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- Pakistan recalls Shahid Afridi & Shoaib Malik for ODI & T20 series against South Africa #PakvsSA
- England vs New Zealand 2nd ODI Highlights – 20 Feb 2013 #EngvNZ
- Ali Bacher lauded selectors for appointing Graeme Smith as skipper #PakvsSA
- Cook, Root help England level ODI series with 8-wicket win in 2nd ODI #EngvsNZ
- India spinners under pressure to perform after failing against England, feels Mickey Arthur #IndvsAus
- We will have to play our best to tackle Indian spinners : Shane Watson #IndvsAus
- England vs New Zealand 2nd ODI Post Match Presentation – 20 Feb 2013 #EngvNZ
- Australia announce playing XI for first test against India at Chennai #IndvsAus
- PCB instructed players to send family back home after Pakistan’s test defeat #PakvsSA
- Pakistan former players slams Dav Whatmore after successive defeat against South Africa #PakvsSA
- England vs New Zealand 2nd ODI Scorecard Napier 2013 #EngvNZ
| Pakistan recalls Shahid Afridi & Shoaib Malik for ODI & T20 series against South Africa #PakvsSA Posted: 20 Feb 2013 09:06 AM PST
Both all-rounders played in December in the drawn Twenty20 series against India but were ignored for the one-day series. However, the selectors have turned back to the old pros after Pakistan’s batsmen struggled in the ongoing Test series against the Proteas. Pakistan trail 2-0 in the three-Test series with the last Test beginning at Centurion from Friday. Middle-order batsman Umar Akmal, who missed out on the Test team, also returns to give the struggling lineup some impetus. Durban and Centurion will host the two Twenty20s on March 1 and 3 before the five-match ODI series begins at Bloemfontein on March 10.
Squads: Twenty20: Mohammad Hafeez (captain), Nasir Jamshed, Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Saeed Ajmal, Mohammad Irfan, Wahab Riaz, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul, Ahmed Shahzad, Umar Amin, Zulfiqar Babar, Asad Ali, Junaid Khan ODI: Misbah-ul Haq (captain), Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Farhat, Nasir Jamshed, Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Asad Shafiq, Younis Khan, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz, Abdul Rehman, Mohammad Irfan, Junaid Khan  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| England vs New Zealand 2nd ODI Highlights – 20 Feb 2013 #EngvNZ Posted: 20 Feb 2013 02:35 AM PST England vs New Zealand 2nd ODI Highlights Napier 2013. Highlights New Zealand vs England 2nd ODI Napier 2013. Watch Eng vs NZ Highlights One Day Cricket played in Napier on 20 February, 2013. England vs New Zealand 2nd ODI Cricket Highlights. ODI Cricket England tour of New Zealand 2013.  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ali Bacher lauded selectors for appointing Graeme Smith as skipper #PakvsSA Posted: 20 Feb 2013 02:30 AM PST
Smith, who was asked to lead the side in 2003, has now become the most successful Test captain with 49 victories in 101 matches surpassing Ricky Ponting (48 wins out of 77 games). He also holds the record of captaining in most Tests. “Smith was 22 years old, had played only eight Tests, 22 ODIs and had hardly any captaincy experience,” Bacher was quoted as saying by The Star. “We need also to doff our caps to the 2003 National Selection Committee, chaired by Omar Henry, for their vision and I would say their courage in appointing Graeme as captain.”
Bacher, a former captain who appeared in 12 Tests, recalled the time when Smith was appointed skipper. “After his appointment as captain, coach Bob Woolmer said, and with good intent, that he thought Graeme should relinquish the captaincy, for the time being anyhow, fearing that the pressures of captaincy would be too much for him so early in his international career. “Like one of our all-time greats, Jacques Kallis, Graeme is only now being acknowledged for his immense contribution to the success of our cricket team over the past 10 years. He will go down in the history of the game as our most successful Test captain ever,” said Bacher.  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cook, Root help England level ODI series with 8-wicket win in 2nd ODI #EngvsNZ Posted: 20 Feb 2013 02:01 AM PST
England’s bowlers, particularly James Anderson, had done a superb job to dismiss New Zealand for 269 in 48.5 overs at a small venue with short square boundaries, where a score of at least 300 was needed to set a competitive total. Joe Root (79 not out) then picked up from where Cook left off when the captain was dismissed by Tim Southee, while Jonathan Trott finished on 65 not out as England easily chased down the total for the loss of two wickets in 47.4 overs. “I thought the way we bowled up front was outstanding,” Cook said. “Steve Finn and James Anderson bowled really well and we gave them nothing, took some wickets and put them under pressure. “We knew that 270 was below par on that wicket and that if we kept our heads while batting, and kept wickets in hand then, as it proved, it was quite an easy chase.”
