Johannesburg, June 12 (PTI): Test captain Graeme Smith has been chosen for the “Mampara of the Week” title from a leading newspaper here, joining top politicians and businessmen who get the dubious but widely acclaimed title each week. “Mampara“, an indigenous colloquial word, roughly translates as “idiot“. “Our mampara cricket captain just doesn’t get it [...]
Johannesburg, June 13 (PTI): South African Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula has summoned the country’s Cricket Board officials to discuss the latest row over huge bonuses paid to CEO Gerald Majola and two other top CSA officials. Chief financial officer Naasei Appiah and Brand and Corporate Communications Manager Kass Naidoo are also under the scanner along [...]
Johannesburg, June 13 (PTI): Former India coach Gary Kirsten is in the hunt for a top-class support staff for the South African team and is keen to rope in mental conditioning expert Paddy Upton and legendary fielder Jonty Rhodes. Kirsten, who was appointed as the new Proteas coach last week, said he would look to [...]
Thiruvananthapuram, June 13 (PTI): The Centre has denied clearance to the international cricket stadium planned by Kerala Cricket Association at Edakochi near Kochi holding that it violates Coastal Regulation Norms, Environment and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Monday. “Cricket Stadium at Edakochi is a closed chapter and it is not in the interest of [...]
Mumbai, June 13 (PTI): Concerned over the spate of injuries to its top players, the cricket board is in talks with IT Major Infosys for preparing an exhaustive injury-database but the discussions are at a “very preliminary stage”, BCCI stated today. “Anil Kumble (former India captain and current chairman of the National Cricket Academy) is [...]
Colombo, June 13 (AFP): Australia will play two Twenty20 games, five one-dayers and three Tests during their tour of Sri Lanka in August-September, Sri Lanka Cricket announced on Monday. The newly-built Pallakelle International Stadium in the central town of Kandy will host the Twenty20 games as well as the opening one-dayer and the second Test [...]
Wellington, June 13 (IANS): New Zealand’s top 20 cricketers have been asked to give their views on the leadership abilities of Brendon McCullum and Ross Taylor before the board names Daniel Vettori‘s successor. They have been also asked to give their views as the culture within the national side, as part of their end-of-season reviews. [...]
Johannesburg, June 12 (PTI): South Africa’s vice-captain Hashim Amla on Sunday backed AB de Villers’ appointment as skipper of the ODI and Twenty20 side, saying the wicketkeeper-batsman is the right man to shoulder the “huge responsibility“. “De Villiers was a better candidate because I don’t believe I would have been the right guy for it, [...]
London, June 12 (AFP): Sri Lanka were resigned to being without captain Tillakaratne Dilshann for the upcoming third and final Test against England after rain had the final say in their warm-up match with Essex. Bad weather at Chelmsford on Sunday’s third and final day meant only just over 12 overs’ play was possible before [...]
Johannesburg, June 12 (PTI): Newly-appointed Proteas coach Gary Kirsten might rope in renowned adventurer Mike Horn, whose pep talk lifted India to win the World Cup, to assist him in coaching the South African team. Johannesburg-born Horn was part of Kirsten’s team that led India to victory in the recent World Cup. Horn, also a [...]
Antigua, June 13 (PTI): Even as the Indian cricket coach Duncan Fletcher joins the likes of Sachin Tendulkar, Shane Warne in heaping praise on batsman Rohit Sharma, the purists only hope that it’s not again just a case of false dawn. For a batsman of Rohit’s calibre, it is surprising that he has had a [...]
Antigua, June 12 (PTI): Impressed with the young side that has dominated West Indies in the ongoing ODI series, India’s new coach Duncan Fletcher declared that given the talent, his wards can dominate world cricket for the next 5-10 years. “It is due to the amount of talent India have. Indian cricket is in a [...]
Wellington, June 12 (PTI): Former Australian paceman Andy Bichel has emerged as a strong contender to take over as New Zealand’s bowling coach after South African Allan Donald decided to pursue a job in his homeland under a new management. Donald worked as the Black Caps’ bowling coach for three months earlier this year and [...]
SYDNEY, Jun 10 (Reuters) – Furious test opener Simon Katich believes he was unfairly treated by Australia’s selectors when he was omitted from the list of 25 contracted players for next season. The 35-year-old’s omission on Tuesday, which signalled the likely end of his test career, has been slammed by former players and media pundits [...]
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s opening batsman Sanath Jayasuriya will retire from all forms of international cricket after the first one-day match of their England tour later this month, he said on Thursday. “I called here to inform (you of) my retirement from all forms of (international) cricket after 20 years of play,” Jayasuriya told [...]
Port of Spain (Trinidad), (PTI): After guiding India to a seven-wicket victory over the West Indies in the second ODI with his match winning 81-run knock, Virat Kohli said the pressure situations bring the best out of the current bunch of Indian players. “The young Indians players want to handle pressure. We want to improve [...]
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