CricketZone.com http://www.cricketzone.com/ en-us Copyright: (C) 2007 Sun, 19 Aug 2007 02:16:21 Laxman excited at county face-off with Warne http://www.cricketzone.com/news/news_face_to_face/2007-08-19-1196.html VVS Laxman says he misses his duels against Shane Warne and is keen to make the most of the opportunity to take him on when batting for Lancashire in the county championship match against Hampshire next week Warne the Hampshire captain was at the receiving end of Laxman's magical wrists during the last three encounters between India and Australia But Test cricket's highest wicket-taker who was reduced to an average bowler by the stylish Hyderabadi player won t come face to face when the Indians tour down under in December-January having retired from international cricket earlier this year The county  [more]
]]> 2007-08-19 17:30 Harbhajan plans strategy for Twenty-20 World Cup http://www.cricketzone.com/news/news_face_to_face/2007-08-19-1195.html Harbhajan Singh is prepared to trade economy for wickets when he makes his India comeback in the inaugural Twenty World Championships in South Africa next month quot I wouldn't worry too much about economy in Twenty World Cup you would go for runs anyway If I pick up a few wickets along the way I would be satisfied quot says the Punjab off-spinner one of the meanest bowlers in world cricket Harbhajan is aware that the last thing a bowler could do when playing in the latest form of the game is worry about conceding runs quot Twenty is not  [more]
]]> 2007-08-19 17:10 India's warm-up match abandoned due to rain http://www.cricketzone.com/news/news_archive/2007-08-19-1194.html Rain gods played pranks again as India's warm-up one day cricket match against England Lions was abandoned on Saturday following heavy shower at the Northamptonshire County Club ground Batting first England Lions amassed for from their allotted overs with Vikram Solanki and Luke Wright notching up half centuries Chasing a stiff task of scoring runs for victory in overs India were without loss after overs when rains ruled out any further play Sourav Ganguly was not out b while Robin Uthappa was batting on b With the match being abandoned Indian batsmen lost a precious opportunity to get into the  [more]
]]> 2007-08-19 16:55 Kapil promises to reveal ICL signups in a week http://www.cricketzone.com/news/news_archive/2007-08-19-1193.html Former Indian captain and chairman of the Indian Cricket League ICL Kapil Dev has promised to reveal the names of players who have signed up for the rebel series in a week's time Kapil made it clear that the process of signing players for the league was still on and he would not reveal any names at this stage quot It is going on and we just want to be sure that players are happy and confident to play in the new tournament and with a new commitment quot he told Geo TV Kapil also made it clear that the  [more]
]]> 2007-08-19 16:45 India has an unhealthy obsession with World Cup: Dravid http://www.cricketzone.com/news/news_face_to_face/2007-08-18-1192.html Rahul Dravid does not foresee himself playing the next World Cup and the Indian captain insists India has an unhealthy obsession with the quadrennial cricketing extravaganza quot It is probably unlikely that I will play another World Cup I am already and by next World Cup I would be The game is getting younger and people are coming on You never know what future has in store but you have to be realistic quot Dravid said Always under tremendous pressure to perform Dravid felt the cricket-loving public here just goes crazy during the World Cup quot I genuinely believe we  [more]
]]> 2007-08-18 22:34 I feel mentally very fresh: Flintoff http://www.cricketzone.com/news/news_face_to_face/2007-08-18-1191.html England's star all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has said he was feeling quot mentally fresh quot after his long injury lay-off as he is set to return for the upcoming one-day series against India quot I believe the injury could actually help extend my career because I feel mentally very fresh quot Flintoff said and added his best years were still ahead quot I won't be playing when I'm but I'm only and there's a lot left in me I hope my best years are ahead of me quot he was quoted as saying by the British newspaper Sun' Flintoff missed the  [more]
]]> 2007-08-18 22:30 Akhtar asked to appear before appellate committee http://www.cricketzone.com/news/news_archive/2007-08-18-1190.html Shoaib Akhtar was today asked to appear before an appellate committee of the Pakistan Cricket Board on Monday as it hears the appeal filed by the fast bowler against the Rs fine imposed on him The two-member committee after its first meeting in Lahore to consider the appeal decided to hear Akhtar out in person on August th Akhtar was fined and docked points from his central contract for bad behaviour after he left the training camp in Karachi earlier this month without informing team manager Talat Ali The fast bowler claims he left the camp after informing captain Shoaib  [more]
]]> 2007-08-18 22:26 Wait for appropriate candidate to succeed Chappell: Shastri http://www.cricketzone.com/news/news_face_to_face/2007-08-18-1189.html Former captain Ravi Shastri today said India might be doing well overseas without a head coach but the post left vacant by Greg Chappell needed to be filled with an quot appropriate candidate quot in due course of time Shastri said the team was successful on their recent tour of Bangladesh and currently in England because of the support of bowling and fielding coaches Venkatesh Prasad and Robin Singh respectively besides the youngsters have come of age but at the end of the day they needed a proper coach quot They need to have a Head coach And don't forget  [more]
]]> 2007-08-18 19:17 ICL has plans to expand to 12-team format http://www.cricketzone.com/news/news_archive/2007-08-18-1188.html The rebel Indian Cricket League floated by the Essel Group has announced plans to expand it from the initial six to a team format within the next three years and the league would feature teams like Bombay Jets and Madras Heat The ICL's official website informed that initially the teams would each comprise six internationals and nine Indian players while saying that retired Australian batsmen Justin Langer and Damien Martyn had both declined its offers The ICL website also indicated that retired New Zealand all rounder Chris Cairns was more likely to join it while denying that captain Stephen Fleming  [more]
]]> 2007-08-18 19:15 ICL makes Rs 100 mn bait for Asif http://www.cricketzone.com/news/news_archive/2007-08-18-1187.html Stepping up their player signing up drive the Indian Cricket League has wooed Mohammad Asif with a more lucrative second offer of Rs crore local media reported today quot The ICL has offered Asif Rs million for a three-year contract and the pacer is carefully assessing the various aspects of the offer before taking a decision next week quot the Dawn' reported today quoting Pakistan Cricket Board sources The ICL had last month offered Rs crore each to Asif and fellow fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar which they had refused The sources also said the PCB was concerned about the congregation  [more]
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