John Wright Appointed As New New Zealand Coach
After 11 ODI defeats in a row it is decided that Mark Greatbatch should be replace with John Wright as a coach. He was also ready to step down after such poor cricketing display from New Zealand team. There were two consecutive series defeats to New Zealand. One defeat came from Bangladesh and other from India. John is feeling exited for his new job ahead.
He said that he is going to look in past and will concentrate on his new job. His main focus is on Pakistan series and world cup 2011. New Zealand board has contracted him till West Indies tour of 2012. John was also appointed as Indian coach and he was contracted with India in 2000 and remained with then as coach for 5 years.
It is also decided by New Zealand board that Mark will perform as batting coach in New Zealand’s high-performance program. Zealand Cricket CEO Justin Vaughan said that the change is made for making good changes in New Zealand Cricket. He also said that the change is expected to made real difference in performance. In last two years New Zealand has changed 4 coaches. The replaced coach Mark Greatbatch took coaching responsibility in January and performed for nearly an year and now John Wright is appointed as new coach.
NZ manager quits in wake of Bangladesh thrashing
November 1, 2010 by Trend PK
Filed under World News
New Zealand Cricket (NZC) general manager Geoff Allott said Monday he will step down at the end of the month, making him the first casualty of the Black Caps’ unprecedented series loss to Bangladesh.
Allot said the 0-4 whitewash to Bangladesh last month, described by local media as a low point in the team’s history, showed the NZC had to rethink its strategy and he was not part of the plan.
“I have effectively restructured myself out of a job, but I truly believe this to be in the best interests of cricket,” the former international bowler said.
“This was a difficult decision for me to make because I am passionate about the game that has given me so much.”
Allott had initially described the Bangladesh whitewash as a “bad hiccup” and insisted no management overhaul was needed for the Black caps to bounce back.
NZC chief executive
Speed calls PCB chief Butt aa ‘bafoon’
SYDNEY: Malcolm Speed, the former ICC chief executive, has slammed the boards that have blocked John Howard”s nomination as the next ICC vice-president.
During the ICC annual meeting in Singapore it was confirmed that Howard didn”t have enough support, while Australia and New Zealand have been asked to nominate another candidate Speed, who was CEO from 2001 until 2008, was scathing in his assessment of what had taken place to undermine Howard”s nomination, which itself was the subject of a compromise between Australia and New Zealand.
He said those who didn”t want Howard in the role are politically motivated.
“Howard has been rejected because his appointment would provide ICC with strong leadership that would thwart the ambitions of several current administrators to downgrade and devalue the role of the ICC,” Speed wrote in the Sydney Morning Herald.
“Howard would have stood in their path.
The role requires strength of character – a leader, diplomat, statesman and politician.
The ICC board is as political as any political party.
The countries that voted him down want a compliant figurehead who will do their bidding.” Speed added that Australia and New Zealand have previously accepted nominations despite reservations.
He said that they should decline to make another candidate available and instead pass the role onto Pakistan and Bangladesh, who are next in line on the rotation system, then refuse to vote themselves.
“In the meantime, they should be banging the table and making their displeasure widely known,” wrote Speed.
Cricket Australia”s chairman Jack Clarke and his New Zealand Cricket counterpart Alan Isaac said in a joint statement they were “deeply disappointed” after supplying “the best possible candidate”.
“We jointly nominated Mr Howard as he possesses significant leadership and administrative skills,” they said.
“We believe cricket needs to continue to seek excellence and dispassionate independence in the game”s global governance.
“We were delighted that the most senior world figure ever considered for this role agreed to accept the nomination.
We remain convinced it is reasonable for his nomination to be supported by the ICC executive board and we are deeply disappointed by the position taken.”
He described Ijaz Butt, the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman, as a “buffoon” and cricket in Pakistan as “a basket case”.
He said that the president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board is a nominee of the prime minister, and added that two of the BCB cricket presidents during his time with the ICC, had ended up in jail when there was a change of government.
“The last BCB president I encountered was an army general. He did not know the name of the Bangladesh captain, the team’s next opponents and the capacity of the new ground that had just been inaugurated in Dhaka. I was too polite to ask him whether he had ever been to a cricket match,” Speed said.
“When these two countries (Pakistan and Bangladesh) come forward with their joint nominee, Australia and New Zealand should politely refrain from voting.
