November 30, 2008
England may not return to India
ENGLAND’S top cricket players may not return to India to play two Tests in the wake of the Mumbai terrorist attacks that have rocked the world, The Times has reported online.
ENGLAND’S top cricket players may not return to India to play two Tests in the wake of the Mumbai terrorist attacks that have rocked the world, The Times has reported online.
INDIA’S Government has refused permission to send a cricket team for a full tour of Pakistan early next year, following the deadly Mumbai attacks, Indian television reported on Sunday.
INDIA’S government has refused permission to send a cricket team for a full tour of Pakistan early next year following the deadly Mumbai attacks, Indian television reported on Sunday.
Brad Haddin found himself as a Test player during an entertaining 169 that swept the match from New Zealand and confirmed his international future.
Shane Watson was first picked by Australia as they searched for an answer to the England allrounder Andrew Flintoff in 2005 and in this match he has showed similar powers against South Australia.
Plays of the third day between Australia and New Zealand in Adelaide.
Two centuries, in albeit contrasting styles, were the highlights on the third day at Adelaide as Brad Haddin and Michael Clarke took Australia to a commanding position against New Zealand.
BRAD Haddin’s breakthrough century in the second Test against New Zealand hasn’t relieved any pressure on Adam Gilchrist’s successor.
SHANE Watson ensured more pressure would be applied on Andrew Symonds, on a day when controversy again swirled around his good mate, with a stunning display for Queensland.
BRAD Haddin starred on day three at Adelaide Oval, making 169 in recording his maiden Test hundred as Australia took control of the second Test against New Zealand.
Brad Haddin was able to relax as a Test player during an entertaining maiden century and Michael Clarke added a more considered hundred to force Australia to 6 for 433 at tea.
THE fan at the centre of Andrew Symonds’s latest off-field incident did not present his claim Symonds elbowed him until after an investigation into the matter had been completed.
SHANE Watson has sent Australia’s selectors a message by inspiring a Queensland fightback in the Sheffield Shield fixture against South Australia at the Gabba.
Michael Clarke and Brad Haddin took Australia’s advantage to 80 at lunch on the third day following a streaky but entertaining session of batting in Adelaide.
The organisers of the Champions Twenty20 League are gearing up for intense negotiations in the coming weeks to get the inaugural edition of the tournament back on the road, but it has become clear they “face a highly complex challenge”.
NEW Zealand wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum can only praise Mike Hussey for playing”the perfect inning” and hope that his team’s top-order batsmen find similar powers of concentration to get the Black Caps out of a big hole.
Callum Ferguson benefitted from Queensland’s donations in the field to post a lively century as South Australia finished the second day four runs short of first-innings points at the Gabba.
YOUNG opener David Warner was left in a daze after hitting the highest ever one-day score for NSW in the Blues’ commanding nine-wicket thrashing of Tasmania at Hurstville Oval.
QUEENSLAND were ruing missed chances at lunch on day two of their Sheffield Shield clash against South Australia at the Gabba despite two quick wickets by Shane Watson.
Michael Hussey and Ricky Ponting produced contrasting half-centuries on a day when Australia continued to control the second Test but could not bury New Zealand in perfect batting conditions. At stumps the hosts were 3 for 241, 29 behind.