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Shaun Marsh out of Australia's ODI squad

2012-01-30T09:22:00.000-08:00

Sydney: Struggling opener Shaun Marsh was Monday left out of Australia's one-day team to face India and Sri Lanka series, while wicketkeeper Brad Haddin has been rested in support of Matthew Wade.

Australia go into the tri-nations series buoy by a 4-0 Test whitewash of India, and with players such as beginner Peter Forrest show strong form in the domestic Twenty20 league and Sheffield shelter.

Marsh, put in a poor concert during the Test series, scoring just 17 runs after returning to the side follow a back injury. "Shaun Marsh is apparently disappointed with his own form in recent weeks and is out of the side, but remainder in our thinking for the future while his workings at state level," said national selector John Inveracity."As they say, class is undying but form can be passing."

Inveracity said Haddin will be rested after "a heavy plan of Test cricket" in favor of debutant Wade. "The workload for a wicketkeeper and batsman is accurate and resting him for the start of the series will invigorate him for coming international commitment, while also giving us a chance to look at Matt Wade at this level," he said.

Clarke's warning to Marsh

Australia have not named a vice-captain for the first 3 games as Haddin is resting and all-rounder Shane Watson is still occupied due to injury. Brett Lee is built-in in a bowling attack which also skin tone Ryan Harris and Xavier Daugherty.

Australia and India boot off the tri-nations game on Feb- 5 with a match at the squad

Australian squad: Michael Clarke (captain), Dan Christian, Xavier Daugherty, Peter Forrest, Ryan Harris, David Hussy, Mike Hussy, Brett Lee, Mitchell Marsh, Clint McKay, Ricky Ponting, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade, David Warner.

India lose at this point in time said: Ashwin

2012-01-24T09:22:00.000-08:00

Adelaide: India has nothing to lose in their irreparable series position and have a allow to play their normal game against rampant Australia, spin bowler Ashwin said on Tuesday.

The Indian tourists found themselves in a well-known position in the fourth Test, slaving away in the field on a hot day as Australia piled on 335 for three on day one. The Border-Gavaskar Trophy is gone after serious losses in the first three Tests and India face the discredit of a 4-0 series wipeout and their eighth following away Test defeat in Adelaide.

Once again it was their series protagonist, Ponting and Clarke, who had them in danger with centuries in an unfinished 251-run stand for the 4th wicket with prospects of a 500-plus innings total on Wednesday's 2nd day.Ashwin, who was thrown the ball in the 4th over by stand-in skipper Sehwag, believes all not lost on the flat Adelaide batting strip. "I think we have nothing to lose at this point in time," he said.

Being three-nil down give us a bit of a license to go out and play our normal game which could be a real consent in costume for us and all that's main is to (each) get those first 20-30 runs and stick it out."We'll have to look for those first starts and try to benefit from and that could be the crucial part of this game.

Ashwin said the tourist did not have an emotional block bowling against Ponting and Clarke, who claimed their 2nd centuries of the series on Tuesday."I don't think there is any psychological block towards that, but we were positively telling and egging each other on mainly in the 2nd session of play," he said.

We had to be truly tight in that fussy phase after lunch where it was quite central and that's where we gave a few easy runs to both of them and they just take off from there.""After that it was relatively easy to carry the energy on. It's happen in two Tests now in Sydney and now in Adelaide and we'll look to get a couple of wickets tomorrow.

Australia win in the second and final Test

2011-11-21T14:38:00.000-08:00

Johannesburg: South Africa - Australia in the Test series was drawn 1-1.

In Johannesburg on Monday after the 2 - and won by 2 wickets in a Test match in Australia. In the first Test before South Africa won by 8 wickets.

17 - On the 2 - Test match, winning the toss decided to bat first in South Africa, Lee's first innings for 266 runs. After Australia scored 296 runs. Following South Africa 2 - scored 339 in the second innings. He played in Australia, with a target of 310 runs to win. 4 - At the end of the day 142 runs losing 3 wickets taken in Australia. Need 168 runs to win in a match that occurred were the last day. The final day began with Monday's late game.

Stand Ponting 54, Clarke 1 ran captain began to dance. Leave Clark with 2 runs, Ponting score 62 runs. Still, Mike Hussey, 39 centuries later, het important score of 55 runs. Mitchell Johnson hit a winning 40 runs scored in the last chapter took her to Australia. A loss of 8 wickets for 310 runs Australia won by 2 wickets. The opening of 7 wickets in Australia fast bowler was named man of kamminis.

The success of Australia Test series by 1-1 with 2 matches ended in a draw. Over the previous 20 tournaments between the two teams ended in a draw 1-1. 3-match ODI series in Australia won 2-1.

Laxman,Dhoni,Centuries.the second Test against a hapless.

2011-11-15T13:07:00.000-08:00

Kolkata: Venkatsai Laxman and Mahindra Singh Dhoni led India's run-spree with excellent centuries to put their team in control on the second day of the second Test aligned with a hapless West Indies on Tuesday.

Middle-order batsman Laxman beat a stylish 176 not out and skipper Dhoni a robust 144 as India post a very big 631-7 declared in their first innings at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. The West Indies falter in reply, feat 34-2 when play was called off due to bad light. Kirk Edwards was winning on 12 and Darren Bravo on four not out.

