Backing Luke Wright for a place in the Test side against South Africa this winter, former skipper Michael Vaughan believes England need the Sussex all-rounder to balance their side.With star player Andrew Flintoff retired and Steve Harmison absent, Vaughan said the Andrew Strauss-led team should find a fifth bowler to strengthen their side.And in Vaughan's opinion Stuart Broad is not yet ready to bat...
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Backing Luke Wright for a place in the Test side against South Africa this winter, former skipper Michael Vaughan believes England need the Sussex all-rounder to balance their side.With star player Andrew Flintoff retired and Steve Harmison absent, Vaughan said the Andrew Strauss-led team should find a fifth bowler to strengthen their side.And in Vaughan's opinion Stuart Broad is not yet ready to bat...
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Sachin Tendulkar completes 20 years of international cricket, former skipper Sunil Gavaskar paid tribute to the cricket prodigy.In November 1989, Tendulkar at the age of 16 made the most anticipated debut in the history of Indian cricket. In November 2009, that boy was 36, but he was still batting and playing an innings which left those who saw it breathless.''Apart from Sir Garfield Sobers, nobody...
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Kolkata, Nov 5 : Former skipper Sourav Ganguly, who is expected to be back as Kolkata Knight Riders captain in the IPL III, said Dav Whatmore will be the new coach of the bollywood star Shahrukh Khan-owned team in the next edition.I know him for a long time. It will be exciting to work with him,'' Ganguly said.''Whatmore is very experienced and I'm looking forward to his association.'' Whatmore coached...
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New Zealand's captain and de facto coach Daniel Vettori believes former skipper Stephen Fleming would make a wonderful Black Caps coach.
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Impressed with his captaincy in the East Zone Twenty20 tournament, the Jharkhand Cricket Association has appointed Saurav Tiwari as the skipper of the state's Ranji team., replaced medium-pacer Shiv Shankar Rao as skipper, JCA secretary Rajesh Verma said on Saturday.Plate group-A match against Tripura to be played at Ranchi from November 3 to 6.The squad has five new faces including RJD chief Laloo...
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opening day of the Ranji season was special for ex-India player Sanjay Bangar as he scored a patient century to lead Railways to 242 for 4 on a wicket that required grafting.At the end of the day, the former skipper was unbeaten on 111, constructed off 217 balls and embellished with 14 fours and two straight hits over the fence, one each on either side of the wicket.The typical slow wicket at the Karnail...
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Every time Prasanna Jayawardene played a rash shot, Mahela Jayawardene would walk to the middle of the pitch probably explaining to the wicketkeeper batsman the importance of his wicket as Sri Lanka looked to bat India out of the first Test in Ahmedabad.The 33-year-old may have relinquished captaincy to concentrate on his batting, but the leader in him has been working overtime to communicate with...
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Mysore: A depleted Bengal sans former skipper Saurav Ganguly will take on Karnataka in their Ranji Trophy Super league match at the Gangotri Glades platinum jubilee grounds here tomorrow.Bengal will go into the four-day game without the services of Ganguly, who opted out of the tie. Even Laskhmi Ratan Shukla looks doubtful as the Bengal skipper is suffering from a muscle injury and would take a call...
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Jamshedpur: Impressed by his leadership quality displayed in the East Zone Twenty20 tournament, Saurav Tiwari was selected captain of Jharkhand Ranji team.The 20-year-old southpaw, who represented India in the ICC World Cup 2006 and played for Mumbai Indians in the IPL, replaced medium pacer Shiv Shankar Rao as state skipper, Jharkhand State Cricket Association secretary Rajesh Verma said today.Rao...
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