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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Cricket News and Cricket Highlights - Crichotline

Cricket News and Cricket Highlights - Crichotline

Andrew Strauss announces retirement

Posted: 29 Aug 2012 05:57 AM PDT


Andrew Strauss resigned as England’s Test captain and annnounced his retirement from professional cricket with immediate effect on Wednesday in the latest twist to the Kevin Pietersen saga that has rocked the side.

“After much thought over the last few weeks, I have decided to step down as England Test captain and announce my retirement from all forms of cricket,” Strauss said in an England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) statement issued ahead of a news conference at Lord’s.

Alastair Cook, already England’s one-day captain and Strauss’s opening partner in the five-day game, was announced as the new skipper of the Test team.

Cook’s first Test as captain will be the first of a four-match series in India in November.

After England lost their number one Test ranking to South Africa following a 51-run defeat by the Proteas at Lord’s earlier this month that took place almost a year to the day since they ascended to top spot, Strauss was uncertain regarding his future.

“It’s probably hard to answer that after the week that’s just gone by. It’s been a tiring week,” said Strauss after what was his 100th Test.

“We all need to sit down — myself and (coach) Andy Flower in particular — and try and map out the way forward,” added the left-hander, who reached his century of Test appearances on his Middlesex home ground.

Talk of a “tiring week” was a direct reference to England’s decision to drop Pietersen, who hasn’t played international cricket in any format since making 149 in the drawn second Test at Headingley after he admitted sending “provocative” texts to South African players.

Some of these were alleged to have been critical of Strauss, who succeeded South Africa-born and raised Pietersen as England captain in 2009. (AFP)

Pakistan vs Australia 1st ODI Post Match Presentation Sharjah 2012

Posted: 28 Aug 2012 04:13 PM PDT


Clarke: It is a good start for us in the series. It was tough out there. The Pakistani spinners bowled well but Bailey and Maxwell played well. Anybody who gets the ball to spin both ways is a difficult proposition. He (Ajmal) is difficult to pick up and we will have to analyze the footage. Starc bowled well and he is in good rhythm. We got better and it was a lot cooler than it was against Afghanistan. We handled the conditions well

Misbah: The bowlers are doing a wonderful job. The batting disappointed us. We were on our way to 230-240 but we messed it up. Hafeez is bowling very well and he put us on the right path. Shahid Afridi and Saeed Ajmal bowled well. We were 30-35 runs short and we repeated the mistakes in Sri Lanka.

Starc: I am more than happy to come here if I win matches for Australia. There was a bit of inconsistent bounce. To bowl first tonight was fun. We all bowled well and to set the game up for the batsmen was fantastic. It was not an easy wicket and full credit goes to the batsmen.

Mitchell Starc is the MoM for his match haul of 5/42. This is his first five wicket haul in ODIs.
Posted by MohammaD IsmaiL at 1:54 PM

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