Indian seamer Umesh Yadav struck in his first over while he have Adrian Barath (one) caught by Virender Sehwag at next slip before off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin indifferent Kraigg Brathwaite (17), caught by Gautam Gambhir at short-leg.Laxman hit 12 fours in his 17th Test hundred, and the fifth at this place, while Dhoni shattered five sixes and 10 fours in his fifth Test century as India nonstop to gather runs happily against both pace and spin.

The duo bear the West Indies' bowling borders on a slow pitch with a 224-run stand for the seventh wicket as the hosts additional 285 runs to their suddenly total of 346-5. It was India's second-highest total in Tests aligned with the West Indies, their best being 644-7 stated at Kanpur in 1979.It was a demoralising day for the West Indies, who can get now two wickets in added than two session as none of their bowlers could danger Laxman and Dhoni.

Leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo, paceman Kemar Roach, seamer Darren Sammy and recreational off-spinner Marlon Samuels all accepted more than 100 run in a middling West Indies' bowling concert.Dhoni dominated the big stand with Laxman with rich pat play. He reaches his century - his first since February 2010 - in the afternoon with an only to long-off off part-time spinner Brathwaite.

The Indian skipper, immovable at the back off Roach no-balls when on 13 and 16, punish the spinners as he loft Bishoo and Samuels over long-on for sixes previous to hitting Brathwaite for two sixes in an over.Dhoni was immovable behind in the last session directly after hitting Roach for his fifth six. Laxman, 73 immediately, finished his hundred with a beautiful shot; flicking Sammy stuck between mid-on and mid-wicket for a four.

The West Indies relied on fast bowlers Fidel Edwards and Roach in the break of day in an offer to put force on India, but the duo go wicketless with the second new ball. The tourist lone achievement in the morning conference came when Sammy attentive Yuvraj Singh leg-before for 25 after the batsman had extra 50 for the sixth wicket with Laxman.Yuvraj, difficult to cement his place in the Test side, did not look relaxed during his short stay at the crease, tested by Edwards and Roach with short-pitched delivery.

The left-handed batsman was once strike on the bear by an Edwards’s bouncer previous to being dismissed by Sammy. India leads 1-0 in the three-Test series follow their five-wicket win in the opening match in New Delhi.

Rahul Dravid and VVS laxman good batting India show in Kolkata Test.

2011-11-14T12:59:00.000-08:00

Kolkata: Rahul Dravid cracked a luminous 119 to put India on course for a big total on the opening day of the Secant Test match West Indies at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.

The 38-year-old batsman hit two sixes and nine fours in his 36th Test hundred and the fifth of the year, as the hosts reach 346-5 in their first innings at stumps later than winning the toss on a good bat pitch. Only India's Sachin Tendulkar (51), South African Jacques Kallis (40) and Australian Ricky Ponting (39) have score more Test centuries than Dravid. India lead 1-0 in the three-Test series follows their five-wicket win in the opening match in New Delhi.

Dravid not at all looked in danger in his 207-ball knock, impress with his shot-selection during his long stay at the fold to put India in a sturdy position with three precious partnerships. He additional 83 runs for the second wicket with Gautam Gambhir (65), 56 used for the next with Sachin Tendulkar and 140 for the fourth wicket with VVS Laxman, who was winning with a solid 73 when bad light closed play.

Dravid finished his hundred when he bowed a no-ball from paceman Kemar Roach at the back square-leg for a four before inside-edging unpaid spinner Kraigg Brathwaite's freedom on to his stumps in the day's last but one over. India lost one more wicket when nightwatchman Ishant Sharma was caught following off Roach. Laxman, who complete an unbeaten 58 in the last Test, has so far hit five fours in his second succeeding half-century.

Tendulkar, who wants just one hundred to entire an unprecedented 100th international century, had been batting self-assuredly before falling for 38, pulling leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo to Marlon Samuels at mid-wicket. Dravid sustained to bat contentedly against both pace and spin, lofting Bishoo over long-off and part-time spinner Samuels over long-on for sixes.Tendulkar, who has also scored 48 hundreds in one-day internationals, look in brilliant form as he turned Fidel Edwards to fine-leg for his first four and then throng Roach through the covers for one more boundary.

He survive a convinced appeal for leg-before on 25 while attempt to sweep Bishoo before being dismiss by the same bowler in the daylight session, much to the displeasure of nearly 10,000 audience. The West Indies struggle for success on a pitch which had small in it for the bowlers, with seamer Darren Sammy, Edwards, Bishoo, Roach and Brathwaite each taking one wicket.Gambhir fell to a loose shot, powerful an Edwards release straight to Adrian Barath at short cover after addition eight runs to his lunch score of 57. He hit eight fours in his 17th half-century in 43 Tests.

India got off to a frozen start as Gambhir and forceful Virender Sehwag (38) put on 66 in 12.1 overs for the opening wicket. Sehwag played some beautiful shots against the West Indies pace attack, beating eight fours in his brisk 33-ball knock before driving Sammy at once to Barath at short mid-wicket.

south africa and australia match amazing facts.

