Ponting Back To Batting Practice After Finger Injury

Australian captain R Ponting has joined the practice on Tuesday secession at SCG. He was looking good while practicing and it is hoped that he will recover properly before the first practice match. Australia’s batting coach Justin Langer said that he is very hopeful that Ponting is doing well with batting practice.

Ricky Ponting himself was looking happy with the way things went for him. He said that he was playing the balls easily but the problem appears when bat twists in his hands. He showed his satisfaction with batting.

In the third Ashes test he had injured his finger and left out of team after playing 4th test match. He is first choice as captain for Australia. Australia is schedule to fly India next week. They will play their first warm up game against India. Then they are schedule play against South Africa.

Ricky Ponting added that he is waiting for right time to get into the game and he doesn’t want to do any thing silly that could cost him more games. He also said that he will act according to physio’s suggestions. He is also intent to rest for couple more weeks. He is very optimistic regarding his soon return.

ICC Got Angry On Participation of Amir in Practice Match

ICC got angry on the participating of Muhammad Amir, Suspended Pakistani player in spot-fixing scandal. The left-arm pacer played a practice match representing a local club in Rawalpindi cricket stadium.

Pakistan Cricket Board have took the notice and asked for the details of officials of Rawalpindi Regional Academy. The coach of the academy Azhar Sabeeh accepted that Muhammad Amir bowled in the match. The spokesman of PCB Nadeem Sarwar said that although the suspended player didn’t participated in event held by PCB but board will investigate that who gives the permission to participate fast bowler in the ground, which is under control of board.

The spokesman of PCB said that we are receiving applications from different associations to include the trio suspended players in their teams but PCB respect the injunctions of ICC anti-corruption unit. It is to be remembered that after the declaring sustentation of Muhammad Amir, Muhammad Asif and Salman Butt from ICC, PCB have also cancelled the central contracts of mentioned players. All three players were suspended after coming spot-fixing scandal on the record in England last year.

It is not cleared yet that the match played yesterday between Army and Rawalpindi was held by PCB or it is a private or friendly match. But according to academy coach Azhar Sabeeh he was not in the ground but when he came then came into knowledge that Muhammad Amir have bowled some overs from Army. He said that Regional didn’t arrange this match it is a private and friendly match. PCB decided the inquiry of the matter.

It is to be remembered that few months ago suspended Salman butt also practiced in the National Academy Lahore. After that PCB took series notice and giving the reference of ICC injunctions, said that all three suspended players cannot participate in any cricket activity. The fate of suspended players will be decided on 5 February. On the participation of Amir in practice match angry ICC said that until the verdict is announced, players are not allowed playing any sort of cricket.

Indian MP pushes compulsory yoga in schools

NEW DEHLI:- An MP in India is lobbying for a law that will make yoga compulsory in the country’s junior schools, where he says it will help with discipline, fitness and dealing with “computer-related stress”.

Satpal Maharaj, 59, from the ruling Congress party, said a recent trip to China had inspired him to push for the law, which would take yoga into India’s 217,000 junior schools where children begin their education at around five.

“We saw school children practicing Tai Chi Chuan (martial art) with great discipline in China and I thought, ‘We gave yoga to the world but we are ignoring it in India and we must bring it into our schools’,” Maharaj told AFP.

Yoga, which in the Sanskrit language means “union” or “integration”, involves the practice of numerous physical postures called asanas and is usually combined with long meditation sessions.

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Syed Ali Hashmi from Lahore attends the practice session of Pakistan A team. (October 31, 2010)

Pakistan A team – Trend Pk VIDEO

Syed Ali Hashmi from Lahore attends the practice session of Pakistan A team. (October 31, 2010)

Pakistan A team – Trend Pk VIDEO

Syed Ali Hashmi from Lahore attends the practice session of Pakistan A team. (October 31, 2010)

Pakistan A team – Trend Pk VIDEO

Syed Ali Hashmi from Lahore attends the practice session of Pakistan A team. (October 31, 2010)

Pakistan A team – Trend Pk VIDEO

Syed Ali Hashmi from Lahore attends the practice session of Pakistan A team. (October 31, 2010)

Pakistan A team – Trend Pk VIDEO

Syed Ali Hashmi from Lahore attends the practice session of Pakistan A team. (October 31, 2010)

Pakistan A team – Trend Pk VIDEO

Syed Ali Hashmi from Lahore attends the practice session of Pakistan A team. (October 31, 2010)

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