England eyeing at whitewash against Aussies
OVAL: The fourth ODI between England and Australia will be played at the Oval in London, with the series having already been decided. England seems to have surprised many by racing away to an impregnable 3-0 lead and the Aussies are now playing for pride.
Despite the series score-line, it is a surprise that the bookies have still put England only marginally ahead of Australia. It has probably to do with the introduction of Shaun Tait in the side, but England looks like a good side to win the fourth in a row.
Australia has struggled with the bat in all the three games so far. Much of it has been brought about their middle-order, which has refused to fire. Ricky Ponting’s year has been a pale shadow of his previous seasons, while Michael Hussey looks to have lost all his steam after playing a couple of match-winnings in the World T20.
On the other hand, Michael Clarke did have an 80 to his name in the first ODI, but has, since then, struggled to get bat to ball. The best bet is to go for one of the openers, Shane Watson or Tim Paine, who have both looked in good touch and have the advantage of not facing the miserly English spinners till very late.
Ex-Australian premier fails in ICC leadership bid
SINGAPORE: Former Australia Prime Minister John Howard has failed in his bid to become the next vice-president of the International Cricket Council, the organisation said on Wednesday.
Howard had been nominated for the position by Cricket Australia (CA) and New Zealand Cricket (NZC), who have been asked by the ICC to put forward another candidate after it was “recognised the nomination did not have sufficient support within the ICC Board”, the ICC said in a statement.
Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi
Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi is seen being interviewed before the start of their first T20 international cricket match against New Zealand in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi was first posted on November 17, 2009 at 1:52 am.
New Zealand off to UAE for Cricket series against Pakistan
Lahore, Pakistan:- New Zealand cricket team has left for the United Arab Emirates without its coach to play the series of ODIs and T20s against Pakistan.
The Kiwis have not availed the services of coach for this series as their coach Andy Moles has resigned before the series after the players opposed him. New Zealand Cricket has assigned Captain Daniel Vettori an additional responsibility of coaching for three One-day and two Twenty20 Internationals. In all, 79 One-day Internationals have so far been played between Pakistan and New Zealand. Pakistan won 47 and New Zealand won 30 of these matches whereas one was drawn and one ended without a decision.
New Zealand off to UAE for Cricket series against Pakistan was first posted on October 27, 2009 at 6:59 pm.
NZ vs AUS, AUS vs New Zealand Cricket final
Latest cricket updates bout Australia vs New Zealand, NZ vs AUS, AUS vs New Zealand Cricket final:-
New Zealand 107/5 (29.6)
New Zealand,who chose to bat first
Live Match In Progress
New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first
Hello and welcome to champions Trophy Final between Australia and New Zealand,Vettori not playing today due to hamstring injury .he is being relpaced by Jeetan patel.
Hello and welcome to champions Trophy Final between Australia and New Zealand.
Over 29.6: No runs. P Siddle to Neil Broom, good length delivery, shuffles and flicks it to mid wicket. Drinks coming onto the park.
Over 29.5: No runs. P Siddle to Neil Broom, pitched up delivery, defensively pushes the slower one to covers.
Over 29.4: Single. P Siddle to J Franklin, pitched up delivery, slices it hard towards square thirdman.
Over 29.3: No runs. P Siddle to J Franklin, short of length delivery, punches it to mid off.
Over 29.2: No runs. P Siddle to J Franklin, pitched up delivery, drives it crisply to mid off.
Over 29.1: Single. P Siddle to Neil Broom, short and rising delivery, cuts it down to thirdman for a single.
Over 28.6: No runs. Brett Lee to J Franklin, pitched up delivery, let’s that go to the keeper outside the off stump.
Over 0.1: Wide Ball. Brett Lee to B McCullum, good length delivery, let’s that wide one go to the keeper outside the off stump.
Hello guys, so New Zealand about to bat first in this big final. Daniel Vettori who could have troubled the Aussies is unfortunately out with a hamstring injury. Brendon McCullum takes over the mantle.
Toss : New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first
Hello and welcome to champions Trophy Final between Australia and New Zealand,Vettori not playing today due to hamstring injury .he is being relpaced by Jeetan patel.
Hello and welcome to champions Trophy Final between Australia and New Zealand
NZ vs AUS, AUS vs New Zealand Cricket final was first posted on October 5, 2009 at 8:54 pm.
