Indian Cricket Team Personal Accident Policy
World cup is starting from 19th February and the fever of cricket is on his top. Indian cricket board has also insured every player of Indian team going for world cup worth $ 500,000. There is another insurance policy has been taken by BCCI worth Rs 130 crore to secure them from matches affected by bad weather.
Oriental Insurance Company Deputy General Manager said that BCCI has taken group personal insurance policy from them. The players’ participation in the world cup will get the cover of Rs 2.3 crore under this insurance policy.
The main purpose of policy is to provide financial shelter to players from injuries. This policy will provide them benefit in case of death, disability or injury during the match, on or off the field accident. The duration of the insurance is of two months. It starts from 10th February and ends on 9th April.
The policy is in accordance with ICC laws. There is another policy introduce by the board of amount 1 crore. This is contingent policy and its purpose is to protect the board from financial loses due to cancellation of matches resulting from bad weather. There is a rule that if match went off without bowling a single ball then board could claim the compensation.
Miandad calls Ijaz Butt ‘Too Old’
Former batting maestro and director general Pakistan Cricket Board Javed Miandad joined the former cricketers in their campaign against PCB chairman Ijaz Butt, calling him too old to carry on as head of the country’s premier sport.
Miandad in a letter to President Asif Ali Zardari, who is patron of the PCB, has called Ijaz Butt too old to carry on at such an important position and with his old age he even forgets his official assignments.
Ijaz Butt was made chairman of the PCB in place of Dr Nasim Ashraf after the latter resigned with the resignation of General Pervez Musharraf.
Miandad calls Ijaz Butt ‘Too Old’ was first posted on February 2, 2010 at 6:01 pm.
Pak players serves legal notice to ICL officials
Lahore, Pakistan News :- The Pakistan cricketers who have parted ways from the Indian Cricket League has served its management with legal notice over non-payment of their dues.
Former Pakistan captain Moin Khan, who has played a key role in recruiting Pakistan players in the ICL and also coached Hyderabad Heroes and Lahore Badshahs, informed that the players have issued the notice to the ICL management after they did not meet the promises of giving their dues.
“Today the Pakistani players who have participated in Indian Cricket League filed a legal notice to ICL management against the outstanding payments due since December 2008,” Moin said.
“In spite of all the efforts, there is still no response and the promises have not been fulfilled by ICL which caused the players to suffer considerable losses. To this effect, a legal notice has been dispatched to ICL by players to clear their dues,” he added.
Pak players serves legal notice to ICL officials was first posted on February 2, 2010 at 7:15 pm.
PCB recalls paceman Sami for Australia tour
KARACHI : Pakistan paceman Mohammad Sami was Tuesday recalled for the tour of Australia following team management’s request for an additional fast bowler, giving him a chance to revive a dwindling career.
“The selection committee has agreed to send Sami as reinforcement player to join the Pakistan team in Australia,” a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) statement said.
The addition of Sami was requested to help ease the burden on the team’s fast-bowlers in what is expected to be a demanding tour in Australia, the statement added.
He will supplement an attack featuring Umar Gul, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Aamer and Abdur Rauf.
The 28-year-old right-arm fast bowler played the last of his 33 Tests against India at Bangalore in December 2007 before he was sidelined for poor form.
He then joined the unofficial Indian Cricket League (ICL) and was banned from international cricket in early 2008.
Earlier this year all 23 Pakistan players who joined the ICL suspended their contracts in India and were forgiven by the PCB.
Sami has so far taken 81 wickets in 33 Tests, and a further 118 in 83 one-day internationals.
He has shown recent good form in country’s domestic cricket with 30 wickets.
“I am very happy and am confident of making the most of this chance to resurrect my career,” said Sami, widely regarded as one of the most talented bowlers to not turn his potential into performances.
Pakistan plays the first of three Tests against Australia at Melbourne from December 26. They will also play five one-day internationals and a Twenty20 on the tour.
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PCB recalls paceman Sami for Australia tour was first posted on December 15, 2009 at 10:59 pm.
