Steve Rixon: “I never got paid on time”
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Former Pakistan fielding coach Steve Rixon has accused the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) of failing to ever pay him on time.
Mushtaq’s experience in England will come in handy for Pakistan
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Pakistan have added former leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed and all-rounder Azhar Mahmood to their coaching staff ahead of the national team’s tour of England, according to ESPNcricinfo.
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“They interfere basically with a lot of the cricket decisions over the period of time and I don’t necessarily agree with that”
Australia assistant coach Steve Rixon, who was sacked just the other day, has announced that he has “very little respect” for Cricket Australia since they kept on interfering in decisions that had already been made.
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“Steve has made an outstanding contribution to Australian cricket over a long period of time and played an important role with the national team since 2011”
Australia have decided to axe senior assistant coach Steve Rixon ahead of their highly-anticipated tour of South Africa, which gets underway on February 5.
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“Sri Lanka Cricket would like to clarify that at no stage was [Rixon] shortlisted, neither was he asked to appear for an interview”
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have denied asking Australia assistant coach Steve Rixon to travel to Sri Lanka for an interview to become their next head coach as he was never shortlisted.
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“I’m the assistant coach of Australia, and I get more staying with that job than on the contract they sent through”
Australia assistant coach Steve Rixon has revealed that “Sri Lanka Cricket sent me a contract which was really embarrassing” when they approached him about becoming their next head coach.
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Lehmann may find himself assigned to one format in the near future
Cricket Australia have revealed that they are considering the option of having a different coach for each format of the game.
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“Matthew Wade has been omitted due to lack of form”
Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Brad Haddin has ousted his fellow partner in crime Matthew Wade to regain his spot in the ODI squad.
Lyon will no longer be battered with advice on how to improve his game
Australia off-spinner Nathan Lyon has received a lot of advice on how to improve his bowling over the past year, but lately he believes that there are too many people telling him things from how to correct his action to bowling more unorthodox deliveries and in order to ensure that he does not get overwhelmed, Cricket Australia have decided to designate a handful of specialists to support him throughout the course of the next couple of series.
Hussey noted that he is not too concerned about his position on the batting lineup
Australia batsman Michael Hussey has expressed interest in the idea of opening the batting for the national team during the rest of the series against Pakistan after there were growing concerns whether wicketkeeper batsman Matthew Wade could handle opening the batting after standing behind the stumps for 50 overs.
