Tom Moody, the former Australia cricketer and Sri Lanka coach, has described Australia's decision to sack Mickey Arthur as "inevitable" and suggested that the "respect was being lost" between the players and the coach in the weeks before his removal. Moody, who played alongside the new coach, Darren Lehmann, in the Australia World Cup winning side of 1999, suggested Arthur was doomed from the moment...
20,000 watch Malan tame Tait
Middlesex 174 for 3 (Malan 86, Denly 52*) beat Essex 170 for 8 (Rutherford 38) by seven wicketsScorecard Dawid Malan tamed Essex's Australian pace ace Shaun Tait at Lord's as his 55-ball 86 helped to propel Middlesex to a seven-wicket victory in a Friends Life t20 South Group game played before a crowd of almost 20,000. Tait conceded 17 runs from his third over as Malan's assault, including...
Clarke's pressure valve released
Michael Clarke's century in Worcester was an indication of a clear mind.It is no coincidence that Michael Clarke's carefree century against Worcestershire seemed to indicate that a weight had been lifted from his shoulders. In the early days of Darren Lehmann's reign as coach, Clarke has been deliberately given as little to do as possible, maximising his time to strengthen his back and groove his...
Vettori turns down NZC contract
Daniel Vettori's playing future is unclear after he decided not to take up a New Zealand Cricket contract this year due to uncertainty over his recovery from injury. Vettori said he intended to work hard to return to playing over the next six months, following surgery on his Achilles tendon, but the doubt about when he would regain full fitness led him to take himself out of the mix for either an...
Jul
04
Compton's fight can't ease his pain
After the shock of being told he would not open in the Ashes series, Nick Compton has responded with runs against the Australians but it won't change anythingWorcester became the setting for Nick Compton's last stand and it was a redoubtable last stand, too, as he tamed the Australians for the second time in a week. But he knew in his heart of hearts that it was futile resistance. He has already been...
England stroll but Broad a doubt
England 413 for 9 dec (Bresnan 105*, Swann 94, Craddock 5-69) and 279 for 4 dec (Cook 82, Trott 79) beat Essex 278 (Mickleburgh 90, Root 4-72) and 186 for 9 (Mickleburgh 58, Swann 5-68, Onions 4-43) by 228 runsScorecard Graeme Swann proved his fitness for the Ashes with a five-wicket haul to help England to victory over Essex in Chelmsford, but concerns linger over the availability of Stuart Broad....
McCullum pips Patel in NZ battle
Glamorgan 121 for 6 (North 37) beat Warwickshire 118 (Clarke 42, Wagg 3-24) by four wicketsScorecard New Zealand allrounder Nathan McCullum was the hero as Glamorgan celebrated a final-over victory over Warwickshire in their Friends Life t20 clash at the Swalec Stadium. In a low scoring game on a slow pitch, McCullum smashed 18 from five balls, striking two sixes and a four as Glamorgan chased down...
Dernbach helps keep Surrey rolling
Surrey 139 for 6 (Wilson 44*) beat Sussex 136 for 8 (Styris 46) by three runsScorecard It is one of the general maxims of Twenty20 that the team which hits the most sixes tends to win. When Scott Styris struck a ball from Azhar Mahmood that described a perfect parabola out towards long leg, Sussex had their third maximum of the night and their noses in front, 14 runs required from the final 12...
Jul
03
Watson likens Rogers to Katich
Only one innings into his Ashes opening partnership with Chris Rogers, Shane Watson has likened it to the union with Simon Katich that represented the most productive phase of his career. Punishing in power and unimpeachably correct in technique, Watson felt so assured in his strokeplay with Rogers at the other end that he coshed a century before lunch against Worcestershire, ultimately finishing...
Chanderpaul makes it three from three
Derbyshire 154 for 3 (Chanderpaul 87*) beat Lancashire 151 for 8 (Brown 50, Groenewald 4-21) by seven wicketsScorecard A superb unbeaten 87 off 70 balls from Shivnarine Chanderpaul took Derbyshire to a thrilling seven-wicket victory in the Friends Life T20 match against Lancashire under the Derby floodlights. The West Indian shared a fourth-wicket stand of 58 off 33 balls with Albie Morkel to take...
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