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- Bangladesh squad announced for West Indies series
- Australia vs South Africa 1st Test Live Streams Brisbane 2012
- Preview: Australia vs South Africa, 1st Test, 09-13 Nov, Brisbane, 2012
- Australia to target South Africa with lot of short stuff: Michael Clarke
- Process to reclaim No. 1 test ranking is on: MS Dhoni
- Mohammad Yousuf slams PCB for stopping from domestic comeback
- Gayle, Chanderpaul to lift Windies in Bangladesh: Sammy
- India lacks a bowler like Ajmal: Graeme Swann
- Graeme Swann leaves for England
| Bangladesh squad announced for West Indies series Posted: 08 Nov 2012 11:20 AM PST
Bangladesh selectors have included uncapped off spinner Shohag Gazi in their squad. Medium-pacer Abul Hasan, who impressed the selectors through his outstanding performance in the national league, is also set to get an opportunity to make his Test debut, reports Xinhua. A 15-member West Indies squad led by Darren Sammy arrived in Dhaka Monday morning for a series involving two Tests, five One-Day Internationals (ODI) and one T20. The series comes about a month after the West Indies clinched the World Twenty20 title beating Sri Lanka by 36 runs in Colombo.
Squad: Mushfiqur Rahim (captain), Mahmudullah Riyad (vice-captain), Tamim Iqbal, Shakib Al Hasan, Junaed Siddique, Shahriar Nafees, Naeem Islam, Nazimuddin, Nasir Hossain, Elias Sunny, Shahadat Hossain, Rubel Hossain, Abul Hasan, Shohag Gazi.  |
| Australia vs South Africa 1st Test Live Streams Brisbane 2012 Posted: 08 Nov 2012 11:07 AM PST
Australia vs South Africa 1st Test Live Streams Online. South Africa vs Australia Live Streams 1st Test online. South Africa tour of Australia Cricket Live Streams Online. Aus vs SA live streams. The game of pace and bounce is about to begin. South Africa won the series when they last toured Australia and will definitely look to repeat. Australia is all set to give Proteas the taste of pace and bounce at gabba. It will difficult for batsman to play but both sides have a top class bowlers and if Australia can bowl short so can South Africans. A lot is at stake for both the teams. South Africa just need to draw the series to retain their rankings while Australia is looking to reclaim their winning momentum and claim the top spot by winning the series. Graeme Smith during the pre-match talks said, “When you’ve got fast bowlers on either side, when you come to places like … the Gabba, it’s going to be a topic of discussion”. Both teams looks to be prepared and knows the conditions of gabba so get read for some fast and furious action coming up your way live streamed online. Live Streams Links: 1. http://thecricket-tv.info 2. http://thecrictv.com  |
| Preview: Australia vs South Africa, 1st Test, 09-13 Nov, Brisbane, 2012 Posted: 08 Nov 2012 02:30 AM PST
South Africa may also include a spinner, with three pace bowlers in Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, and Vernon Philander being automatic choices. South Africa will have to decide between Robin Petersen and Imran Tahir to take over the mantle of spin. While Tahir has a great First-class record and is something of an unknown to Australia, his Test bowling average of 40.19 leaves a lot to be desired. Petersen, on the other hand, adds depth to the batting, though his Test record is pretty ordinary.
