Dhoni confounded by umpiring call against England

Bangalore: MS Dhoni made a thinly-veiled criticism of the umpiring decision that nearly cost India the World Cup match against England that ended in a......................read more

Spin options for Pakistan

If indications from Waqar Younis are anything to go by, Pakistan are unlikely to pick a fourth specialist bowler for Saturday's crunch game against co-hosts Sri Lanka at the R Premadasa. Pakistan comprehensively beat Kenya in their tournament opener on Wednesday, but played, in Umar Gul, Shoaib Akhtar and Abdur Rehman, with just three specialist bowlers. Shahid Afridi is as good as a specialist bowler but the caution to fill the line-up with batsmen and batsmen who can bowl, has led to an under-utilisation of Abdul Razzaq.

Razzaq batted at No. 8 in the last game, as he has done in 14 of 18 ODIs in the last year. He has played a few significant innings but more than his performances, the question has been whether he is being allowed, in the current line-up, to have the fullest impact on a game. Pakistan have compensated by using him as an opening bowler, but even there he remains under-used: in those 18 ODIs, he has bowled 91.4 overs or, on average, roughly five overs a game. Never once has he bowled the whole quota and he has picked up eight wickets. ......Read More

SA beats WI

AB de Villiers showed his pedigree with his second World Cup hundred, his 10th in all one-day internationals, and the fastest by a South African in a World Cup as South Africa chased down 223 at a canter at the Feroz Shah Kotla, the result sealed in the 43rd over for the loss of only three.....read more in ICC Cricket site

Players and Coaches come together

Dissent and criticism of the ICC's decision to cull Associate nations from the 2015 World Cup intensified further on the opening day of the current tournament. Grant Flower, Zimbabwe's batting coach, and Canada's captain Ashish Bagai added their voices to a growing chorus of dissatisfaction that has, if not overshadowed the opening days, then dampened a little the celebratory nature of the occasion.

Already a number of Associate countries, foremost among them Kenya's chief executive Tom Sears, have hit out at the ICC's reaffirmation on Friday of a decision taken in October last year. Afghanistan and Netherlands have also weighed in: "Our players are always motivated but those comments were disappointing," Netherlands team manager Ed van Nierop told AFP.

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Canada Coach did not like ICC Decision

Canada coach Pubudu Dassanayake has added his voice to the debate over the place of Associate nations at the World Cup © Eddie Norfolk Enlarge Related Links News : Hold Associates debate after World Cup - Strauss Analysis : Where do the minnows go from here....Read more in ICC World Cricket

Fewer team is better

Ireland to let their cricket do the talking News : Ponting says fewer teams is better for World Cup Analysis : Where do the minnows go from here? News : Players and coaches round on ICC Associates decision News .....more

Sourav retiring from cricket

Sourav Ganguly scotched reports that he has decided to retire from all
forms of competitive cricket in the aftermath of IPL franchises
shunning him for the fourth edition..read more:

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