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IPL qualification scenarios
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Mumbai: With 16 matches left in the group stage of the IPL, no team is yet certain of qualification for the final four, while only Deccan Chargers have been eliminated. Here's a look at where the other nine teams stand, and in what scenarios they will either make the cut or miss out Mumbai Indians are obviously the favourites at the moment - despite the heavy defeat to Punjab - but by no means are they a certainty for the last four. If they lose their remaining three games, there is a possibility four teams will overtake their points tally of 16, which will mean Mumbai will be eliminated without net run-rate coming into play. One example...
Confident of a good show against Pakistan in Tests: Sammy
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Guyana: West Indies captain Darren Sammy said they are confident of defending their proud home record against Pakistan in the two-Test series. The first Test will begin at the Guyana National Stadium on Thursday. Pakistan beat West Indies 3-2 in the ODI series. Pakistan have never won a Test series on six previous tours here. If the Windies win this series they will secure valuable ranking points to move up one place in the ICC Test ladder to sixth spot. "We believe we can win the series. We have worked hard in the build-up to the series and we know we have the ability to perform on home turf. We saw an improved batting performance...
PCB still undecided on Afridi's future as skipper
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Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board is yet to take a call on Shahid Afridi's future as captain of the national team. The PCB has show caused Afridi seeking an explanation for making his views public regarding his differences with chief coach Waqar Younis on the composition of the team during the recently concluded ODI series in the Caribbean. Official sources in the PCB said that the flamboyant all-rounder would find it difficult to win back the confidence of board chairman Ijaz Butt. "Afridi is expected to send his reply to our notice today and so far no decision has been taken on his future as captain," the source said. "Ijaz Butt was...
Mitchell Johnson and his hush-hush wedding
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New Delhi: According to reports in the Sydney Morning Herald, Australian pacer Mitchell Johnson has tied the knot with longtime girlfriend Jessica Bratich in a secret wedding ceremony. The wedding has been confirmed by Johnson's manager Sam Halvorsen and is believed to have taken place last Friday. According to the same report, none of Johnson's teammates were invited for the ceremony though Halvorsen has not made any comments on the matter. Johson proposed to Bratich over two years ago and the relationship has gone through troubled times with the Australian press even reporting earlier that Johnson's mother has accused Bratich...
It's back to the Tests as Pakistan face West Indies
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Bridgetown, Guyana: We've been starved of Test cricket for nearly four months now. Ever since Pakistan drew in Wellington, to win the series against New Zealand, there's been a glut of limited-over matches - the World Cup, Australia in Bangladesh, the IPL and Pakistan in the West Indies. Re-adjusting attention spans to the pace of five-day cricket might take a while, for both players and us. It is in Guyana, at the other end of the cricket universe from where they last played, that Pakistan resume the Test calendar, in pursuit of a success they've never achieved before. Pakistan have never won a Test series in the West Indies....
Roping in Gayle has changed RCB fortunes: Vettori
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Jaipur: Having registered five wins on the trot with Chris Gayle playing a significant role in their success, Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Daniel Vettori acknowledged that the explosive West Indian batsman's entry into the team has completely changed their fortunes. "We had started badly, losing three opening games but with Gayle coming in and his opening partnerships with (Tillakaratne) Dilshan have been able to put pressure on the opposition. Gayle has been in tremendous form and has bowled well too," said Vettori at the match-eve press conference. Gayle had destroyed rival bowling attacks with utter disdain with his power-hitting...
Sri Lanka Premier League to have seven teams
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The first edition of the Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) will be a seven-team inter-provincial tournament played over approximately 18 days at the end of July and the beginning of August this year. The teams will play each other once, with the top four teams qualifying for the semi-finals. All the games will be played the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo and the winner of the tournament will qualify for the Champions League Twenty20.ESPNcricinfo has learnt that the seven provinces that will be represented are Basnahira, Kandurata, Nagenahira, Ruhuna, Uthura, Uva and Wayamba. Sri Lanka Cricket will select the players for each team, with domestic...