If the tour management decides on an all-pace attack, Rory Kleinveldt will be the fourth choice. But that's unlikely to happen. South Africa will probably go with JP Duminy, in spite of an ordinary record, largely because he did so well in Australia last time. Jacques Rudolph may be fighting for his spot against Faf du Plessis. The latter is known as a limited-overs specialist and the experience of Rudolph will probably win through. With AB de Villiers still under an injury cloud, there is a chance that he will be replaced, at least as 'keeper, by Thami Tsolekile. Brisbane, in the past, had a “bit in it for everyone”, with quality spinners able to extract something from it, but in recent times it has increasingly started to resemble the WACA to become a pace bowler’s paradise. Perhaps that is more to do with the lack of quality spinners in the Australian domestic line-up. Players to watch for Ricky Ponting is back in rip-roaring form, having just scored 160 not out in a First-class match. If he can translate that form in the Tests, then it could make a huge difference not just to his ability to stay in the side but to Australia’s chances of victory. Of all the batsmen in the Australian team, he is probably in the best form. Matthew Wade will be under huge pressure after an avalanche of talk about his place in the team. Captain Michael Clarke and vice-captain Shane Watson have openly said that they preferred Brad Haddin, which clearly puts Wade under pressure. Wade was the only century maker in the recent Test series in West Indies and is in good form, but he now has to perform under intense pressure or perish to make way for Haddin. Watson is in unbelievable form in all formats and with both bat and ball. But the form has been largely in the overs-limit format. He now has to translate that form into Test matches. He is the one player who could make a difference between the two sides. Philander is in amazing form, taking a jaw-dropping 63 wickets in his first 10 Tests at a bowling average of 15.96! He has an air of immortality about him. If he can sustain that, South Africa would be very hard to beat. Steyn was the No 1 bowler in the world, and by quite a margin, following the retirement of Muttiah Muralitharan. He is always at the batsmen with sustained intimidation. With the rise of Philander, Steyn has taken back seat somewhat. Even if Philander falls apart, Steyn is still good enough to win it by himself. Hashim Amla was incredibly unlucky not to win the ICC player of the year award. Had he not missed half the year through injury, he would have probably ensured that the award was his. He is just about unstoppable in all three formats. He can bat forever, can lift the side out of any disaster and is a real game changer. The team line ups look quite similar. Australia’s biggest weakness looks to be Ed Cowan. Lyon could prove to be a weakness as well, as could Hilfenhaus. South Africa's weak points are Duminy, Petersen, Rudolph and whoever they choose as a spinner. South Africa have a better top three bowlers, but not by much. James Pattinson averages 18 in Test cricket and isn’t so far behind Philander. Starc isn’t far behind, though he hasn’t translated that into Tests as yet. Australia probably have a stronger batting line up than South Africa – in spite of Cowan. But South Africa’s bowling is overall ahead – especially if, heaven forbid, Starc misses out. There isn’t much in it in either sense and even the wicket keeping is fairly tight, with de Villiers not far behind Wade purely as a keeper, but quite a distance ahead as a batsman. I still think that Quinton de Kock should be playing as the keeper! At the end of the day, the Test is in Brisbane, where Australia never lose. But this South African side could well defy the odds. It looks unlikely to be a draw – unless rain intervenes. But which way it will swing is anybody’s guess. I have South Africa ahead – just. But so many tiny things could happen to give it to Australia. Certainly, Australia will have to be at their absolute best to win – and at least two or three players will have to play out of their skin to get them over the line. But in a tight contest, I will go with Australia. Match Timings: Nov 9-13, 2012 (10:00 local | 00:00 GMT | 05:30 IST)  |
| Australia to target South Africa with lot of short stuff: Michael Clarke Posted: 08 Nov 2012 01:28 AM PST
South Africa come into the three-match series as the top ranked team in Test cricket with four batsmen in the top 10 of the individual standings and looking to win back-to-back series on Australian soil. Clarke said the likes of Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, Graeme Smith and AB De Villiers could expect a hostile reception from his seamers on what is expected to be a bouncy wicket at the Gabba, where the first match starts on Friday. “I wouldn’t be surprised if you saw a lot of short stuff, that’s for sure,” he told a news conference on Thursday.
