Ravi Shastri, the India team director, has said that he has already started liaising with the selectors as part of his new role. In a media interaction in Mumbai, Shastri, whose tenure as team director was extended until the World Cup next year, also said that he hoped to pass on his knowledge and experience to the youngsters in the Indian team during his stint. The former India captain had been...
Need good domestic spinners, turning pitches - Misbah
Misbah-ul-Haq has said that Pakistani batsmen struggle at times against quality spin because they are not used to facing it on turning pitches in domestic cricket. Pakistan lost their first four wickets to Australia's spinners and scraped to 96 for 9 on a Dubai turner to lose the only T20 international. "Sometimes it happens," Misbah said ahead of the first ODI in Sharjah. "When you are not having...
WICB holds inaugural domestic player draft
The West Indies Cricket Board staged its inaugural player draft in Bridgetown for the upcoming expanded domestic season. The draft was held over five rounds, with each of the six regional franchises selecting five players each, in addition to the ten each pre-selected from their home territories. Guyana's Ramnaresh Sarwan was picked by Trinidad & Tobago Red Force in the second round of the draft,...
Pietersen's end a catalogue of failures
Although angry and full of bombast, Kevin Pietersen's book should unsettle English cricket, though. If even some of his claims are true, the culture within the England camp has been destructive for a long timeLike watching the bitter divorce of friends, the overwhelming reaction to Kevin Pietersen's autobiography is regret. It no longer matters who is right or wrong. In such a fight, we all lose....
Oct
06
'How are we going to deal with 50 overs?' - Waqar
Pakistan coach Waqar Younis has expressed his disappointment at the team's batting in the one-off Twenty20 against Australia, where they wobbled to 96 for 9 from their 20 overs. The Australians had little trouble chasing down the target in 14 overs with four wickets down and it gave them the perfect start to their UAE tour with the first of three ODIs to be played on Tuesday. "Batting, we didn't...
van der Merwe, Richards star for Titans
Rowan Richards, the Titans' left-arm seamer, bagged the first hat-trick of the South African summer and secured a 170-run victory for his team against the Warriors in Benoni. Richards' three wickets formed part of his seventh career five-for and followed on from a much stronger Titans batting effort than they have displayed for almost a season. Although the Titans' top two - who only managed a single...
Unmukt, Kulkarni set up narrow win
India A 282 (Unmukt 101, Nair 64, Taylor 3-51) beat West Indians 266 for 9 (Ramdin 102, Holder 54, Kulkarni 3-39) by 16 runsScorecard A century from Unmukt Chand, followed by a three-wicket haul by Dhawal Kulkarni helped India A to a 16-run victory against West Indians in Mumbai. The visitors, though, had plenty of positives despite the close defeat, as Denesh Ramdin, Darren Sammy and Jason...
Pietersen attacks Flower and Prior
Andy Flower, the former England coach, and wicketkeeper Matt Prior have come in for the fiercest criticism in an early taste of what Kevin Pietersen has to say in his autobiography. Speaking to the Daily Telegraph, the paper to which he is signed as a columnist, Pietersen said Flower built up a culture of "fear" within the dressing room and that Prior was a "bad influence". He claims that he was...
Oct
05
Injured Jadhav to miss Duleep Trophy
Maharashtra batsman Kedar Jadhav will miss the forthcoming Duleep Trophy due to an injury. Jadhav, the highest run-getter in the 2013-14 first-class season, had aggravated a left-wrist fracture during the India A tour of Australia in July-August. The West Zone squad for the regional tournament will be led by Cheteshwar Pujara and includes Parthiv Patel and Yusuf Pathan. Harshad Khadiwale, who was...
Decision to withdraw Narine good - TTCB president
Azim Bassarath, a director of the West Indies Cricket Board [WICB] and president of the Trinidad & Tobago Cricket Board [TTCB], has expressed his outrage over the controversy surrounding offspinner Sunil Narine's action in the Champions League Twenty20 and his subsequent withdrawal from the India tour. Narine was barred from bowling in the Champions League final after being reported for a suspect...
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