Fight carries Sri Lanka far into tournaments, but they lack the ruthless edge that winning titles requiresSri Lanka have made for pretty bridesmaids in recent years. They have known, in past campaigns, how to make the most of their assets - the big players have fired and the team has played a very watchable brand of cricket. This time, they encountered the team of the competition in the semi-finals,...
Ishant, Kumar, Yadav find pack mentality
India's three seamers clicked as a unit for the first time in Cardiff to great effectWest Indies were the pioneers of the fast bowling pack mentality in the 20th century. England have been the flag bearers of that method in the new millennium. It is a strategy where three or more fast bowers operate in tandem and work with each other to a pre-set plan. The batsmen get no respite. They are bombarded...
Arthur rues Warner naivety in bar incident
Australia's coach, Mickey Arthur, has warned his side to be "street smart" to prevent the English media and the ECB having a field day during the Investec Ashes series after the incident in which David Warner was pilloried for a fracas with the England batsman Joe Root in a Birmingham bar. Warner's punch was described as a "despicable thing" by the Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland,...
'I think we're being a little bit undervalued' - Rogers
In the pubs and cafes of England at the present moment a somewhat mocking suggestion can be heard. It goes along the lines that unless Shikhar Dhawan somehow manages to procure an Australian passport in time for the first Ashes Test at Trent Bridge, the high water mark of the summer will arrive on Sunday when Alastair Cook's side face India in the Champions Trophy final at Edgbaston. Such a conclusion...
Jun
20
PCB in turmoil after chairman's suspension
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...
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