“When you’ve got four guys who can bowl at well over 140 kilometres per hour, they’re not shy on bouncers whether it be in the nets or in the centre. “The young quicks know what they have to do, they know how important it is that they execute their skills. But they know they need to keep the same aggression they had last summer against India. “They understand there’s a line they can’t cross but we’ll be pushing that line.” Clarke said he had not decided whether to use Ben Hilfenhaus, Peter Siddle, James Pattinson and Mitchell Starc as a four-pronged pace attack at the Gabba and leave spinner Nathan Lyon to handle the drinks. “The wicket’s changed a bit since yesterday and I need to wait and see if it changes any more come tomorrow morning,” he added. “I guess weather plays a big part, whether it’s overcast or the sun’s shining, the forecast is okay for the week but I guess we just want to have a good look at it.” The weather on Thursday was overcast with a few scattered showers and intermittent sunshine over the Gabba pitch, which had a green sheen to it. Australia’s plans on how to target individual batsmen – short balls to Amla, Kallis and JP Duminy, for example – were exposed in a supposed leaked “team dossier” published by the Courier Mail newspaper on Thursday. Clarke said it had made an “interesting read” but said it had not been assembled by the team and he had played no part in it being leaked – if it was indeed intended as a psychological ploy to unsettle the South Africans. The 31-year-old said he had been telling his players to focus on their own game rather than their much-vaunted opposition. “You’d be silly not to look at footage of the opposition but the player you’re facing is irrelevant. “We’ve got as much talent as any team in the world, especially our young fast bowlers, but if you don’t execute your plans you won’t take wickets in first grade. “If you do execute your plans, you’ll take 20 wickets against India and South Africa is no different. We beat a very good India team 4-0 last summer and our preparation has been the same.” Clarke said former captain Ricky Ponting was “100 percent fit” after a hamstring problem, and he had every faith that Rob Quiney, who will make his Test debut in place of the injured Shane Watson on Friday, would prove up to the task. “I really hope Rob grabs this opportunity with both hands and earns that number three position with Australia,” he said of the 30-year-old lefthander.  |
| Process to reclaim No. 1 test ranking is on: MS Dhoni Posted: 08 Nov 2012 12:25 AM PST
Asked about reclaiming the No 1 spot, Dhoni said, “That plan is always on. Whatever format you play in the sport, you always want to be No 1. It’s a slow constant process that we are subjected to,” Dhoni told the mediapersons during a promotional event here today. Questioned on the upcoming England series, he said that it will be an interesting one. “It will be an interesting one. If you see the England side, they are a very good side but what important thing is to focus on our strength and our weaknesses. We also need to improve over a period of time,” the skipper observed.
Dhoni said that the short camp in Mumbai before the series will help them get into groove. “We are reporting in a couple of days. We have a few practice matches before we get into the team,” Dhoni told reporters on the sidelines of his biking event. On a different note, Dhoni revealed that being a professional cricketer was never on his agenda and would have rather been happy serving the country as an armyman. “Coming from a small town, I never thought that cricket will be my profession. I wanted to join Indian Army. It was my dream. But then cricket happened. Everything fell into place, I started performing well in first class cricket, Duleep Trophy and all the other tournaments.”  |
| Mohammad Yousuf slams PCB for stopping from domestic comeback Posted: 07 Nov 2012 11:24 PM PST
The 38-year-old said the PCB had been sitting on a request by the Port Qasim Authority team to allow them to include him in their squad for the President’s Trophy. “I don’t understand the attitude of the board. On one hand the selectors say I must play in domestic cricket to prove my form and fitness and on other hand the board is not giving me clearance to play in the tournament,” Yousuf said. The senior batsman has not played for the national team since November 2010 when he appeared in a one-dayer in Abu Dhabi against South Africa.
Since than the selectors have sidelined him for different reasons, primarily form and fitness. Initially, when the domestic season started some banks had given offers to Yousuf but he declined to play for them insisting he couldn’t do so because of his religious beliefs. Recently Port Qasim, which is coached by former captain and Yousuf’s teammate Rashid Latif, moved a special request with the board that they be allowed to include him in their squad as a special case. “I still want to play first-class cricket and I know I am good enough to make a comeback to international cricket. But I am waiting for a response from the board,” he added. Yousuf, who played 90 Tests, said since 2010 he had not represented any departmental team in domestic cricket. “But now in these circumstances I want to prove myself and my form to the selectors as I want to play again for Pakistan and end my career with a bang,” he said. Yousuf’s name was not included in the list provided, before the competition, to the PCB by all the departments taking part in the President’s Cup. As per the rules a player other than the pre-provided list cannot be included in any outfit in normal circumstances. A source in the board said Yousuf’s case was under consideration as it was a special one. “But there are certain rules and regulations we have to adhere to in domestic cricket,” the source said. “The special permission can only be given by the Executive Coordination Committee of the PCB,” he said.” But Rashid Latif said what surprised him was that the PCB has not even bothered to respond to the department. “We had sent the request to the Director-General cricket, Javed Miandad and the board should at least respond and say yes or no,” he said. “This is not the way to treat a legendary player like Mohammad Yousuf”, Latif said.  |
| Gayle, Chanderpaul to lift Windies in Bangladesh: Sammy Posted: 07 Nov 2012 08:30 PM PST
The West Indies were due to start the tour with a three-day game against Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) XI in Savar, 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of the capital Dhaka on Thursday, but were told the match was delayed by a day. However Sammy was still hopeful his team would be ready in time for the first of two Tests which start in Dhaka on November 13. “We have been told that the ground where we are supposed to play the practice match is wet, we are still monitoring the situation and hoping to get some practice before the Test match,” Sammy told a press conference.
