The Surfer
The Mumbai Mirror reports that Asia secured the 2011 World Cup thanks to a 30-minute presentation by BCCI president IS Bindra to International Cricket Council members on why the 2011 World Cup should be awarded to the subcontinent.
 |
 |
“Bindra has also spoken about viewership figures of “over two billion worldwide”. That’s huge. In comparision, viewership figures for only the final of the World Cup, one match, touched the five billion mark last time around.”
One of the admirable sponsored coaching programmes in this country is open to young boys and girls in its first two phases
One of the admirable sponsored coaching programmes in this country is open to young boys and girls in its first two phases. But, regardless of how well a girl performs, she is not allowed to go past that. The programme does not cater for the participation of girls after a certain stage. What is the message?
Although the second Test at Newlands is heading towards a draw, Brendon McCullum believes New Zealand can take the momentum forward into the third Test at Johannesburg next week:
"First and foremost we're looking for a win, but if it doesn't happen then we head to Johannesburg with an opportunity of saving the series, and that can be a strong motivating factor in its own right," he said.
THE careers of several Victorian cricketers are in limbo amid uncertainty about the international future of captain Cameron White, fast bowler Mick Lewis and, to a lesser extent, recently axed Test batsman Brad Hodge
If you really want to get up Makhaya Ntini's nose, try talking to him about being a role model for his country's budding young athletes, writes Richard Boock in The Herald on Sunday .
"I just don't accept the responsibility of being a role model for black or coloured people.I accept the challenge of playing cricket for South Africa. I appreciate that people might admire what I'm doing but trying to be a role model for them isn't what I signed up for. It's a huge responsibility to buy into, and I just don't accept it. I accept the responsibility for being a role model for my son but not for everyone else's sons."
Matthew Hoggard, that's who
Hoggard is such a dedicated dog-walker that on finding himself in the unattractive Indian town of Ahmedabad he decided to take an imaginary dog on a make-believe walk and said the experience kept him sane.
If I had the choice, I would have been a vet. I love animals and really enjoy walking my dog across the Yorkshire moors when I have some time off. I was always interested in animals at school and my parents let me have a few pets when I was growing up.
Burnout is fast becoming the hottest topic in cricket
Ian Botham echoed the thoughts of a nation by indicating that Andrew Flintoff had to be given proper rest, if not wrapped in cotton wool for most of the summer. Botham was rightly concerned about one player - anyone who saw Flintoff towards the end of the India tour was witnessing a body on the verge of rebellion - but he was fairly late to the general debate.
While it's allright to chase your dreams, keep a backup handy , says Aakash Chopra, the Indian Test-discard.
It’s great being a cricketer but conditions apply! It’s great to get paid to play, doing something most of us would do for free but the money is great only if you’re one of the blessed, the 11 out of a billion who actually make it to Team India. Otherwise, millions dream of wearing National colours but don’t even make first-class level. They spend all their adolescence and youth sweating it out under an unforgiving sun and ignoring everything else, including studies, hoping to be among that blessed XI.
Ashley Giles will put his feet up this week while England's selectors debate which spinner will replace him for the Lord's Test against Sri Lanka which starts on Thursday week, writes Scyld Berry in The Sunday Telegraph .
The question is perceived to be: Shaun Udal, to bat at number eight and bowl off-spin, or Monty Panesar, to bowl left-arm and do not much else.
Stephen Fleming's conversion rate from 50s to 100s may not make jaws drop but Mark Richardson writes in the New Zealand Herald that he does a fine job of converting the 100s into bigger scores .