2011-11-10T15:14:00.000-08:00

CAPE TOWN, Australia last wicket match up saved their team from person bowled out for the lowest total in Test history as both teams bowed on an amazing second day of the first Test against South Africa at Newlands Thursday.South Africa, set 236 to win, is 81 for one at the end of a day on which 23 wickets fell for 294 runs. Graeme and Hashim Amla batted with a choice in the final hour to be not there when Shane Watson sent South Africa dropping to 96 all out in their first innings to give Australia a lead of 188.

But Australia then distorted to 21 for nine before being bowled out for 47 in their second innings, their lowest total against South Africa and their fourth lowly of all time. New cap Vernon Philander took five for 15 on a ground which obtainable plenty of seam group and had more pace than on the first day.

Australia had last pair Peter Siddle and Nathan Lyon to express thanks for avoid being dismiss for less than the world evidence low of 26, by New Zealand against England in Auckland in 1954/55.Siddle (12 not out) and Lyon (14) put on 26 for the final wicket, more than replication their team's total and attractive them past the world evidence and Australia's record low, 36 next to England at Birmingham in 1902. The before lowest against South Africa was 75 in Durban in 1949/50.

The emotion of wickets put into side the value of Australian captain Michael Clarke's 151 in an Australian total of 284. Clarke, resume on 107, was help by Siddle (20) as Australia added 70 to their suddenly 214 for eight. Clarke’s innings looked even improved when Watson took five wickets in 20 balls after the home side had look logically secure when they reach 49 for one at lunch.

Watson strike with the secant ball after lunch when the Australians productively called for a review after adjudicate Ian Gould gave Amla not out after he was strike on the pad. Replays show the ball would have hit the top of leg stump. Four balls later Jacques Kallis was out for nought, again after an appraisal, trapped at second slip when replays show he had got a faint edge to an attempt pull which looped off his accept to Ricky Ponting.

Watson made one more double strike, bowling Smith for 37 off an within edge and trapping Ash well Prince leg before wicket with a full, immediately ball before AB de Villiers become the third batsman out to a review decision, lbw to Ryan Harris after being known not by umpire Billy Doctrove.Mark Boucher was Watson's fifth victim - with TV umpire Billy Bowden again call into action, this time since the batsman in vain queried Gould's lbw decision.

Watson fell to the third ball of Australia's second innings, leg before to Steyn. paradoxically if he had call for a review he would have survive because replays show the ball would have gone over the top of his stumps. Ponting was leg previous to to Vernon Philander and Phil Hughes was stuck at third slip off Morkel as Australia slide to 13 for three at tea. It got rapidly not as good as for Australia following tea as Mike Hussey and Brad Haddin were dismisses without score and Clarke was helpful leg previous to for two.

Ryan Harris, Mitchell Johnson and Shaun Marsh every one fell with the total on 21. Marsh, pain from a back problem, bat at number ten and was leg previous to to Philander without score. Marsh did not field in also South African innings. South Africa batted forcefully at the start of the final innings. Jacques Rudolph was trapped behind off Siddle for 14 but Smith (36 not out) and Amla (29 not out) additional an unbeaten 54 for the next wicket as South Africa knock off additional than a third of the necessary runs.

In keep with a frenetic day, Amla was drop off the last ball of the day when Hussey cannot hold a slash to toward the back point off Harris.

Michael Clarke century then superb Steyn

2011-11-09T14:14:00.000-08:00

Cape Town: Australian captain Michael Clarke hit a super century to cancel out some excellent fast bowling by South Africa's Dale Steyn on the first day of the first Test at Newlands here on Wednesday. Clarke hit 107 not out in an Australian total of 214 for eight, while Steyn prove a steady risk to the batsmen on a seam-friendly surface, taking four for 31. New cap Vernon Philander took three for 54.

Shaun Marsh was the only top arrange batsman to give meaningful support to Clarke, making 44 and selection his captain set on 103 for the fourth wicket. For relax it was a struggle after Australia be sent in to bat on a day limited by rain and bad daylight to 55 overs.Australia packed up to 40 for three before Clarke was the leading partner as he and Marsh re-energized Australia's fortunes. Marsh contributes only 27 of the 103 runs added by the pair but played an important supporting role while Clarke counter-attacked.

Graeme Smith's judgment to send Australia in fast paid off as Steyn claim the wickets of Watson and Ponting, while Philander had Phil Hughes caught at the back after rain overdue the start by almost two hours.Steyn dismiss Marsh with the first ball of his third spell when he was call back for what prove to be the last over previous to tea.

Clarke was agreed a stifling time by Steyn at the start of his innings before going for his shot when Steyn was replace by Kallis. The Australian captain scored 40 of the runs as the place with Marsh become worth 50, reach 5000 runs in Test cricket when his score was on 44, and quick to his fifty off only 56 balls with nine fours.

He maintain the pace in spite of behind Marsh, Hussy and Haddin before attainment his 16th Test century off 108 balls when he stroke Kallis through the cover for his 16th boundary The left-handed Marsh was tested with some short-pitched bowling early on but remain in control, collect runs when the bowlers stray in line or distance end to in a 101-ball innings which integrated eight fours.

