Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has suggested the idea of having a franchise-based Twenty20 league in Pakistan to groom young talent in the absence of any international cricket. On his return from West Indies after featuring in the Caribbean Premier League for St Lucia Zouks, Misbah stated that a T20 league would help youngsters as it would give them an opportunity to play with international cricketers....
End of a barren spell for Australia's No.3
First drop or first dropped? (147) Usman Khawaja was not the reason for Australia's defeat in Chester-le-Street, but he hasn't solved the team's No. 3 problem either How to handle Pietersen (74) Give genius players like him the freedom and appreciation they desire and they'll win matches for you more often than not Day-night Tests? Bring them on (51) We need to stop being as precious as we are...
Talent frustrated no longer?
Shane Watson's innings was encouraging for Australia but its timing means the questions will remain for nowThat Shane Watson was talented enough to play an innings like this was never in doubt. That he ever would in a Test match was questionable. That he now has in an Ashes battle is encouraging. That he has done so in a dead rubber is frustrating. Talented, questionable, encouraging, frustrating....
Kerrigan suffers on nightmare debut
Thrown in at the deep end and despite a promising record, Simon Kerrigan produced as wretched a performance as a specialist bowler has in Test cricket for many yearsLike any cricket-mad boy, Simon Kerrigan would have dreamed of this day, the day of his Test debut, for much of his life. But in all his dreams and fantasies - even in his nightmares - he cannot have thought it would be like this. On the...
Aug
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Harden up, Australia
James Faulkner will be Australia's 17th player in this Ashes - the equal most for them away from home - and it comes as no surprise that so much uncertainty surrounds selectionDarren Lehmann and Rod Marsh have said not a word in public about their reasons for choosing James Faulkner for the final Ashes Test. But despite their silence, their message is loud and clear. This is a team that needs to harden...
Somerset grateful for Kieswetter ton
Warwickshire 0 for 0 trail Somerset 340 (Kieswetter 148) by 340 runsScorecard Present-day Edgbaston has amphitheatrical architecture and the atmosphere of an arena, so maybe it was appropriate that three lions bit deep into these two sides before this match began. Warwickshire, of course, were resigned to losing Jonathan Trott and Ian Bell to the full England side but they may be without Chris...
Lancs keep pressure on with Hants win
Lancashire 261 for 9 (Brown 66, Croft 65, Moore 51, Mascarenhas 5-42) beat Hampshire 256 for 8 (McKenzie 65, Lilley 3-37, Kabir 3-63) by five runsScorecard Lancashire maintained the pressure on Group B leaders Hampshire by beating them in a Yorkshire Bank 40 thriller at Old Trafford. The Lightning gained revenge for a Twenty20 quarter-final defeat by the Royals earlier this month with a five-run...
Panesar can return for England - Cook
Alastair Cook has assured Monty Panesar that the door is not closed on him in terms of an England comeback. Panesar was released by his county, Sussex, earlier this week after he was fined by police for his part in a drunken incident in Brighton that involved the player urinating over nightclub bouncers in the early hours of the morning. But while Cook admitted that Panesar had "let the England...
Aug
20
'Watson was one of the guys I lost' - Arthur
Mickey Arthur, who was sacked as Australia's coach just a fortnight before the Ashes began, has spoken out on how he "lost" Shane Watson and tried to mould the younger players who came with "big egos". The cracks in his relationship with Watson, Arthur said in an interview with the Daily Telegraph, first appeared on Australia's tour of India in February this year, which the visitors lost 0-4. The...
Aslam, Gohar secure trophy for Pakistan
Pakistan Under-19s 343 for 6 (Aslam 110, Jahangir 85) beat England Under-19s 151 (Higgins 70*, Gohar 4-25) by 192 runsScorecard A century from opener Sami Aslam, followed by an incisive spell of 4 for 25 from left-arm spinner Zafar Gohar, helped Pakistan Under-19s lift the tri-nation tourmanent trophy with a comprehensive 192-run win over England Under-19s in the final at Trent Bridge. Aslam,...
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