England’s victory ensured the series finale at Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday would be a decider after New Zealand won the first match in Hamilton on Sunday by three wickets. New Zealand’s innings was dominated by Ross Taylor’s 100, his seventh one day international century, and a brutal 74 from 36 deliveries by captain Brendon McCullum, but it was well short of a ground that consistently yields innings in excess off 300. “I think we were probably 20 runs under par,” McCullum said. “At 270, I thought we were still a chance if we got early wickets but we weren’t able to get them… (and) they played brilliantly to knock off 270 reasonably comfortably.” TAYLOR CENTURY Taylor, who was dumped as captain by coach Mike Hesson in December and chose not to tour South Africa, had barely played any cricket since and had looked rusty in his return to the international scene. The 28-year-old took a little time to get into his stride and also curbed his attacking instincts to anchor the innings after Anderson and Finn had put the hosts under immense pressure. Taylor combined with Kane Williamson (33) in a 72-run partnership, then 52 runs with Grant Elliott (23) for the fourth wicket before the latter was dismissed by Finn in the first over of the batting powerplay to leave New Zealand struggling at 143-4 in the 36th over. McCullum, however, then thrashed nine fours and four sixes in a 44-minute knock that included a 100-run partnership with Taylor, 77 of which came in 5.5 overs. McCullum’s dismissal then sparked a collapse with the final five wickets falling for 26 runs as Anderson returned to mop up the tail and finished with impressive figures of five for 34. “I’m delighted with the way I bowled,” Anderson said. “I think we bowled pretty well as a unit. “It’s a good pitch… and we knew that if we hit our areas then we would get some rewards. “We got some early wickets and just stuck to our tasks… and kept them under 300 (which) we knew we could chase down.”  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Posted: 20 Feb 2013 01:45 AM PST
The Indian camp believes it has the slow-bowling weapons to outfox the tourists, with Ravichandran Ashwin, Pragyan Ojha and Harbhajan Singh primed to bamboozle an Australian top-order missing retired greats Ricky Ponting and Mike Hussey, News.com.au reports. Australia-India series have a recent history of on and off-field tensions and Arthur delivered the first subtle jab on Tuesday when he took aim at the home side’s regiment of spinners.
Arthur said there is no point in them defending, adding they have to be showing intent because if they can show intent and put India under pressure then they could open some chinks in their armour because the Indian spinners have been under pressure. Arthur added India didn’t win the series against England so their spinners are coming into this series with the weight of expectation on their shoulders, adding if they get on top of them at any phase of the game, they will be feeling the heat as much as our batsmen are, and that is got to be a very firm plan in their mind. (ANI)  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| We will have to play our best to tackle Indian spinners : Shane Watson #IndvsAus Posted: 20 Feb 2013 01:00 AM PST
“England certainly showed that and the guys who got big runs made it easier for the others. One thing in India is that it’s hard to start your innings, so if you can get a start, it’s important to go on and get those really big scores like England did,” Watson said. “Then you have plenty of runs to play with throughout the Test. There’s no doubt that the Indian spinners are very highly skilled, especially in these conditions. So it will be a big challenge for us. “But what has been shown in the past by a number of international teams coming here is that if individuals in the team are at their best, then you can have success here, so there’s no reason why we can’t,” Watson added.