Marsh was intent on his tuck and given out by umpire Ian Gould. He asks for a review but it complete that Gould was right. Earlier South Africa successfully sought an appraisal when Ponting was given not out next to Steyn by umpire Billy Doctrove. Replays show the ball would comprise hit his leg stump. South Africa also had a failed review when Gould gave Marsh not out on 28 against Philander, the ball pitching exterior leg stump.

Philander, 26, be one of two new caps, with South Africa also select Pakistan-born leg-spinner Imran Tahir, 32. Tahir did not look bullying in his six overs, giving way 26 runs. Australia made only one change from the plane that beat South Africa A in a warm-up game last week with fast bowler Ryan Harris replacing Trent Copeland.

Sachin Hits 15,000th Test Runs

2011-11-08T11:10:00.000-08:00

New Delhi:Sachin Tendulkar of India on Tuesday become the opening batsman in history to score 15,000 Test runs even as he motivated towards his 100th international century.Tendulkar, 38, attain the feat when he reaches 28 on the third day of the first Test next to the West Indies at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground in New Delhi.

Tendulkar was winning on 33 and Rahul Dravid was on 30 as India - set a victory target of 276 - reach152-2 by stump.The Mumbai batsman, in concert his 182nd Test match, by now holds the world record for a good number runs and centuries in equally Test and one-day cricket.

Sachin needs one more three-figure beat to become the first batsman to score 100
international hundreds. He has 51 Test and 48 one-day centuries so far.Dravid is second in the Test scorers' list with 12,859 runs, to the lead of Ricky Ponting of Australia (12,487) and West Indies batsman Brian Lara (11,953).

Top run-getter in Test cricket

15,005* - Sachin Tendulkar (IND)

12,859* - Rahul Dravid (IND)

12,487 - Ricky Ponting (AUS)

11,953 - Brian Lara (WIS)

11,947 - Jacques Kallis (RSA)

11,174 - Allan Border (AUS)

10,927 - Steve Waugh (AUS)

10,122 - Sunil Gavaskar (IND)

{* denotes unbeaten innings }

PCB rejects mohammed Aamer's ignorance claim fixing

2011-11-04T14:57:00.000-07:00

Lahore: Pakistan's cricket establishment on Friday rejected Mohammad Aamer's claims that they had not learned the talented fast bowler on how to combat dishonesty in the sport.Aamer was one of three Pakistani cricketers hand jail sentence on Thursday for their part in spot-fixing throughout a Test match against England at Lord's last year, a scandal that has the reverberate across the cricketing world.

The 19-year-old will use six months in a young offenders' arrest center, but he sought to excuse his behavior earlier this week, proverb that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) did not teach him on altered form."The PCB by no means told me just how serious an offence it was to get into these sorts of belongings. They didn't educate me sufficient about anti-corruption laws," Aamer was quote in Pakistani media as saying.

The PCB powerfully rejected the spaceman's claims."A section of the media has report a supposed statement of Aamer in which he has claimed that PCB did not educate him connecting to anti-corruption codes that players are to abide on.""PCB would like it known for the record that this claim is in total challenge to the facts," said PCB in a press release.

Two months after the disgrace, the International Cricket Council (ICC) came down hard on the PCB, sending them orders to curb fixing and regulation problems and bullying suspension if improvement were not seen.PCB said Aamer had signed the players' code of behavior in March 2010 "which clearly states that by sign the same the player commit to remaining by all ICC rules concerning betting, match fixing, fraud, and any matter that could call into question the honesty of the game.

The board said Aamer had also attended several courses on how to deal with deception and warning players on the dangers of associate with stranger.

Bishoo five wickets West Indies win test series

2011-11-02T13:00:00.000-07:00

Dhaka: Leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo grab 5-90 as the West Indies crushed Bangladesh by 229 runs in the second and last cricket Test in Dhaka on Wednesday to drape up the series 1-0.Bangladesh, who was set an impossible win target of 508 runs, were blast out for 278 soon after lunch on the fifth day at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium.

Bishoo, the Guyanese bowler who turns 26 on Sunday, return with career-best numbers in only his seventh Test and skipper Darren Sammy chip in with 2-19 to rout the hosts.The forceful win after the drained first match in Chittagong provide a very big morale-booster for Sammy's men, who begin a three-Test series in India on Sunday.

Bangladesh, resume at the suddenly score of 164-3, lost the crucial wickets of opener Tamim Iqbal, skipper Mushfiqur Rahim and Shakib Al Hasan in the morning sitting.Tamim, Bangladesh's main batting expectation who was unbeaten on 82, other just one more run after he was caught in the slips off Bishoo in the day's third over.

The left-hander's 83 limited eight boundaries and a six.Shakib and Rahim raise visions of a Bangladesh fight back when they put on 88 runs for the fifth wicket, before mutually batsmen fell in the space of four runs.Shakib made 55 when he tried to steer Sammy to third man, but only manage to sky a catch to Shivnarine Chanderpaul running back from the slip area.

