Pakistan cricket team manager Naveed Akram Cheema has said that maintaining discipline will be his key priority during the forthcoming series against England in the United Arab Emirates.
Job done against Sri Lanka in the Test series, South Africa now need to work on their consistency, says Kepler Wessels, writing in Supersport.com. As a collective unit during the Cape Town test match the South African players displayed the ruthless approach that they are searching for on a regular basis. They executed their disciplines well and, apart from a few blemishes in the field, the coaching staff will be happy with the way that the test unit finished off the domestic summer….
Dilip D’Souza, in Firstpost.com, on the rise of the IPL and the parallel fading away of the Ranji Trophy. He recounts his experience during Mumbai’s Ranji quarter-final against Punjab, which pointed decidedly in this direction. So Bombay wins easily — with an enormous six smashed just in front of where I sit, no less — and the players shake hands and they all retire slowly to the pavilion. What’s the happy audience at the Wankhede chanting? “Jeetega bhai jeetega, Mumbai jeetega (Mumbai will win)“, to push the team on to…
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controversial memo in which a Pakistani diplomat purportedly sought American help to constrain the Pakistani military. The court called on the government here to provide more details in the case and …
In an interview to the Sunday Island, Dr Ali Bacher, the former South Africa captain and one of the country’s most recognisable cricket administrators, talks about the pain of isolation from the 1970s, the 2003 World Cup, Hansie Cronje, the dangers of IPL excess and more. I think more players out of the sub-continent will be attracted to India because of the money. The responsibility of playing for the country could become a problem. In addition, I am very happy that the seniors and the best players of the world…