Cracks appear in Afridi-Waqar relationship
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Shahid Afridi, Pakistan's limited overs captain, has hinted at differences with his coach Waqar Younisafter arriving in Karachi from the West Indies where he led the side to a victorious, but ultimately deflating 3-2 series win.Speculation has grown in the last two days about problems between the pair, specifically over issues of team selection. Both, along with team manager Intikhab Alam, are members of the on-tour selection committee which decides on a playing XI. It has been reported that Afridi was unhappy with what he has seen as Waqar's interference in selection; ahead of the fourth ODI against West Indies, one report claimed Afridi almost...
Brilliant Bangalore demolish Kochi
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Bangalore: If you aren't a fan of the Royal Challengers Bangalore, there's good news and bad news. The good news first: Tillakaratne Dilshan has found form late, and will not unleash any more violence in the IPL, since he is headed to England. The bad news is that Chris Gayle is in such form that you probably wouldn't notice Dilshan's absence. And then there is worse news - Bangalore are fielding like a team possessed. The hapless Kochi Tuskers Kerala ran into each of these facets of Bangalore's brilliance, and were brushed away by nine wickets, with 6.5 overs to spare. Scorecard | Points Table On a day when their franchise went...
Harbhajan, Symonds in friendship with help from Sachin: Report
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Melbourne: Bitter foes in the Sydney Test racial row, Harbhajan Singh and Andrew Symonds have buried the hatchet and are friends now with Sachin Tendulkar helping his IPL side Mumbai Indians teammates in doing that, according to a report. Three years of seething animosity triggered by the "Monkeygate" scandal of the 2008 Sydney Test has ended thanks to the Indian Premier League, with both the feisty players forming a bond at Mumbai Indians playing environment, 'The Australian' reported.The newspaper said Tendulkar played a part in ending one of the most talked-about feuds in world cricket. "India's Test legend Sachin Tendulkar has been...
Duncan Fletcher named India coach
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PCB asks ICC to 'investigate' Sutherland comments
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Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland has questioned the implementation of Qayyum recommendations © AFPEnlarge The PCB has taken umbrage at remarks made by Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland about the Justice Qayyum commission on matchfixing and asked the ICC to "investigate" the comments. In a recent story on corruption in cricket in the Age, Sutherland said that the spot-fixing scandal of last summer, after which three Pakistani players were banned for five years, might not have happened had the PCB acted properly in the aftermath of the Qayyum commission, whose recommendations were released in 2000. ''Ask yourself...
Malinga blames Ranatunga-led board for injury
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Colombo: Sri Lankan speedster Lasith Malinga on Tuesday, blamed the country's cricket administration led by the former captain Arjuna Ranatunga for aggravating his knee injury that forced him to retire from Test cricket. Without naming Ranatunga he said,"The 2008 interim committee did not care for my well being," Malinga said adding that due to his knee injury he could not even climb the stairs of his house. He didn't hide his displeasure at being treated shabbily by the 2008 interim committee. "I was offered a basic contract when I deserved better." As Ranatunga led the committee, it is well understood that Malinga's grievance...
Don't want to be talked about as potential India coach
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Chennai: He is among the most talked about possible candidates for the Indian cricket coach's job, but New Zealander Stephen Fleming does not even want to discuss the prospect of taking up the post left vacant by Gary Kirsten. Fleming is currently incharge of IPL team Chennai Super Kings of which Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the captain. "I enjoy my relationship with all the Indian players and Dhoni is a special player I am involved with. He is a captain with free space. I have been working with Suresh Raina and others as well. Just about time that I do not want to be talked about as a potential Indian coach," Fleming said after CSK's 25-run...