Rahim took his at once score of 33 to 69 when he was bowled by a excellent delivery from Bishoo that spun in stridently from leg to clip the off-stump.Devendra Bishoo struck two times in the first over after lunch, trap Nasir Hossain leg-before and having Suhrawadi Shuvo caught by Sammy.Fast bowler Kemar Roach sealed the win by bowling last man Rubel Hossain.

Bravo ton put Windies in manage

2011-10-31T15:34:00.000-07:00

Darren Bravo crazy his maiden Test century to put the West Indies in command on the third day of the series-deciding second and last Test next to Bangladesh on Monday. The left-hander was winning on 100 after Kirk Edwards hit a solid 86 as the West Indies reached 207-3 in their second innings at stumps for a by and large lead of 331 runs.Dhaka Test Match

Bravo finished his century off the last ball of the day when he cut debutant left-arm spinner Suhrawadi Shuvo for two runs. He has so future hit two sixes and seven fours in his 165-ball knock. The tourists, most important by 124 runs on the first innings, consolidate their position as Bravo and Edwards put on 151 for the third wicket after openers Kraigg Braithwaite and Kieran Powell had fall reasonably. The opening Test of the two-match series ended in a draw in Chittagong.

Edwards, who scored 121 in the first innings, look set to score his second hundred of the Test when he fell in the final over’s of the day, bowled by Shuvo after bass beat one six and seven fours in his 204-ball knock. Bravo, drop on 45 by Imrul Kayes in the slip off left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan, complete the most of the chance as he bolster the innings with a big place with Edwards. Both the batsmen played beautiful shots, with Bravo once smash off-spinner Nasir Hossain for two fours and a six in an over and then Edwards hoist paceman Shahabad Hossain for a six.

Braithwaite, who made a half-century in the first innings, was run out for no score in the opening over after Naeem Islam hit the stumps at the non-striker's end with a straight throw. The hosts struggle for victory on an easy-paced pitch for more than two sessions, with Shakib and Shuvo life form the lone wicket-takers.

Bangladesh was past bowled out for 231 in their first innings in reply to the West Indies' 355. The hosts added 27 runs to their suddenly total of 204-7 before losing their outstanding three wickets in 17 over’s, with leg-spinner Defender Bishoo taking two wickets and off-spinner Marlon Samuels one.

Bishoo was the first to smack when he had Shuvo (15) caught by Braithwaite at short-leg and then Samuels removed Nasir, caught at deep mid-wicket by Edwards while going for a big shot. Nasir additional eight runs to his at once score of 34. Bishoo ended the innings what time he bowled Shahabad for four runs to close with 3-62.

Indian Players was not over the top said Graeme Swann.

2011-10-28T03:51:00.000-07:00

Kolkata: While admit that England were thrash in the latest one-day series by India, off-spin bowler Graeme Swann has discarded accusation that the visitors went over the top in sledge of Indian players, even to the coverage of getting personal with a number of of them.

There has been a lot of talk about England's on-field behavior in the five-match series, particularly after MS Dhoni claim some of our sledge was over the top and we were in opposition among ourselves. As for sledging the opposition, I don't think any of our chat has been over the top or special," The Sun quotes Swann, as say.

I know there has been organization battle with a team of India's players and I think cause by persons in our team dislike individuals in their team. We have played India for three months now. You're not at all going to like all 11 blokes in the hostility. These things happen, he added.I can comfort you the commentary and personal abuse Samit Patel receives from the Indian players is far not as good as than anything we've said," said Swann.

We must get better our one-day performance out of the country. We've lost 6-1 in Australia, had a disappointing World Cup and now lost 5-0 here. On recent form away from home, we wouldn't beat the Women's association. And no disrepute to the WI - I'm sure they have some very fine leg-spinners. Lose 10 wickets for 47 runs in the final match were upsetting, said the spinner.

Coming Soon India Tour Chrish Gayle?

2011-10-27T14:18:00.000-07:00

Chris Gayle :has ask the WICK to state clearly what it wants him to apologies for, after the board had said the batsman would be consider for West Indies selection only if he retracted his statements with reference to the board and its official.

Gayle retracts, what are the terms, actually and truly, Gayle told the Caribbean Media Corporation. So they need to make it clear, quite than stating just one particular thing and goodbye the public to wonder again, and just make this one big issue which I'm drained of, so they need to just cut it out now. "They need to come comprehensible and say what Chris Gayle must apologies for, and what should Chris.

Gayle as well said he thought the WICK was playing mind games and that he would address their strain at the end of the local Super50 in Guyana, where he is most important Jamaica's campaign.

I usual a message about the apology at a team meeting the day before we [Jamaica] had to play the Leeward’s Islands here [last Thursday] in the center of a regional tournament, Gayle said. I think they [WICK] are playing mind games with Chris Gayle. I have told them that I want to spotlight on winning this match for Jamaica and I will deal with the apology matter at the end of this contest.

I don't think the board wants to resolve this matter. This needs to be closed as soon as likely and they need to be clear on what I should apologies for. State what in the conference I need to take back or apologies for.

On October 20, the WICK had issue a statement saying, Having customary reports and reviewed association between Chris Gayle and the West Indies Cricket Board and the West Indies Team board and taking into kindness public statements made by Gayle with regard to the board and its officers, the board require that Gayle withdraw his commentary in order to be careful for selection to the West Indies team.

