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- Rain washes out Pakistan vs South Africa 1st T20 at Durban #PakvsSA
- Spin will play big part in Hyderabad test, feels Michael Clarke #IndvsAus
- India vs Australia 2nd Test Live Streams – Hyderabad 2013 #IndvsAus
- Preview – India vs Australia 2nd Test Hyderabad 2013 #IndvsAus
- Darren Lehmann favourite to become Aussies ODI coach
- Moin Khan urges PCB to sack Dav Whatmore following dismissal show in South Africa #PakvsSA
- ICC should monitor pitches for test cricket : Javed Miandad
- Pakistan vs South Africa 1st T20 Highlights – 01 March 2013 #PakvsSA
- Xavier Doherty not a test bowler, says Stuart MacGill #IndvsAus
| Rain washes out Pakistan vs South Africa 1st T20 at Durban #PakvsSA Posted: 01 Mar 2013 09:23 AM PST
Rain fell for most of the afternoon and was still falling at the scheduled time for the toss. Although the pitch area was covered there were large puddles on the outfield and ground staff said it would have taken at least two hours to get the field ready if the rain stopped. The umpires called off the match about half an hour after it was due to start. The second and final match in the series is scheduled for Centurion on Sunday. South Africa and Pakistan will also play five one-day internationals, starting in Bloemfontein on March 10.  |
| Spin will play big part in Hyderabad test, feels Michael Clarke #IndvsAus Posted: 01 Mar 2013 04:00 AM PST
“There are a lot of similarities to the Chennai pitch in regards to the wicket. It looks as if it (pitch) was prepared quite early. It’s going to be quite a dry and obviously spin will again play a big part. There will also be up and down bounce. I would be very surprised if India don’t play with three spinners,” Clarke told reporters on the eve of the second Test. Clarke’s decision to play to his team’s strength backfired in Chennai and probably that’s the reason why the New South Wales man preferred to keep the cards close to his chest. “Let me have a look at the wicket and then I will sit with the selectors and decide on the XI. I will have to check whether playing an extra spinner will be a better option than playing an extra fast bowler. We want to assess the conditions well and then make sure that we select the best XI,” he said.
Clarke, however, clarified that opener David Warner was fully fit and available for selection. “You will see him playing again,” he said with a smile. The stylish right-hander made no bones of the fact that just like the Indian team is comfortable playing in home conditions, the ‘Baggy Greens’ are an equally formidable opposition in their backyard. “When you come to India, you know that the Indian team will be very comfortable because they play here on a regular basis. It’s the same with the Australian team. We are very comfortable playing in our own backyard. “The challenge is to make sure that you perform all over the world. Personally, this tour of India is a huge challenge for me as a captain. We have had a pretty consistent success rate in Australia and we want that to happen on overseas tours as well,” he stated.  |
| India vs Australia 2nd Test Live Streams – Hyderabad 2013 #IndvsAus Posted: 01 Mar 2013 03:15 AM PST India vs Australia 2nd Test Live streams online on star cricket, sky sports and willow cricket hd. Australia tour of India 2nd test live streams online at thecrictv.com or thecricket-tv.info. India with a 1-0 up in the series will take on Australia in the 2nd game of the test series at Hyderabad. Indian spinners did a splendid job in holding Australian batsman from scoring runs and now will be looking to continue their dominance in home conditions. India showed a team effort in the first test where the batsman gave bowlers enough runs on board to pressurize Oz. Australia need to work on their game plan to tackle the Indian spinners. Australia announced their playing XI in the first test before the start of the match and accessing the playing conditions. In order to make the things Australian skipper Michael Clarke said in pre match interview that he will be announcing the playing XI at the toss. Australia will be looking to play extra spinner in 2nd test but the question who will be the second spinner. Xavier Doherty and Glenn Maxwell both in queue to get a chance but who will get it? With Hyderabad already said to be a rank turner again Australian definitely needs a specialist spinner. India on the other hand had a lot of positives from the first test. The only point of concern for team is the opening combinations. Both Sehwag and Vijay failed to score big and that can be a problem for team India.
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| Preview – India vs Australia 2nd Test Hyderabad 2013 #IndvsAus Posted: 01 Mar 2013 02:30 AM PST
After putting the visitors on the mat, riding on Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s individual brilliance and an equally impressive show from off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, the home team would aim to guard against complacency having learnt their lesson the hard way from the England series. Dhoni and his men would be determined to ensure that Australians aren’t let off the hook like Alastair Cook’s England, who rallied to win the previous Test series 2-1. The Indian captain’s superlative effort in Chennai could well turn into a series defining knock and his leading from the front is the shot in the arm that the team required as it was not performing as per expectations in the longer format.
