MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Allegations of pitch doctoring to favour Australia’s attack for the fourth Ashes test against England have been “funny to read”, the Melbourne Cricket Ground’s head groundsman said yesterday.
The Trinidad and Tobago senior team which is bound for the regional T20 cricket series will open play in the T&T Cricket Board (TTCB) T20 Festival against the T&T ‘A’ team at Guaracara Park on December 28.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Fast bowler Tino Best believes he is still a valuable asset to West Indies cricket and hopes he can make the final squad for next year’s World Cup in Asia.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – A 13-year-old has smashed the record for the highest individual score by an Indian schoolboy with a marathon innings of 498.
DURBAN, (Reuters) – South Africa are prepared for India’s experienced line-up to fight back strongly in the Boxing Day test after their crushing defeat at Centurion, captain Graeme Smith said yesterday.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – England were blindsided by the intensity of paceman Mitchell Johnson’s swing during their third test defeat to Australia in Perth, but would not be caught out again in Melbourne, batsman Kevin Pietersen warned yesterday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s suspended test captain Salman Butt will attend a hearing into spot-fixing charges in Doha in January after the International Cricket Council rejected his application to adjourn proceedings.
Coach of the of the Guyana national cricket team, Ravidranauth Seeram, and team captain Ramnaresh Sarwan are of the opinion that the Guyana national Twenty20 cricket team is in even better shape for the upcoming 2011 Caribbean Twenty20 than they were when the tournament was held this yea.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Organisers are hoping the presence of West Indies stars Shiv Chanderpaul and Ramnaresh Sarwan raises the intensity of next week’s Cricket Festival Twenty20 series.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Discarded West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan has downplayed his inclusion in a 30-man squad to prepare for next year’s Cricket World Cup in India.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Lendl Simmons’ local club president is irate over the flashy opener’s continued exclusion from West Indies teams and has blasted regional selectors over the issue.
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Embattled West Indies off-spinner Shane Shillingford has been pulled from the Windward Islands side for next month’s Caribbean Twenty20 Championship, following his suspension from bowling in international cricket because of an illegal action.
Bridgetown, Barbados – Fast bowler Tino Best is delighted to be among the 30 players named by the West Indies Cricket Board in the preliminary squad for the ICC World Cup 2011.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago’s Under-20s booked their berth in the CONCACAF final round qualifiers on Monday when they beat Suriname 2-1 in the return leg of their Caribbean Football Union Group D tie at the Marvin Lee Stadium.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Two new players have been named in a 14-man Combined Campuses and Colleges squad to contest next month’s Caribbean Twenty20 Championship in Antigua and Barbados.
ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board has thrown its full support behind embattled off-spinner Shane Shillingford who was yesterday banned by the International Cricket Council from bowling after his action was deemed illegal.
MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Sachin Tendulkar returned to the Indian one-day squad for January’s five-match series against South Africa, 11 months after scoring an unbeaten double century against the same opponents.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) yesterday confirmed that an independent test had found the bowling action of West Indies’ off-spinner Shane Shillingford to be illegal and, as such, the player has been suspended from bowling in international cricket.
CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis escaped unhurt after being involved in a car crash on Tuesday. Kallis’s car collided with the gate of a house in Wynberg, a suburb of Cape Town, in the early hours of Tuesday but the 35-year-old player was not injured and will be able to play in South Africa’s Boxing Day test against India in Durban. “Jacques did have a very minor accident which left his car and somebody’s gate post damaged.
DUBLIN, Ireland, CMC – The Phil Simmons-coached Ireland have named their 22-man preliminary squad for next year’s Cricket World Cup, retaining a large chunk of the players who campaigned in the Caribbean showpiece three years ago.
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