Associations between Gayle and the board had out of order down after he gave an interview in April to a radio station all through which he was biting about both the board and coach Otis Gibson. After attempt at settlement failed, and Gayle was left out of the team for the home series next to India, he free a public statement, in which he traced the foundation of the dispute back to 2009, when, he said, Hillarie had cast worries on his talent to captain the team.

Gayle has not played for West Indies since the 2011 World Cup. Since then he has been an important part of Royal Challengers Bangalore team in their IPL and Champions League Twenty20 campaigns, final as the leading run-getter in the IPL. His stalemate with the board had escalated to a rank where the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) heads of management had become involved.

West Indies are currently doing a tour Bangladesh, after which they will go to India to play three Tests and five ODIs.

2011-10-24T11:50:00.000-07:00

Dubai: Reigning world champions England top the first Twenty20 rankings announced for the all the rage format of the game on Monday. England, who won the third publication of the World Twenty20 under Paul Collingwood in the West Indies last year, have a rating of 127 points and go ahead second placed Sri Lanka by just one point.

England is already world number one in Tests, as Australia top the one-day ranking. The International Cricket Council (ICC) broad manager cricket David Richardson said a true context will be provide to the new and well-liked brand of the game through the rankings. The launch of T20 rankings will make even more attention in the shortest format and will help to give more contexts to two-sided T20 matches," Richardson, a former South African wicket-keeper, said at the launch service.

Only six ranking points part the next four sides with New Zealand on second with 117 follow by South Africa (113) and 2007 World T20 winner India on 5th with 112.Australia are located at sixth with 111, Pakistan are seventh (97) and West Indies next on 89. Afghanistan, who played the third version of World Twenty20, is ninth with 75 and Zimbabwe are tenth (54).Bangladesh, Ireland and Scotland have not played the necessary number of matches since the August 2009 and so were not placed in the rankings.

Richardson said it was main to recognize all formats of the game."We have rankings for Tests and one-day by now in place since 2001, so the T20 rankings is a new count and will help us draw the seedlings for the next World Twenty20 Cup to be held in Sri Lanka next year," said Richardson.

England's Eoin Morgan tops the Twenty20 player’s rankings in the batting section, while Ajanta Mentis of Sri Lanka is the top bowler and Australia's Shane Watson is the world's best Twenty20 all-rounder. New Zealand's Brendon McCollum is second in the batsmen rankings while England's Kevin Petersen is third and Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayewardene is fourth.

Jayewardene welcomed the Twenty20 rankings and said it will add to the struggle. "I think rankings are main and will add to the struggle," Jayewardene said at the launch. "Twenty20 cricket is a helpful control on the other format of the game," he new.

ICC Twenty20 Championship

24 October 2011


Team	Matches	Points	Rating
England	18	1273	127
Sri Lanka	17	1009	126
New Zealand	19	1056	117
South Africa	16	900	113
India	12	558	112
Australia	21	1223	111
Pakistan	24	1164	97
West Indies	16	711	89
Afghanistan	8	224	75
Zimbabwe	11	376	54

India win England in one-day thriller.

2011-10-20T15:24:00.000-07:00

Mohali, October 20 : Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni shattered two fours in the final over as India hit England by five wickets on Thursday to win a decisive 3-0 lead in the five-match one-day series.

Youthful batsman AjinkyaRahane top-scored with 91 and Gautam Gambhir hit 58 as the world champion surpass England's not easy 298-4 with four balls to extra in a thrilling day-night match. India were under attack at 235-5 in the 42nd over before Dhoni and Ravindra Jadeja steered the hosts home with a winning 65-run stand for the 6th wicket.

With 17 runs needed off the last two over’s, the pair take 10 runs in the 49th bowled by emerald Dernbach, before Dhoni shattered the first two balls of the final over from Tim Bresnan for limits to clinch victory.Dhoni returned winning on 35 and Jadeja was on 26 as the new-look Indians, without seven players who won the World Cup final against Sri Lanka in April, take the series.The tourist, who was thrash by 126 runs and eight wickets in the previous two games, needed a win to stay afloat in the series. England begin well as an unbeaten 98 runs from Jonathan Trott enthused a batting revival that helped them post 298-4.Samit Patel broken up an unbeaten 70 runs off 43 balls and Kevin Petersen scored 64 as England's batting lastly came good after skipper Alastair Cook won the toss in the day-night game.

What time India batted, Rahane put on 79 for the first wicket with Parthiv Patel and 111 for the second with Gambhir to lift India to a happy 190-1 by the 34th over. England hit back with four wickets for 45 runs as fast bowler Steven Finn removed Gambhir and Rahane, Bresnan dismissed Suresh Raina for zero and Graeme Swann attentive Virat Kohli leg-before for 35.But Dhoni and Jadeja twisted the game around with a match-winning stand in front of 25,000 excited home fans.

Earlier, Trott and Petersen, who came jointly at 53-2, put on 101 for the third wicket on an even-paced ground ideal for shot-making.Trott then added 103 for the unbroken fifth with Patel, who hit two sixes and seven fours as England plundered 91 runs in the last 10 overs..