The last time India played at the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Uppal, they inflicted a humiliating innings and 115-run defeat on New Zealand with Ashwin grabbing 12 for 85. That particular match which ended on the fourth day could well have ended inside three days had weather not played spoilsport on the curtailed second and third day. Therefore Team India will certainly not deviate from their ‘turning track template’ and Ashwin and co will certainly have a huge role to play again as the hosts look to go for the kill. A 2-0 lead will not only push the Aussies back to the wall but it will also ensure that making a comeback in the four-Test series will be practically impossible for the visitors. The hosts also have lesser worries regarding the team composition save whether they would be playing local boy Pragyan Ojha on his home ground. Even though both Murali Vijay and Virender Sehwag flopped in Chennai, Dhoni and the team management are unlikely to tinker with the opening combination as he had indicated at the post match press conference after the first Test. The Indian captain has never been a firm believer in too much of chopping and changing and might just like to go in with the winning combination. The middle-order picks itself and the question arises whether Ojha, who certainly got a raw deal in Chennai, gets to play in front of his home crowd. Bowling combination is one area where Dhoni will need to put in some thought. While Ojha is a far better left-arm spinner than Ravindra Jadeja, the Saurashtra all-rounder did his cause no harm by picking five wickets in the first Test and complementing Ashwin well. Harbhajan Singh wasn’t at his best in the first innings but looked like hitting some form in the second innings where he got important wickets of David Warner and Matthew Wade. Playing four spinners can be a luxury as was proved during the Nagpur Test against England as Piyush Chawla was the one who was underbowled in both innings. But in order to put more pressure on Australia, that’s the only way to fit Ojha in at the expense of a pacer. It is an open secret that Ishant Sharma and Bhuvneshwar Kumar don’t have the ability to generate consistent reverse swing with the old ball and their pace is hardly troubling the Aussie batsmen with the new ball. Dhoni might just be tempted to drop one among Ishant and Bhuvneshwar, who collectively sent down 33 overs in the first game with Ishant getting three in the second innings coming in to bowl in the 76th over. The debutant UP pacer didn’t get to bowl at all. Bhuvneshwar, however, was praised for his patient knock which helped Dhoni reach his double century and give India a winning lead of 192 runs. The Australians, on the other hand, will certainly be tempted to a play a second specialist spinner but even skipper Michael Clarke knows it all too well that neither Nathan Lyon is of Graeme Swann’s class nor does left-arm spinner Xavier Doherty possess the calibre of a Monty Panesar. While Doherty’s performance was the best among the spinners during practice games, IPL’s newest ‘Million Dollar Man’ Glenn Maxwell will be in the selection radar considering he is a capable batsman. With Australia’s middle-order performing below expectations, a few changes could be expected. Phillip Hughes’ way of countering spin wouldn’t have inspired the highest level of confidence. Usman Khawaja is Hughes’ direct replacement but there remains a possibility that Shane Watson would be pushed to the No 3 slot, fitting in Maxwell in the middle-order. This move will also give the Aussies a chance to push in Doherty by dropping either Peter Siddle or Mitchell Starc. The bottomline for Australia, however will remain how well their skipper bats. The visitors would want that Clarke, who is inarguably their best player of spin bowling, leads the charge once again. Ideally, they would like Clarke to follow in Cook’s footsteps and he has already set the tone with an impressive century in Chennai. A lot of responsibility will also rest on Shane Watson’s shoulders as he is playing in this series purely as a batsman. Watson is a vital cog in the Aussie set-up and his performance with the willow will certainly have a lot of impact in the remainder of the series. Moises Henriques’ lion-hearted effort must have given Clarke the confident feeling of not only having a batsman adept in handling the Indian tweakers but also a steady wicket-to-wicket medium pacer which gives the skipper chance to play around with his options. Squads: India (from): Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Virender Sehwag, Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Sachin Tendulkar, Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravindra Jadeja, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Ishant Sharma, Ashok Dinda, Bhuvneshwar Kumar. Australia (from): Michael Clarke (capt), Ed Cowan, David Warner, Phil Hughes, Shane Watson, Matthew Wade, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Johnson, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Moises Henriques, James Pattinson, Xavier Doherty, Jackson Bird, Usman Khawaja, Steve Smith. Match starts at 9.30 am (IST).  |
| Darren Lehmann favourite to become Aussies ODI coach Posted: 01 Mar 2013 01:45 AM PST
It is understood that Cricket Australia (CA) is looking at splitting the roles of Test, one-day and Twenty20 coach in the future and Lehmann is in the box seat to be a national limited-overs coach, News.com.au reports. Queensland Cricket’s clean sweep of domestic trophies is in no small part due to Lehmann’s coaching, as he made sure the players were not only training and playing hard, but also enjoying themselves, the paper reported. Fast bowler Ryan Harris, who surged into Ashes contention by taking 4-26 in the remarkable Ryobi Cup final win over Victoria as Australian back-up pace man Jackson Bird was breaking down, believes Lehmann would be a natural as an Australian coach.