Sangakkara, Jayawardena also for early IPL exit
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Colombo: After reports of Sri Lankan skipper Tillakaratne Dilshan leaving the IPL to join the England-bound national team got rife, it is learnt that former captains Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardena are also packing their bags for an early exit. Sangakara and Jayawardena, who are currently in-charge of the Deccan Chargers and Kochi Tuskers Kerala respectively, will reportedly leave the Indian Premier League (IPL) early to start preparations for the first Test against England on 26th May. According to 'The Island', both the players are expected be in Colombo by May 16 and will leave the island a day later to join the squad for the...
Nike extends Team India uniform sponsorship with BCCI for 5yrs
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New Delhi: American sportswear maker Nike on Tuesday said it has extended its contract with BCCI for another five years to sponsor Indian cricket team's uniform. "Nike, the official apparel sponsors for the Indian National Cricket Team since December, 2005 has extended its contract for a period of five years with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)," the company said in a statement. Nike will continue to be the official kit supplier to the Indian cricket team, it added. The company did not comment on financials involved, but the deal size is estimated at about Rs. 270 crore. Nike's Rs. 200 crore earlier...
I should take the blame for not finishing the game: Yuvraj
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Chennai: Pune Warriors India captain Yuvraj Singh admitted that he should take the blame for not being able to finish the game as their team slumped to third defeat after CSK beat them by 25 runs at Chepauk on Monday. Yuvraj played an uncharacteristic knock of 34 off only 43 balls. "It's difficult to come back once you are four down inside the first six overs. I should also take a lot of blame for not being able to finish the match. This has happened for the third time now that I have started off well but couldn't finish off the match," Yuvraj said at the post-match presentation ceremony. The Warriors skipper however didn't regret the...
Sachin mania stuns Aussie players
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Hyderabad: Andrew Symonds, Davy Jacobs and Darren Lehmann have never witnessed anything like they did here on Sunday. After the game, people from different corners of the ground marched towards the players' enclosure, to try and get a glimpse of birthday boy, Sachin Tendulkar. Such was the chaos that Tendulkar's family had to stay back in the dressing room just as he was being escorted to the team vehicle. Symonds told MiD DAY: "I have never, ever, seen fans react in this way. I can't believe that a birthday of a cricketer could give so many people joy. It's unbelievable, mate," he said.Chargers coach Lehmann, who had just finished his...
Zulqarnain Haider returns to Pakistan
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Five and a half months after fleeing to London from the UAE on the morning of an ODI, Zulqarnain Haider, the former Pakistan wicketkeeper, has returned home, having secured security assurances from the government about his safety and that of his family.Haider landed at Islamabad airport on Monday morning and was swiftly escorted by security personnel to the office of Rehman Malik, the Interior Minister, who had convinced him to come back from London. Haider, who turned 25 on Saturday, had announced last week that he was prepared to revoke his application for asylum in the UK and return to Pakistan and resume his playing career. However,...
BCCI unlikely to take decision on India coach on Apr 27
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Mumbai: The BCCI is in no hurry to appoint a new cricket coach for the team and is unlikely to decide on the matter in its Working Committee's meeting on April 27 where the agenda would include various sub-committees' reports. "We are still in the process of doing so (finding a new coach). There's no hurry as the team is leaving for the West Indies only on June 1," BCCI President Shashank Manohar told PTI from Nagpur on Friday. A lot of names, including England's director of coaching Andy Flower and another Zimbabwean Duncan Fletcher, are doing the rounds as the candidates likely to get the job. There are talks that an interim coach could...
Simmons and Bishoo give West Indies victory
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West Indies 150 for 7 (Simmons 65, Bravo 42, Rehman 2-22) beat Pakistan 143 for 9 (Umar 41, Bishoo 4-17) by seven runs Lendl Simmons led a positive West Indies innings by rushing to a 31-ball fifty © Getty Images Enlarge It's just one match, that will fade into obscurity by the end of the next, but West Indies began their latest New Era impressively, beating Pakistan by seven runs in the first ever Twenty20 match between the teams. Lendl Simmons made 65 to help West Indies set something competitive before Devendra Bishoo's four wickets brought them victory. Such has been...
