Lehmann would be the assistant coach in Warne’s dream team
Almost all people associate the word dream team with a star group of players that would be invincible against any opposition, but former Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne has taken the term to a whole new level after revealing his candidates for Cricket Australia’s dream team.
De Villiers has already admitted that being in the outfield is much harder
South Africa ODI captain AB de Villiers has announced that he will be giving up wicketkeeping in limited overs matches since he is unable to deal with the burden of having to stand behind the stumps, come in as a specialist batsman and lead the team all at once.
Watson’s future role in the team still hangs in the balance
Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has told the national selectors that he wants to open the batting once again, which is a clear indication that the vice-captain’s bowling days are all but over due to a string of career-threatening injuries he has had to fight back from in the past number of years.
Flower admitted that Panesar should have been in the side for the first Test
England head coach Andy Flower had admitted that he and the rest of the selection committee made some fatal errors when picking the team for the first Test against India at Ahmedabad, hence the reason why they lost the match by nine wickets.
Alam is hoping to be back in the Test whites as soon as possible
Pakistan batsman Fawad Alam has announced that he is prepared to do whatever it takes to regain his spot in the national team.
Ganguly still cannot understand why both Dinda and Tiwary were not picked
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has expressed his disappointment towards the selection committee for leaving pace bowler Ashok Dinda and all-rounder Manoj Tiwary out of the squad for the first two Tests against England.
The selection committee’s decision to drop Raina has come as a shock to many people
Former India pace bowler Venkatesh Prasad has announced that he is extremely disappointed in the national selectors’ decision not to include batsman Suresh Raina in the squad for the first two Test matches against England.
Ahmed spent six weeks in prision in 2009
Former Pakistan batsman Ijaz Ahmed has been found guilty and charged by a local court in a forgery case.
Dev believes it is time for Gambhir and Sehwag to start making strong opening partnerships once again
Former India captain Kapil Dev has announced that the national team should be extremely worried about opening pair Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag’s lack of form over the past couple of months.
Compton is ready to take on the challenges he will face in India
Having got the first national team call-up of his entire career, Nick Compton has revealed that he couldn’t have asked for more than playing his first match for England in India since the country is cricket-crazy and will no doubt put all his skills to the test.
