More than half a million dollars was raised for those affected by last month’s earthquake in New Zealand, as movie stars, cricketers and the New Zealand Prime Minister took the field in the Fill the Basin Twenty20 appeal match in Wellington on Sunday. Among the big silver screen names present were actor – and cousin of former New Zealand captains Martin and Jeff Crowe – Russell Crowe and Ian McKellen, who shares a close association with New Zealand as part of the Lord of the Rings cast. As for the…
Written on March 15, 2011 | Posted in
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The Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium is a compact bowl of a stadium, built tightly around the field
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NEW DELHI: West Indies” World Cup hopes suffered a major body blow on Saturday when key all-rounder Dwayne Bravo was ruled out of the rest of the tournament with a knee injury. Bravo, a veteran of 110 internationals, suffered the injury while bowling in his team’’s opening defeat against South Africa at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium in New Delhi on Thursday. He was initially ruled out for the remainder of the league stage, but is now flying back to the Caribbean for treatment on the damaged left knee. A scan revealed the 27-year-old, who made 40 in the seven-wicket defeat to South Africa, had sprained his anterior cruciate ligament and torn his knee cartilage. “This is a blow for us. Dwayne is our vice-captain and one of the key members of our team,” said coach Ottis Gibson. “He has been showing good form with the bat and batted well against South Africa. “He is also a livewire in the field and a reliable bowler. We wish him a speedy recovery and hope he gets back on the field soon.” The West Indies lost opening batsman Adrian Barath and wicketkeeper Carlton Baugh to injury before a ball was bowled in the World Cup, with Kirk Edwards and Devon Thomas called in as replacements. Fast bowler Tino Best, who has played 14 Tests and 12 one-day internationals, is the third reserve on the West Indies World Cup list. But the 29-year-old is under a disciplinary cloud having been banned for Barbados’’s recent match against the England Lions following a training session bust-up with coaching staff. Former champions West Indies tackle the Netherlands in New Delhi in their next Group B game on Monday.
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In the Sydney Morning Herald, Peter Roebuck looks back at past editions of the World Cup and analyses why the tournament began to lose its lustre with 1996. He predicts things could be different this time around. And yet this year’s Cup does have a few things going for it. Bangladesh will relish the opportunity to stage such a significant event, and might be inspired to great deeds on and off the field. India’s greatest players might seize this last chance to win a World Cup. Heck, the final is…
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JAFFARABAD: An employee of a company working in Uch gas field was killed while three others injured when unknown assailants opened fire on the van taking personnel to the field. The incident took place in Durgi area of Jafferbad. The law enforcement agencies cordoned off the area and started rescue operations. The dead and the injured were shifted to the hospitals.
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The much-delayed Uch Gas Field Development Project was finally awarded to a Singapore based company in a public bid opened on Wednesday. The project was bid at US$ 188 million.
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From Daniel Cotton, Australia Deliberations over field settings hold up play
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Every cloud does have a silver lining. Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif, Wahab Riaz and Mohammad Amir may currently be the bad boys of international Cricket but PETA, the US-based animal rights group, wants the cricketers – of “no-ball” infamy – to be part of a positive “fixing attempt”. The group said it had written to Butt, Riaz, Asif and Aamir, asking them to feature in a TV and print campaign, aimed at showing that “no-balls”, off-the field, can be a lifesaver and not a crime. “No-balls may be a bad…
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Santosh Desai, writing in the Times of India, examines some of the reasons that may have contributed to what he says is an “unhappy form of arrogance” on the part of Indian cricketers in recent times. Some cricketers in particular seem to possess advanced degrees in scowling, and for some reason this is seen as a sign of ‘attitude’, which by today’s yardsticks is a good thing to have. We see a reflection of this unhappy form of arrogance both on the field and off it, in the way they…
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At what point does New Zealand Cricket say, “Enough, Jesse”? Or should they? Why not accept that the Wellington lefthander is a different case, punish him when he breaks the rules but keep the faith? asks David Leggat in the New Zealand Herald. NZC have tried to keep Ryder on track. They recognise what he can do for New Zealand on the field. His test average of 49.88 is the best of all New Zealand batsmen with a minimum of 20 innings. There is also a milk of human kindness…
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