New Zealand announce Squad for Dunedin Test
New Zealand have picked a 13-man squad to face Pakistan in the first Test at Dunedin which begins on the 24th of this month. The New Zealand team is bolstered with the re-entry of Shane Bond who gets to play Test Cricket after a gap of two years!
The hosts are unlucky to miss one of their key players in Jesse Ryder who is still recovering from an abductor strain which he picked up during his stint in the IPL. Ryder’s place has gone to Peter Fulton who has a mediocre average of under 25.00 and just a fifty in the 8 Tests so far in his career. It could be a toss up between Fulton and Tim McIntosh in the end. McIntosh is fresh from a century against Pakistanis at Queensland which could give him the nod ahead of Fulton.
Apart from Bond, medium pacer Daryl Tuffey makes a comeback in the Test team after similar adventures in the rebel Indian Cricket League. Most likely Tuffey could sit out with New Zealand already having Chris Martin and Iain O’Brien in the ranks to partner with Bond.
New Zealand Squad for first Test at Dunedin : Daniel Vettori (Captain), Tim McIntosh, Daniel Flynn, Ross Taylor, Peter Fulton, Martin Guptill, Grant Elliott, Brendon McCullum (wk), Iain O’Brien, Shane Bond, Jeetan Patel, Daryl Tuffey, Chris Martin
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New Zealand announce Squad for Dunedin Test was first posted on November 22, 2009 at 12:19 pm.
Sri Lanka call the shots with Mahela scoring a double century
Sri Lanka completely dominated the proceedings on Day 3 of the Ahmedabad Test as they piled up their highest ever total in India. The visitors ended the day’s play at a commanding 591 for 5 with former Captain Mahela Jayawardene still unfinished on 204 (from 339 balls with 17 fours and a six). Giving him company since the last 70 overs or so is Wicket Keeper Prasanna Jayawardene who has moved onto 84 (from 186 balls with 4 fours). The two Jayawardenes are in an unbroken stand of 216 runs for the sixth wicket and have taken Sri Lanka to a handsome first innings lead of 165.
It was a terrible day for the Indian bowlers with only two wickets to show for their hard work. The overnight batsmen – Mahela Jayawardene and Samaraweera saw through the first hour of play to shut the door on any chances of an Indian win by reducing the deficit under 100. India finally got the breakthrough in the 87th over when Yuvraj Singh at squareleg took a sharp catch offered by a pull shot from Samaraweera (70 from 145 balls). At the stroke of lunch, Mahela Jayawardene lost Angelo Mathews when the all-rounder was wrongly given caught at short leg off Harbhajan Singh.
Sri Lanka went to lunch at 375 for 5 which provided India the chance of cutting down on a possible lead. However, the pitch was too flat for taking wickets in a hurry and the Indians were defied by yet another big partnership with Mahela Jayawardene remaining as the cornerstone. Along with Prasanna Jayawardene, he defied the Indian bowlers in the post lunch session and the post tea session. The visitors now call the shots in this match and have forced India into a position where they can only fight for a draw.
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Sri Lanka call the shots with Mahela scoring a double century was first posted on November 18, 2009 at 11:11 pm.
India-Sri Lanka first Test tomorrow at Ahmedabad
After a very long time, India finally gets to play Test Cricket, infact the last time played the longer version was back in April against New Zealand! For the record, the last Test they played at home was in December 2008 against England. That’s quite stunning to see Test Cricket take a backseat not because of the quality but solely due to the emergence of various T20 Tournaments all of a sudden.
The India-Sri Lanka Test Series which starts tomorrow is not going to lack any entertainment for sure. The Indian team has an exciting batting line-up which begins with Virender Sehwag at the top, the three experienced guns in Dravid, Tendulkar and Laxman followed by the young Yuvraj and Dhoni. Partnering Sehwag is one of India’s underrated player in Gautam Gambhir who has played a couple of great knocks against Australia and New Zealand. The Sri Lankans are exciting in their own right because of the three superb spinners in Muralitharan, Ajantha Mendis and Rangana Herath. It is a pity if one of Mendis and Herath is going to sit out in the match.