The 31-year-old said that he along with skipper Michael Clarke will have to shoulder the bulk of responsibility in the absence of recently-retired Ricky Ponting and Mike Hussey. “I’ve played a lot of cricket here and met with a lot of success too. We’ve got quite a young group here, so I guess I am one of the people who would help out as much as I can so we play as well as we can in these conditions, I suppose,” Watson said at a media session here on Tuesday. “Now, with Mike Hussey and Ricky Ponting not here, Michael Clarke and me are the senior players, we’ve played the most cricket here. We’ll certainly help out the young guys who haven’t had an opportunity to play out here before. “It’s very different to playing in Australia in terms of finding a game plan that will give us the best chance of having success here,” he added. He said the IPL has played a big role in his career. “The IPL has played a huge role… it’s been a huge catalyst to my improvement as a cricketer, especially because I was not in the Australian team at that stage. It gave me the opportunity to play a world-class competition even though I was not playing for Australia.” Watson confirmed that he will bat at number 4 if all goes well. “If everyone is fit, then yes (No. 4), that’s the way the selection is likely to go with Michael and Mickey figuring it out. Considering everything that’s happened over the last 12 months, especially, I can see why they might want to go that way. “In the end, I’ve got as much experience batting in these conditions whether in the middle-order or at the top of the order, so Michael and I will play a very important part in this series in terms of batting in that middle-order because it can be difficult.” Asked if the thought of his pregnant wife distracts him Watson said, “Uhhh… possibly, but nothing has been confirmed yet. If she has the baby early, then there will be less chance of me seeing the birth.” Watson also spoke of the void created by the retirements of legends like Rahul Dravid and Ponting. “(The two teams) are in a similar place. I know what Ponting and Hussey gave to the Australian team and you can’t replace that. With the young guys trying to find their feet, they will be able to become good players but the guys they are replacing… to replace that kind of experience is impossible. “It’s exactly the same with the Indian team as well. The quality of Rahul Dravid, I’ve been playing with him in Rajasthan, he will be sorely missed. The way he carries himself as a world-class player and how he goes about his life is amazing. “It’s for everyone to learn from. He’s a very humble man. And India will miss that alone, forget the quality of player he has been for such a long period of time.” Watson said he will start bowling by the latter part of IPL 6. “At the latter part of the IPL, I will be bowling. The plan, for the last three months since I injured myself, has been to slowly bring my bowling workload back up to be able to bowl a few overs during the Champions Trophy and then in the Ashes. Watson said he is eager to respond to his detractors. “A lot has been said over the last six months over whether I warrant a position in the side as a batsman if I am not bowling and that’s what I am doing at this moment in time. “So I am trying to prove to the selectors and other people that I am one of the top six batsmen in Australia and that I can get picked as a batsman as I have a number of times in the past and that my bowling is just a bonus thing for the team.”  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| England vs New Zealand 2nd ODI Post Match Presentation – 20 Feb 2013 #EngvNZ Posted: 20 Feb 2013 12:47 AM PST Alistair Cook: “We bowled outstandingly upfront and we gave them nothing to get going, it was a fantastic knock by Brendon to get them up to a big score. Steven [Finn] seemed to generate more pace off his shorter run-up. We knew if we kept our heads batting, it was quite an easy chase. [Joe Root] has been excellent, has a lot of talent and is working very hard, but we need to keep his feet on the ground, you know what these Yorkshiremen are like! I thought we bowled okay and sometimes the batters are just too good. Nice to be back in the series.” Brendon McCullum: “We were 20 runs under-par, 270 was defendable if we took wickets up front. England put pressure on us early on with the ball and played brilliantly with the bat. Credit to James Anderson pushing into the wind, but we gave ourselves some opportunities and if we’d got to 300, we might have had a better chance. Pleased for Ross to bounce back with a hundred and hit some form. The pace bowlers couldn’t quite hit the lengths so I though Nathan and Kane did very well. It’s a bizarre series where we’re winning one and losing one so hopefully we’ll win 2-1!”  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia announce playing XI for first test against India at Chennai #IndvsAus Posted: 20 Feb 2013 12:20 AM PST
In the two warm-up games ahead of the Test series, the 26-year-old Henriques had done well both with the bat and ball whereas his nearest competitor Glenn Maxwell had failed to impress. Against the Board President’s XI Henriques took four wickets and against India A he scored a breezy 30 of 41 balls. The New South Wales allrounder will be the fourth pace bowler in the playing XI joining Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc and James Pattinson. David Warner will open the innings with Ed Cowan with skipper Michael Clarke dropping down to No. 5 to accommodate Watson, who normally opens the innings.