Trott, who was on 94 at the start of the last over from Vinay Kumar, took three runs from the first two deliveries but manage only a single off the fifth to be deprived of a fourth one-day hundred. The fourth one-dayer will be played in Mumbai on Sunday.

Reporter changed phone-hacking match-fix.

2011-10-12T12:04:00.000-07:00

London: An in secret reporter from the News of the World, the British newspaper at the heart of a phone-hacking disgrace which has involved Rupert Murdoch's information Corp, deprived of on Wednesday he used the perform to break a legend about cricket match-fixing.

Mazher Mahmood, the Investigation editor at the now-defunct Sunday sensationalist, unwanted accusations that his description had disturbed the against the law interception of voicemail messages, the Press connection reported. He is told London's Southwark tiara Court he had usual loss fear since publish the legend allege that a games cause took bribe to position for Pakistan cricketers to bowl on idea no-balls during a test aligned with England last summer.

Prosecutors contend British-based representative Mazhar Majeed conspire with Pakistan's ex- test captain Salman Butt, 27, and speed bowlers Mohammad Asif, 28, and Mohammad Amir, 19, to fix part of the Lord's test stuck between Aug. 26 and 29.

Butt and Asif, who are status trial, deny plot to cheat and plot to accept corrupt expenses.Mahmood said he launch an investigation after a top secret source sent him copies of "incriminating" text mail from Majeed's BlackBerry phone showing that match-fixing had been going on for a "long time”. But he said the story "have nothing to do with telephone hack" and said he have no information of the prohibited perform during his 20 years at the reports of the World.

press on the newspaper are accuse of hack the voicemail messages of people range from celebrity to offense victims in a search for exclusive, claim which led to the finish of the paper in July. Openhanded confirmation from report after a screen to hide his self, Mahmood said he begin research the story after a secret source he had known for many years sent him information which was as well passed to the International Cricket Council.

They are incriminating text mail which showed these guys have be doing it for a extensive time he told the court.Asif's brief Alexander Milne said the mail was downloaded from Majeed's BlackBerry and asks the reporter: "Is this not hack material?"Mahmood reply: "No, it is not... One, you're arrogant it's downloaded from the telephone with no the knowledge of the self, and second this is not anything to do with hack at all."

The reporter said he consult the skull of the documents legal branch about the texts he acknowledged and confirmed it was "totally within the law" to use them. He admits his spring was paid after his story was in print.Asked if here had been any illegal intercept of voicemails at every one Mahmood said: "There was no phone hacking involved. You're bark up the in the wrong ranking."

Milne also recommended that Mahmood two times met Asif in London pretend to be a lawyer called "Imran Sheikh" before the story insolvent on Aug. 29, 2010The reporter said the claim was "totally wrong" and "ludicrous” and it would comprise been an illegal offence to do so. He thought the one time he meted Asif was in Qatar at an ICC inquiry. Am a guy that's been getting death pressure after this story, so the last thing I want to do is meet this cricketer," he believed.

Court is in disbelief Majeed's series of boasts

2011-10-10T12:56:00.000-07:00

Oct 10: The cricket agent Mazhar Majeed, who is at the centre of spot-fixing allegation, came up with a sequence of boast to the in secret reporter who posed as an Indian manufacturer.

Majeed he is also told reporter Mazhar Mahmood that he 'very well' knew Hollywood actor Brad Pitt, Swiss tennis winner Roger Federer and was 'good friends' with former England cricketers Mike Gatting, Phil Tufnell, Geoffrey Boycott, Pakistan ex-skipper Imran Khan and previous Indian Premier League representative Lalit Modi, in the middle of others, a court in London hear.

He also claim that he had more than a few Pakistan players below his organize, counting Salman Butt, brothers Kamran Akmal and Umar Akmal, then Shoaib Malik and have access to other star cricketers similar to Chris Gayle, Brett Lee, Ricky Ponting, Harbhajan Singh and Yuvraj Singh, espn cricinfo report.

Majeed's arrogant was hear in a recording as Mahmood be in the observer set at Southward put the finishing touch to Court of central London, on the fourth day of the audition of Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif, who have been emotional with plot to obtain and accept dishonest payments and conspiracy to trick following the Lord's Test in August. The two have starved of the charge.

The audacity raise smiles of incredulity in the court as Majeed was heard to assert he owned seven ice cream parlors - which he have Pakistan players to come into view at for free - and brag how he live at special times in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Malaysia and Turkey as he deliberate faith and gave lecture.

The court heard Majeed sayed he was unwilling to work by former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi because 'you contain to kiss his arse every day'. He also boasts of rotating down the chance of life form part.

Majeed supposed he worked very much through the Pakistan Cricket Board and said he had a gathering with Chairman Ijaz Butt about holding a domestic cricket tournament.

I have a meeting by Ijaz Butt about doing a domestic cricket tournament. What we are going to was look at a put a sponsor an each region and do a Twenty20 league since the Pakistani people is not in receipt of any cricket before watch. They will become here.