The contest between the Sri Lankan spinners and the Indian batsmen will be a mouth-watering one. The Indian bowling attack will rely on Harbhajan Singh as usual though he should be getting decent support from Amit Mishra. I expect Harbhajan Singh to take most of his wicket with the sptting top spinner that perfectly lands on the seam. Well and Zaheer Khan makes a comeback into international cricket and will most probably have Ishant Sharma as his new ball partner. As India tends to play with six batsman plus the wicket keeper batsman, the talented Sreesanth might be cooling his heels in the dressing room.
The first Test is at the Motera in Ahmedabad which traditionally takes spin. The pitch at Motera has also been on the drier side which means that the conditions are conducive for reverse swing. Motera wicket has also been traditionally slow and low as the match progresses. The Indian pace attack here scores over the Sri Lankans in this regard. Nuwan Kulasekara did superbly against Pakistan in Sri Lanka but will his swing bowling be effective against the technically sound Indian batsmen remains to be seen. Sri Lanka could also take India’s route of playing it safe by having 6 batsmen in the side.
Sri Lanka have never won a Test Match in India and their bowlers have struggled to take wickets on the generally good better batting tracks here compared to what it is back home. The pressure will be on them really to keep the heavily talented Indian batting down. At the same time, their batsmen led by Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene have to ensure that they get the big scores and not get out after getting a start.
CricketMove.com will be providing the Live Scorecard of this India Vs Sri Lanka 1st Test along with Ball by Ball Commentary.
India Test Squad : MS Dhoni (Captain and Wicket Keeper), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Sreesanth, Pragyan Ojha, Amit Mishra, Murali Vijay, S Badrinath
Sri Lanka Test Squad : Kumar Sangakkara (Captain), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Tharanga Paranawithana, Thilan Samaraweera, Mahela Jayawardene, Angelo Mathews, Thilina Kandamby, Prasanna Jayawardene (Wicket Keeper), Kaushal Silva (Wicket Keeper), Chanaka Welegedara, Muttiah Muralitharan (Vice-Captain), Thilan Thushara, Nuwan Kulasekara, Rangana Hearth, Ajantha Mendis, Dammika Prasad
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India-Sri Lanka first Test tomorrow at Ahmedabad was first posted on November 15, 2009 at 11:52 pm.
South Africa square T20I Series 1-1
After a 1-run defeat in the first T20I at the Wanderers, South Africa fought back with a crushing 84-run win in the second match today at Centurion. South Africa batting first plundered 241 for 6 with openers Graeme Smith (88 from 44 balls with 8 fours and 6 sixes) and Loots Bosman (94 from 45 balls with 5 fours and 9 sixes) putting up 170 in 13.1 overs.
England in their chase could just come up with 157 for 8 with only Jonathan Trott (51 from 40 balls with 1 four and 3 sixes) scoring anything significant. Loots Bosman got the Man of the Match for his second successive fifty.
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South Africa square T20I Series 1-1 was first posted on November 15, 2009 at 11:52 pm.
PCB Appoints Yusuf as Test Captain
LAHORE, Pakistan: PCB Appoints Yusuf as Test captain, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed star batsman Muhammad Yousuf as captain of Test series against New Zealand. Kamran Akmal will be his deputy.
According to sources, Muhammad Yousuf has decided to accept the captaincy offer after consultation with former captain Inzamamul Haq. Captain Yonis Khan requested the PCB not to consider him for Test series as he want to take a break.
PCB Appoints Yusuf as Test Captain was first posted on November 11, 2009 at 5:37 pm.
Yusuf replaces Younis as Test Captain
Younis Khan after the debacle defeat in the 3-ODI Series Cool and Cool Cup at Abu Dhabi has opted out of the upcoming Test Series in New Zealand. The PCB has appointed senior batsman Mohammad Yousuf as the Skipper and named Wicket Keeper Kamran Akmal as his deputy. It is learnt that Younis Khan had asked the board for a rest and according to the PCB, it had nothing to do with the 1-2 defeat against New Zealand.
Younis Khan is under tremendous pressure with his place in the team questioned because of his poor form of late. Younis had failed with the bat in all the three ODIs in Abu Dhabi and some of his decisions off the field were hard to understand.
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Yusuf replaces Younis as Test Captain was first posted on November 11, 2009 at 6:12 pm.
