The leaking of England's minutely detailed dining requirements highlights their attention to details. The days of pies, pizza and pints are long goneAustralia still idly likes to imagine England as a depressing culinary backwater of fish and chips and bacon butties, but if they serve that up for the England cricket team in the forthcoming Test series it could create the greatest Ashes stand-off since...
Sethi committee gets extended run
A two-judge bench of Islamabad High Court heard arguments of the PCB and the petitioners on a judgment passed by Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui before adjourning the case till the first week of December. Till then, the bench said, the Najam Sethi-run Interim Management Committee in the PCB could continue to function. The PCB is appealing the judgment passed by Justice Siddiqui that called for fresh...
Another century for Aparajith
Tamil Nadu 294 for 3 (Badrinath 126*, Aparajith 118) v Madhya PradeshScorecard Nineteen-year-old B Aparajith struck another hundred, his fourth in five matches, and along with Tamil Nadu veteran S Badrinath, took the team to a commanding position on the first day against Madhya Pradesh in Indore. While Aparajith fell for 118 ten balls before stumps, Badrinath was unbeaten on a patient 126 after...
Warne critical of Clarke's off-field role
Australia's captain Michael Clarke must improve as a leader off the field and redouble his efforts to create a happier team environment during the forthcoming Ashes series, Shane Warne has said. In a significant departure from usually glowing support of his "best friend", Warne has conceded the national team lapsed into an insular mode that recalled the doomed England teams of the 1990s under Clarke's...
Nov
07
Houghton gets role in Somerset restructuring
Somerset have moved to strengthen their coaching structure by bringing in Dave Houghton, the former Zimbabwe captain and Derbyshire's batting coach for the last two seasons, and promoting Jason Kerr to assist with the bowlers. Andy Hurry will no longer deal with the first team, moving into the role of high performance director, with responsibility for players coming through the academy and 2nd XI....
Mills pleased with NZ's T20 comeback
New Zealand captain Kyle Mills said he was happy with the manner in which his team had overcome Bangladesh's aggressive charge in the only Twenty20 between the two sides in Mirpur. New Zealand won the game by 15 runs their first on this tour after they drew the Test series 0-0 and lost the ODI series 3-0. "I think we were on the front foot from ball one," Mills said. "To post 204 runs, I think the...
SL coach race down to Atapattu and Mark Davis
Poll Who do you want as Sri Lanka coach? Sri Lanka have narrowed down the choices for the successor to national coach Graham Ford to two - former Sri Lanka captain Marvan Atapattu and little-known Mark Davis, who is part of Sussex's coaching staff. An SLC release said that a panel appointed by the executive committee had interviewed four candidates - three Sri Lankans and one foreigner...
England's career 12th man
Jonny Bairstow appears to have lost the ebullience that initially won England over and now faces another trying time carrying the drinks on tourIf Jonny Bairstow did not already suspect that he will be extending his role as England's drinks waiter throughout the Ashes series, he will no longer be able to suppress the thought. While Michael Carberry produced the sort of innings designed to cement his...
Nov
06
Watson not yet ruled out of Gabba Test
Shane Watson may yet play in the opening Ashes Test after scans showed his hamstring injury was only a low-grade strain, but his chances depend on how he responds to "intense treatment and rehabilitation" over the coming days. Watson suffered the injury while bowling during Australia's final ODI in India on Saturday, less than three weeks before the Gabba Test. His availability in Brisbane will have...
NZ players need better coaching - Siddons
Jamie Siddons, the former Bangladesh coach who is now in charge of Wellington, has questioned whether coaching standards in New Zealand are up to providing players, particularly batsmen, for the national side who can cope in alien conditions. After New Zealand suffered a second ODI whitewash against Bangladesh, Siddons suggested that the team's overall skill levels were not high enough. Siddons was...
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