Archive for October 11th, 2007
Williams wants it
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) will hold their next Board Meeting at the Turtle Beach Hotel in Barbados on October 20.
And one of the items on the agenda will be the Cricket Committee’s recommendations for a new coach and assistant coach. David Williams, the Trinidad and Tobago coach, is hoping his credentials will be [...]
Hair today, gone tomorrow as cricket’s governing body bottles it
We knew it couldn’t last. The tiny bit of warm afterglow that everyone was enjoying following the ICC Twenty20 championship has evaporated in the cold, harsh light of Darrell Hair’s employment tribunal hearing. Hair’s charge of racial discrimination against his employers, the ICC, has been dropped, but not before the already tarnished reputation of the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )WICB warns players to seek direction before joining ICL
West Indies Cricket Board president, Julian Hunte, has warned regional players to seek legal advice before signing up for the controversial Indian Cricket League.
It has been rumoured that five West Indies cricketers have been offered contracts to play in the ICL, a league which the Indian Cricket Board has refused to sanction.
“I have heard rumours [...]
I have to be guiding force for young spinners: Harbhajan
The absence of Anil Kumble from India’s one-day team has put more responsibility on the shoulders of Harbhajan Singh, now the country’s leading spinner and a man who feels Twenty20 cricket will kill the art of spin.
‘I know I have more responsibilities in the team as a senior bowler and I have to take care [...]
What to do with the Big Three?
Australia are so damn good that they can make cricket boring. It took a below-par performance from them in Chandigarh – 16 wides were bad enough but that they cost 15 further runs would point to a wretched day for Adam Gilchrist behind the wicket – to bring the series, which was fast becoming a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Colonel moots u-22 league
Despite his hectic schedule the chairman of national selectors Dilip Vengsarkar took some time off to check Mumbai’s bench strength for the coming season. In the city for a few hours while in transit between the two ODI venues Hyderabad and Baroda, the former Indian captain turned up to watch the finals of the under-22 [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Former Eden curator open to ICL offer
It’s been less than a fortnight that the Indian cricket Board decided to do away Probir Mukherjee, one of the most experienced pitch experts in the country. And the veteran curator has thrown his options to the Indian Cricket League (ICL), in case an offer comes along. Mukherjee had been attached to the Cricket Association [...]
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