Bairstow hopes to impress his maiden England Trip

2011-10-07T11:43:00.000-07:00

London: Newcomer Jonny Bairstow says his receiving picked for England was an arrogant instant for his family and he hopes to live awake to the prospect if he gets a chance in the forth coming ODI series against India. England is to play five ODIs against India. The first ODI begin in Hyderabad on October 14.Jonny Bairstow's father David, who kept wickets for Yorkshire and England, dedicated suicide at what time Jonny was eight.

Jonny, now a 22-year-old who is prepare to don the ornament in Saturday's warm-up game next to a Hyderabad Cricket Association said his dad's death made them stronger as a family. I have a number of hard to believe memoirs of him - going not in to Bairstow and in performance on the beach, and playing on the outfield at The Oval; Bairstow was quote as adage in the Daily Mail. Tour He was a large nature and did a lot for the game. In receipt of selected for England is a very arrogant instant for the relations.

Life form so young, possibly it was easier for me. But my mum wasn't very well and it took a lot of tough work and tries to get all back on track. We all pull jointly and I think that has completed us a lot stronger as relations, Bairstow said.Bairstow's winning 41 off 21 balls to help beat the Indians in Cardiff last month speed his addition in the surface and the young person will be in suspense to get a look in, in next week's first one-day international against India.

Cardiff was one innings and I'm well conscious of that. I at a halt have my feet on the ground," he supposed. But with the favorite keeper Craig Kieswetter unpaid to join the group next Somerset's Champions League campaign in Chennai at the weekend, Bairstow will have to scrap tough for a spot as a specialist batsman.

Patel keen make return to England after overcoming fitness troubles.

2011-10-06T16:05:00.000-07:00

London: Samit Patel has admit for the first time that he was to fault for his health weight problems that roughly ruined his England vocation. He said he was to blame for his stuffed waistline and stoppage to coach hard sufficient, factor which led to a two-year international deports The Sun reports. Patel return this summer and now thoughts of establish himself in the Test players this frost.

The large thing was to be ready to labor and show the right approach. With any luck, I'm doing that now though not completely yet - these belongings don't change for the night, there's a long way to go," the paper quote him, as proverb. It was hugely second-rate to miss this time World Cup. The detail I am invented to have bet there was so indifferent. But I can't blame someone else but for myself.

I will must train harder and do the hours. It has to move toward from me. You can direct a mount to water but you can't make it drink," Patel additional. His forced leader coach Andy Flower, and Not’s team-mate Graeme Swan had before describe him as an "idiot" for about throw away his England profession.

Gayle meets WICB chief to resolve issues

2011-08-24T22:39:00.000-07:00

Rebel West Indies opener Chris Gayle has met with West Indies Cricket Board chief executive Ernest Hilaire in Antigua in an attempt to resolve lingering issues that have kept the Jamaican out of the regional squad.

Unlike the last one back in June when he was represented by members of players union, Gayle was not accompanied by anyone at yesterday's meeting that lasted for an hour.

Hilaire, too, was unaccompanied.

The left--handed Gayle was overlooked for the recent ODI Match and Test series against India after failing to sort out differences with WICB management, arising from controversial comments he made in an interview with a Jamaican radio station earlier this year.

Then, he accused the board of failing to supervise his rehabilitation from injury following the Cricket World Cup and was also heavily critical of Hilaire, head coach Ottis Gibson and captain Darren Sammy.

During the June meeting in Jamaica, involving WICB's director of cricket Tony Howard, team manager Richie Richardson, and Gibson, the warring parties failed to reach a resolution.

Dhoni failed to inspire India: Akram

2011-08-24T02:15:00.000-07:00

Former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram found Mahendra Singh Dhoni's demeanour hardly inspiring during the recently-concluded Test series and said the visitors 0-4 drubbing against England should act as an "eye-opener" for the Indian skipper.

Akram felt that Dhoni's poor batting show against a strong England bowling attack also played a major role in India suffering their worst Test series defeat in the country since a 5-0 loss in 1959.

India slumped to an innings and eight runs defeat in the fourth and final cricket Test at The Oval to give England a resounding 4-0 series win on Monday. "His batting form is of great concern. In this series Dhoni repeatedly got out in the slips region. He may have got a couple of 70-plus scores in the third Test at Edgbaston, but what good are these runs when your opponent has amassed a 700-plus score?" Akram stated.

Dhoni was out for three in the second innings on the fifth day when he slashed at a wide delivery from Stuart Broad and was caught at second slip.

Akram said Dhoni's body language was not motivating enough and the captain and coach need to communicate with the team more often to lift their morale. "I feel Dhoni needs to be even more involved in the game. New coach Duncan Fletcher is not a magician and will take time to settle down," he said.

Akram pointed out that no one had any idea in the Indian camp about what was going on. He stated that Dhoni did not look too involved with on-field proceedings. "I know this has been his style, but when your team is getting thrashed, 'Captain Cool' can't afford to freeze!"

"At times, you have to change your style to get the best out of your players. This result should be eye-opener for Dhoni," added Akram.

In spite of the criticism, Akram backed Dhoni and said removing him is not a quick-fix solution. "Our cricketing culture in the sub-continent doesn't support a losing captain, but here is where we need to back Dhoni. He can surely prove the critics wrong in the ODI series." said Akram.

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2011-08-19T06:31:00.001-07:00

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