding between two boards and the selection of the team. It has also led to a delay in the PCB budget this year that, among other things, could affect salaries and player contracts. The suspension...
Anderson the catalyst for crushing win
The day could hardly have gone more smoothly for Alastair Cook as England moved one step closer to a major achievement that has eluded them for so longIt was not, perhaps, the scenario spectators expected when they bought their tickets. The result was hardly in doubt by 11am; the result was decided before 5pm and several snoozed in the sun for long periods in the afternoon. For the impartial onlooker,...
A choke? Not really, just a thrashing
Gary Kirsten's time in charge of South Africa finished the way of a few men before him and there appears no end in sight to the team's quest to banish their demonsLet's be honest. South Africa did not choke in this semi-final even though Gary Kirsten insisted they did. Maybe it's just easier for him to confront the word head on rather than argue the finer points of difference between being noosed...
Harris fit for his defining Ashes series
Ryan Harris will make his return to the bowling crease in Australia A's match against Gloucestershire in Bristol on Friday, as he steels himself for an Ashes campaign that looms as the defining moment of his international career. After a carefully managed recovery from an Achilles complaint that forced him home early from the IPL, Harris yearns to make a lasting impression in the 10 Tests against...
Jun
19
Pomersbach replaces Chanderpaul in CPL
West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has withdrawn from the inaugural edition of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) due to contractual obligations with English county Derbyshire. He will be replaced in the St Lucia franchise by Australia batsman Luke Pomersbach. Chanderpaul signed a contract with CPL offering himself for selection but later realised that his commitment to Derbyshire allowed...
Pat Cummins to make comeback
Pat Cummins, the Australia fast bowler, will play his first competitive match after nine months with a back injury for the Northern Ireland Cricket Academy on Wednesday. Cummins was named as a non-playing member of the Australia A squad who have played four-day matches against Scotland and Ireland in the past two weeks. The squad have travelled to Bristol to face Gloucestershire on Friday but Cummins...
Clarke's Ashes squad fragmented
A strong show of unity is needed after the problems that have dogged the start of their tourEven if some of the more scurrilous rumours abounding from within the Australian cricket team are discounted, it is impossible to escape the symbolism of their current disposition. Day one of the tourists' Ashes campaign ended the same way it began, with the 16 chosen squad members and their shadows dispersed...
Prince quells Scotland uprising
Lancashire 218 for 3 (Prince 98*, Moore 53) beat Scotland 217 for 9 (Coleman 63, MacLeod 55, White 4-38) by seven wicketsScorecard Lancashire extended their winning run in the Yorkshire Bank 40 to three matches with a routine seven-wicket win against Scotland at Old Trafford. The Lightning have shot up the Group B table with wins against Surrey, Essex and now the Saltires, who were restricted to...
Jun
18
The remake that has gone bust
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment was not as good as the original, but carried a few of the cast, some decent jokes, and had the recruits out on the streets fighting with Bobcat Goldthwait. Police Academy 7: Mission To Moscow had pretty much nothing at all. It seems that just putting words Police Academy into the title couldn't recreate any of the magic from the earlier films. There was a...
Watson's diminishing returns
In the 2009 Champions Trophy in South Africa, Shane Watson was the Man of the Match in Australia's victories in the semi-final and the final. He also had the best average and the most centuries (two) in the tournament. Four years on, Watson cut a much diminished figure throughout. Just 34 runs. That's all one of the most valuable players for Australia managed in this edition of the tournament....
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