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Irfan sustained a suspected hip injury yesterday
Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Irfan has been ruled out of the national team’s upcoming limited overs tour of South Africa after sustaining a suspected hip injury during the second Twenty20 International against the Proteas in Dubai yesterday.
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“We will wait until the day before the game to see where he is with his bowling”
Australia fast bowling coach Craig McDermott has revealed that all-rounder Shane Watson is unlikely to bowl during the first Ashes Test in Brisbane since he is still recovering from a low-grade hamstring strain he suffered during the seventh and final ODI against India.
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Kulkarni received his maiden national call-up
Mumbai fast bowler Dhawal Kulkarni has been included in India’s 15-man squad for their upcoming three-match ODI series against the West Indies, while the pace duo of Ishant Sharma and Vinay Kumar have been dropped after their horrendous performances against Australia.
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Hazlewood will be sidelined for the next month
Australia’s pace bowling stocks continue to dwindle just days before the start of the Ashes series against arch-rivals England after it was revealed that Josh Hazlewood has been ruled out of action for a month after complaining of shin soreness.
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“I don’t run after speed”
India pace bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar doesn’t have a need for speed like a majority of other seamers do as he is more focused on his line, length and variations.
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Asif is determined to revive his international career
Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Asif has announced that he is “following the ICC directives for rehabilitation” after meeting with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for two and a half hours to discuss the details of the 2010 match-fixing scandal he was involved in.
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“He was a versatile batsman, potent strike bowler and charismatic captain”
Former New Zealand pace bowler Richard Hadlee has announced that ex-Pakistan captain turned politician Imran Khan was easily the best all-rounder during his era.
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Both Clarke and Pietersen have denied allegations that batsmen have been using silicon tape on the edges of their bats
Australia captain Michael Clarke has announced that his side have not tried to cheat the Decision Review System (DRS) in the ongoing Ashes series in any way whatsoever after allegations emerged that batsmen from both Australia and England had started taping the edges of their bats to fool the cameras.
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Haddin knew he had edged the delivery from Anderson
While most captains and players are in favour of the Decision Review System (DRS), except for India of course, Australia vice-captain Brad Haddin has a very different outlook when it comes to the use of technology during matches, whereby he believes only umpires should have the power to ask for the DRS to be used.
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Anderson is only the fourth English bowler to take 300 Test wickets
In a rather bold statement, England bowling coach David Saker believes veteran pace bowler James Anderson is the “most skilful fast bowler in the world”, even more so than South African seamer Dale Steyn, who is currently ranked first on the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Test bowler rankings.