The 26-year-old Henriques had done well both with the bat and ball in the warm-up games whereas his nearest competitor Glenn Maxwell had failed to impress. Australia: 1 David Warner, 2 Ed Cowan, 3 Phillip Hughes, 4 Shane Watson, 5 Michael Clarke (capt), 6 Matthew Wade (wk),7 Moises Henriques, 8 Peter Siddle, 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 James Pattinson, 11 Nathan Lyon.  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PCB instructed players to send family back home after Pakistan’s test defeat #PakvsSA Posted: 19 Feb 2013 11:45 PM PST
According to a report in the ‘Daily Express’ newspaper, the PCB has issued instructions that the families of some seven to eight players, who are in South Africa, should return home by February 26. The board had apparently allowed the players and coach Dav Whatmore to take their families to South Africa at the start of the series. The report said after the two successive defeats, the board is having second thoughts and believes the presence of family members is distracting the players.
The report added that while Whatmore’s wife had returned home a few days back, the players have been told their families must return at the earliest. “The feeling is that having their families at the start of the tour the players instead of focusing on their game must have spent time worrying about their families and family issues,” the report said. In the past also such issues have been highlighted after a bad performance by the team and the debate over allowing families to go on tour with players still remains a subject of discussion in the Pakistan cricket community. Former players have roundly criticised the team and management for the performances in South Africa.  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan former players slams Dav Whatmore after successive defeat against South Africa #PakvsSA Posted: 19 Feb 2013 11:03 PM PST
Whatmore, a former Australian Test player who took charge of the Pakistan team in March last year, is being blamed for being a passive coach in complete contradiction to his reputation of being a hard task master. The Australian was demanding during his tenure with the Sri Lankan and Bangladesh team. “Reports that are coming in from South Africa confirm that even after some careless approach by batsmen and bowlers in the second Test in Cape Town, Whatmore has not bothered to have a talk with them and give them a dressing down. “Normally, in other teams when a team performs as badly as Pakistan, the coach minces no words in making it clear to the players what is required of them,” a source close to the Pakistan team said.
Not only Whatmore but even bowling coach, Mohammad Akram and fielding coach, Julian Fountain are being blamed for not being tough enough with the players. Former Test players like Rashid Latif, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Mohsin Khan stated that Whatmore has been a big disappointment. “The problem clearly appears to be that Whatmore is not willing to do anything which goes against what the Test and T20 captains, Misbah-ul-Haq and Mohammad Hafeez or some other senior players are thinking. He is not willing to take a stand on some issues or selection matters,” the team source said. Few months back when there were reports that Whatmore had reported some players to the board for poor performances, the PCB issued a contradiction quoting Whatmore as saying that he had no problems with the players. “This is not the Whatmore everybody talked about in the past. Even when he had applied for the Pakistan coaching position in 2007 some senior board officials had advised then board chairman, Nasim Ashraf against hiring him as they had reports that he had become very passive while dealing with players,” the source said. “Even when Misbah and Hafeez are making wrong calls, Whatmore is not taking a stand or telling them that they are wrong. Apparently he does not want to spoil his relations with them and put his position in danger,” another source said. Cricket analysts believe that unless the team turns around its performance in the last Test and in the one-dayers and T20s in South Africa, Whatmore could face some hard questions from the board chairman. The Australian has been hired on a two-year contract by the board in place of Mohsin Khan, who had led Pakistan to Test series wins over Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and England before being asked to step down.  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| England vs New Zealand 2nd ODI Scorecard Napier 2013 #EngvNZ Posted: 19 Feb 2013 10:16 PM PST England in New Zealand ODI Series 2013 New Zealand vs England – 2nd ODI Played at McLean Park, Napier, 20 Feb 2013 Toss -England won the toss and elected to Field. Result – England beat New Zealand by 8 wickets New Zealand Inn
Fall of wickets (New Zealand): 1-12 (Watling, 6.2 ov), 2-19 (Rutherford, 8.6 ov), 3-91 (Williamson, 25.4 ov), 4-143 (Elliott, 35.6 ov), 5-243 (BB McCullum, 44.5 ov), 6-245 (Franklin, 45.6 ov), 7-254 (NL McCullum, 46.5 ov), 8-261 (Southee, 47.4 ov), 9-267 (Taylor, 48.2 ov), 10-269 (Boult, 48.5 ov)
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Fall of wickets (England): 1-89 (Bell, 19.5 ov), 2-149 (Cook, 31.5 ov)
Powerplay: 1-10, 36-40 (batting)
England (Playing XI): Alastair Cook (c), Ian Bell, Jonathan Trott, Joe Root, Eoin Morgan, Jos Buttler (wk), Chris Woakes, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Steven Finn, James Anderson  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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