Harris said Lehmann is a great bloke and he would suit that role perfectly, especially if they split the coaching roles, adding the former Australian all rounder just gets enjoyment out of the game, and he gets everyone having fun and he approaches the game in the way as he played it. (ANI)  |
| Moin Khan urges PCB to sack Dav Whatmore following dismissal show in South Africa #PakvsSA Posted: 01 Mar 2013 01:08 AM PST
Pakistan flopped miserably against the world number one Test team, losing the first Test by 211 runs, the second by four wickets and the last by an innings and 18 runs, Sport24 reports. Whatmore masterminded Sri Lanka’s triumph in the 1996 World Cup and led minnows Bangladesh to their first-ever Test series victory and their first appearance in the World Cup Super Eights in 2007, but Khan said he was not up to the job. Khan claimed Whatmore is an overrated coach, adding there is a concept in Pakistan that a foreigner will not get involved in players’ politics but the Australian is now fighting for survival. Whatmore took over in March last year and led Pakistan to the semi-finals of the World Twenty20 tournament, but he has come under fire after two successive Test series defeats.
Khan, who managed only four wins in his 13 matches as Pakistan captain, said Sri Lanka’s World Cup win in 1996 owed more to its players than Whatmore. The former glove man said ask any player of that team and he will tell you that in 1996 Sri Lanka had world-class players and their success was due to their players and not because of the coach. Khan said the PCB had blundered in replacing Mohsin Khan with Whatmore last year, saying if Whatmore doesn’t resign himself, then the PCB should sack him. (ANI)  |
| ICC should monitor pitches for test cricket : Javed Miandad Posted: 28 Feb 2013 11:30 PM PST
Miandad, who also works as Director-General of cricket in the Pakistan Cricket Board, said while he agreed with the concept that Test cricket is all about learning curve for players, he felt some of the pitches used in recent Test matches didn’t promote competitive cricket. “As a former Test player I can say that even Pakistan got to play on Test pitches in South Africa which had variable bounce. I can understand how difficult it is to adapt on such surfaces against a top class pace attack that South Africa has these days,” he said. He said similarly some of the recent pitches used in India were also testing for the visiting teams.
“I myself loved the challenge of playing on different surfaces but home boards also need to ensure that pitches are ideal for promotion of Test cricket,” Miandad said. “To my mind a good Test pitch would have even bounce and pace throughout the match with help for the pacers for the first few days and then assistance for the spinners as the match progresses.” He said as a former player he would like to see the ICC take a close look at recent pitches used in Test matches prepared around the world. “Home sides must have advantage but one needs to closely keep an eye on how much advantage a home side should be given.”  |
| Pakistan vs South Africa 1st T20 Highlights – 01 March 2013 #PakvsSA Posted: 28 Feb 2013 10:30 PM PST Pakistan vs South Africa 1st T20 Highlights Durban 2013. Highlights Pakistan vs South Africa 1st Twenty20 01 March 2013. Watch Pak vs SA 1st T20 Highlights played in Kingsmead, Durban on 01 March, 2013. Pakistan vs South Africa 1st Twenty20 Cricket Highlights. Test Cricket Pakistan tour of South Africa 2013. Highlights will be posted here after the match. Stay tuned!  |
| Xavier Doherty not a test bowler, says Stuart MacGill #IndvsAus Posted: 28 Feb 2013 09:45 PM PST
“I’m sure he is awesome for the team dynamic and in the past five years I would say he has been in Australia’s top three short-form spinners. He is a fantastic short-form bowler, but I don’t think Xavier brings that to Test cricket and his first-class record supports my argument,” he said. Macgill said Nathan Lyon, who took 4 for 244 in the lost opening Test, should be paired with allrounder Glenn Maxwell, the only million-dollar buy of this year’s IPL players’ auction, in the second Test starting in Hyderabad on Saturday. “In India right now, we can pick Nathan Lyon and Glenn Maxwell. I wasn’t convinced about Maxwell but after watching the one-day games in the UAE (last August), he thinks he belongs at this level, he is working his butt off, so let’s give him a go,” he said.
MacGill defended Lyon despite the fact that he was expensive in the opening Test. “I am going to ring Nathan before this next Test and have a chat to him. He should be incredibly flattered that India went after him. He was attacked ferociously, but the only reason that they would do that is to try and mess with him,” MacGill said. “If they care enough about you to mess with you, that means they think you’re a threat and they think you are a good bowler,” he reasoned. “Nathan Lyon got three wickets in the first innings. You only need 10. I would be looking at the shortcomings of the batsmen and the rest of the attack before I look at Nathan. “I’ve spoken to Nathan before about this … when things become tough, he has a tendency to bowl too fast and too straight. But in the first Test he bowled well, the ball he bowled (Sachin) Tendulkar with was superb and he also got Virat Kohli,” he added. Macgill maintained that Lyon would be crucial to Australia’s chances of a comeback in the four-match series. “The way India batted to him proved to me that they think he’s OK. They are trying to upset him and hit him out of the attack. He is being targeted because they reckon he can bowl and so do I,” he said.  |
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