Cricket : Symonds’ last chance to perform or perish
Cricket Australia’s chief selector Andrew Hilditch has asked troubled all rounder Andrew Symonds to perform or perish during the limited-overs series against Pakistan to be played in United Arab Emirates from April 22.
Having convinced Cricket Australia he has overcome the behavioural issues, Symonds has been granted one more chance to restore the selectors’ confidence after [...]
Cricket : Reluctant Katich now happy to bowl in short spells
Australian skipper Ricky Ponting is happy to bowl part time bowler Simon Katich in occasional short spells as he did on the final day of the second Test when his team needed to end the resistance from South Africa’s lower order.
Reluctant Katich is happy to bowl. And, in the process he helped win the [...]
Cricket : Ponting worried about 20-20 overtaking Test cricket
Australian captain Ricky Ponting is scared that the “glitz and glamour” of Twenty20 will overtake Test cricket in the popularity stakes.
“There’s a really dangerous thing going on at the moment. I gave the Bradman Oration last year and I stated that what I want for the next generation of Australians is to do what I’ve [...]
Cricket : Aussie cricketers’ relax with their WAG’s
Australia’s triumphant cricketers are relaxing with their WAG’s after inflicting a two-nil series loss on their South African rivals.
Ricky Ponting’s Australians have been given a four-day break before resuming training on Monday for the third Test in Cape Town on March 19.
Their partners have been encouraged to visit the players this week and [...]