It will be the first West Indies tour since they won the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka last month, their first world title since clinching back-to-back World Cups in 1975 and 1979. The second Test will be played in the new venue of Khulna from November 21. The West Indies will also play five one-day matches and one Twenty20 tournament on the tour. Sammy said the return of opener Chris Gayle and batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul is likely to give the West Indies the edge in the series. “We have got an experienced batting line up, last year we came here without Gayle who is now in the team while Chanderpaul is still one of the best Test batsmen in the world and Marlon Samuels is in good form,” said Sammy. The West Indies won a two-Test series in Bangladesh last year, with Gayle not selected due to his differences with the Caribbean board. “We have young players like (Darren) Bravo and Kirk Edwards had a good series here,” said Sammy of Edwards who scored a century and fifty in the West Indies’s 229-run win in the second Test in Dhaka last year. “We are quite confident in what we have and what we could do and we just need to go down and execute our plans,” said Sammy. “I think we have got a good balance and (are) just looking to come out and perform consistently.” Sammy said his team will not underestimate Bangladesh. “Bangladesh is a team we have never taken lightly, they are always difficult opposition at home so we have a lot of respect and will do our best to win,” said Sammy.  |
| India lacks a bowler like Ajmal: Graeme Swann Posted: 07 Nov 2012 07:30 PM PST
England have managed to win just two of the 22 Test matches — excluding matches against Bangladesh — in the sub-continent struggling against the spinners but this time Swann feels that the batsmen would do well on the “traditional pitches” of India. England were whitewashed 3-0 by Pakistan in the Test series hosted by United Arab Emirates earlier this year and drew a two-match Test series against Sri Lanka in April. During three Tests against Pakistan, England struggled against unorthodox spinner Saeed Ajmal, who claimed 24 wickets in three Tests.
“I think last winter was a bit different,” Swann was quoted as saying by cricket website. “First of all, when we played in Dubai that was not really the subcontinent, that wicket was very unique in the sense that it was very skiddy and span as well. India’s wickets are more traditional, more what people are used to, so I would be very surprised if that happened again,” Swann was speaking at a spin session organised by Rubicon. Swann rated Ajmal as a top mystery spinner and said India lacks a bowler like the Pakistani. “Secondly, we were bowled out by a mystery spinner (Ajmal) that batsmen could not pick. India are not really blessed with a mystery spinner like that.” Asked about England’s inability to play spin, Swann said: “That has been levelled at us for a few years now and justifiably so. We have had a poor record against spin bowling over there. I think that is more of a mental thing now because the wickets are not that different around the world. Certainly the wickets we played on in Sri Lanka were not really spin friendly. “They were not any different to playing at Old Trafford or Trent Bridge. They tend to spin more on day four and five but at times like that we need to forget where we are playing and just go out and play the ball as it comes down.” Swann said the experience from the Test series against Pakistan and Sri Lanka will stand in good stead for the English batsmen during the India series. “I think we went into our shells a bit in the UAE and suffered as a consequence. We have learned, certainly as batsmen, that you have to be positive and you have to be more aggressive when you bat. We have got so much talent in the squad that I would not be surprised if we went to India in the Test series and really dominated with the bat,” he said.  |
| Graeme Swann leaves for England Posted: 07 Nov 2012 06:21 PM PST
“Graeme Swann has returned home to support his family and spend time with his daughter who is currently unwell. Swann will return to India ahead of the first Test in Ahmedabad, commencing November 15,” the ECB said in a statement. “This is a personal matter and we would ask for everyone to give Graeme and his family privacy. We will not be making any further comment at this time,” statement read. Swann’s daughter Charlotte is barely three-week-old.
England play their final tour match, a three-day game, against Haryana starting here from Thursday. Meanwhile, pace bowlers Stuart Broad and Steven Finn are both expected to miss England’s final warm-up match before the start of the Test series against India. Finn suffered a thigh strain in the first tour match against India A, and Broad then bruised his left heel against Mumbai A. Both went for scans which did not reveal anything serious.  |
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