George Bailey's side may be no match for the great Australian teams of recent vintage but Rohit Sharma feels India cannot afford to take them lightly during the seven-match ODI series, given the visitors' experience of playing in Indian conditions. "They are a very competitive side with most of their players having featured in the IPL and the Champions League," Rohit told PTI. "They know the Indian...
CSA offer first women's contracts
Cricket South Africa will offer central contracts to their women's internationals for the first time this season. Through the increased investment of CSA's main partner, final services provider Momentum, six players will be afforded contracts. In December 2012, the sponsorship enabled CSA to employ a full-time women's coach, Hilton Moreeng. In a boost for the women's game, the move sees South Africa...
'Our plan against Smith worked' - Amin
Umar Amin, the Pakistan A captain, has something useful to share with the Pakistan senior side ahead of the Tests against South Africa: how to get Graeme Smith out. It took Pakistan A just 15 deliveries to remove the opposition captain, who has been out of the game for five months and will have only one more innings before the series begins. Smith was also the only South African batsmen not to profit...
Farbrace 'flattered' by Sri Lanka interest
Paul Farbrace had admitted he is "flattered" to have been connected with the role of Sri Lanka coach. Farbrace, who is currently Yorkshire second XI coach, spent a couple of years as assistant coach to the Sri Lanka side between July 2007 and August 2009, and has now confirmed that he is among those talking to Sri Lanka Cricket about the possibility of succeeding Graham Ford, who leaves the post...
Oct
08
Twelve councillors elected BCB directors
Twelve more councillors have been elected unopposed as directors of the Bangladesh Cricket Board. As a result, there won't be any election for directorship in category 2 of councillors in the October 10 board elections. This segment of the elections was to determine the directors from the Dhaka clubs, 58 of whom would hold voting powers as councillors. Already, seven directors have been elected unopposed...
Pitches and heat a test for SA seamers - Donald
When Allan Donald was last in the UAE, Dubai did not have a single building in the top 50 skyscrapers in the world. It also did not have a metro service, nor did it host international cricket. In 1996, Sharjah was where it all happened. Donald was a member of the touring squad that played in the Pepsi Cup that year. He was not included in the starting XI for any of the matches so it's hardly a...
Rahmat, bowlers take Afghanistan closer to win
Kenya 162 and 93 for 8 (Baras 2-7, Shirzad 2-14) lead Afghanistan 234 (Rahmat 144, Aga 5-46) by 21 runsScorecard Afghanistan took firm control of the Intercontinental match against Kenya in Dubai after a maiden century from Rahmat Shah and quick wickets by their bowlers. With two days left, they are now in touching distance of a win with Kenya only 21 runs ahead with their last two wickets...
Warner ordered to play grade cricket
David Warner has been handed a suspended one-match ban by New South Wales and ordered to play the next three grade matches for his club Randwick Petersham after skipping their most recent fixture for a private training session and an afternoon at the races. After meeting with the NSW chief executive Andrew Jones on Tuesday morning, Warner was informed that he had avoided the ignominy of another suspension...
Oct
07
SL govt denies heavy cricket funding
Sri Lanka's sports ministry has denied that it is preparing to disburse Rs. 389 million to Sri Lanka Cricket for development of cricket facilities outside the main centres. The figure (approx US$ 2.96 million) was first reported in the Sunday Times and confirmed to ESPNcricinfo by SLC secretary Nishantha Ranatunga, but the sports ministry's spokesperson told this reporter that the sum is actually...
Walton cautious about Test return
Chadwick Walton has played two Tests for West Indies, but you probably don't know. When he did play those Tests, you either didn't care or were too disgusted with the way things were going in West Indies cricket. It was in 2009 when the first-choice West Indies players went on a strike, and a host of lesser players lost two Tests against Bangladesh. The crowds stayed away; at worst the team was seen...
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