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Braless Rihanna shows off pierced nipples in New York

September 19, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Melbourne, Sept 18 (ANI): Rihanna has flaunted her pierced nipple whilst out and about in the Big Apple.

Hitting the streets yesterday in denim shorts, hooded cardigan and a see through black top- showing off a silver nipple ring, the singer seemed embracing the Janet Jackson Super Bowl look, reports The Daily Telegraph.

Meanwhile, her ex-beau Chris Brown has started community service for assaulting her.

He was snapped picking up rubbish.

Brown has to complete 180 days community service for the attack and will also be on probation for the next five years. (ANI)

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Lee declares his goal for breaking 100 mph bowling speed barrier

September 14, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Sep.14 (ANI): Fresh from destroying England with a scorching display of fast, swinging yorkers that skittled stumps all over Lord’s to help Australia seal a series-clinching 4-0 lead with three ODIs remaining, Brett Lee has declared his goal of breaking the 100mph (160.93km/h) speed barrier.

That feat would be worth a fair sum for a fast bowler who has already earned three million dollars in the past 12 months, according to Forbes magazine.

Lee could not force his way back into the side for the Ashes series and his Test future remains unclear but the 32-year-old remains far more marketable than his bowling peers.

The combination of blond-haired, blue-eyed good looks and sheer speed is an irresistible combination for some brands.

To date, only Pakistan’s Shoaib Akhtar has broken the 100mph limit, clocking 100.2mph (161.3km/h) during a World Cup match against England in 2003. Lee’s fastest delivery was recorded at 99.8mph (160.7km/h) at the same tournament.

“I know I’m in the team to try and bowl fast, there’s always talk about your age but I’m feeling really fit, probably the fittest I’ve ever felt,” Lee said after taking 5-49 at Lord’s on Saturday, clean-bowling four victims.

“I’m only 32 and I want to keep bowling in excess of 90mph for a long time yet but we’ll wait and see what happens with the body,” the Sydney Morning Herald quoted him, as saying. (ANI)

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Natalie Cole makes comeback after kidney transplant op

September 12, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, September 11 (ANI): R andB singer Natalie Cole made a comeback to the stage and performed at a concert in Hollywood after fighting severe health conditions for almost a year.

“I really do have to say … it really is a miracle time. It’s a miracle night for me. I never thought I’d be standing here healthy and whole and 100 percent,” People magazine quoted her as telling the crowd present.

The singer was diagnosed with Hepatitis C in April last year.

Apart from treating the liver disease with chemotherapy, she also battled kidney problems later that year.

However, she was back with a bang at the Hollywood Bowl belting out hits like ‘This Will Be,’ ‘Our Love,’ and ‘Unforgettable’

She said: “My heart is very full tonight, and I know a lot of you know why. It’s just good to be back. You know what I’m saying?

“You know, things don’t always go the way we want it to. Things happen unexpectedly. You got to take the good with the bad.”

Cole also brought the attention of the audience to health problems.

She said: “One in eight people has kidney failure. That’s a lot of people and I never thought it would happen to me, but here we are.”

She described the phase she was ill as “a real tough journey.” (ANI)

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Broad not keen on taking Flintoff’s place in Test team

September 8, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Sep 8 (ANI): England’s Ashes hero Stuart Broad doesn’t want to replicate all rounder Andrew Flintoff in his life and is not even that keen on taking Flintoff’s place at No.7 in the Test team.

“No one can replace Fred. It is important that I focus on my qualities and don’t try to be someone I’m not,” Broad said.

Despite scoring five fifties in his 22-Test career, two of them in the Ashes, and having a respectable batting average of 31, Broad plays down that side of his game.

“My aim is to become a good No 8. If the top six build a platform that allows me and Graeme Swann to come and play with freedom as we did at the Oval. I just want to be awkward to bowl at,” The Times quoted Broad, as saying.

Flintoff has said that Broad’s batting is good enough to play as a specialist batsman and Geoff Boycott, praising the straight play of Broad, compared him to a young Garry Sobers, saying that Broad could make the same journey as Sobers from tailender.

“I don’t think I can average 40 in Test cricket. That’s a huge ask, even for recognised batsmen,” Broad said.

The modest Nottinghamshire all-rounder really wants is to spend a night in his own bed and maybe hang a shelf or two.

“I bought a house six months ago and I’ve only spent about 20 nights there. When we have finished with these one-day games and the Champions Trophy, all I’m looking forward to is 2-3 weeks at home and a bit of decorating before we go to South Africa.”

Andrew Flintoff is reportedly having six feet mosaics of the Ashes urn installed in the swimming pools, but Broad’s ambition extends no farther than getting house painted.

Nor does he plan to decorate his body, Flintoff-style. “My mum would never let me in the house again if I had a tattoo,” he said. (ANI)

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Flower confident of Pietersen recovering before South African tour

September 3, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Sep 3 (ANI): England cricket team director Andy Flower has expressed confidence that injured batsman Kevin Pietersen will make a full recovery and would return for the tour of South Africa.

Pietersen was forced out of the Ashes series following an Achilles injury, and has suffered a further setback after developing an infection in the scar tissue making him unavailable for the ODI series against Australia.

“He is still struggling a little with that wound in his Achilles. I spoke to him yesterday but I think we are confident in saying he will be back for South Africa,” The Independent quoted Flower, as saying.

Flower further said that he has advised Peitersen to use the time as a break from the busy schedule of an international cricket player.

“Sometimes you never know what is good or bad luck. It is enforced time away and he didn’t want it and we didn’t want it, but since it’s there and there is nothing anyone can do about it, I think he has got to make the most of it,” Flower said.

“I think that is what he is doing. He is spending time with his family and his wife and getting a break from the international game,” he added.

Flower also said that he was unsure about all-rounder Andrew Flintoff’s career, who had underwent a knee surgery after the Ashes series.

“If he can come back and play one-day international and Twenty20 cricket for us and bat at six or seven and bowl like he can bowl, that will make us a force to be reckoned with in one-day cricket,” Flower said.

“Whether he will or not I don’t know, I just hope he does,” he added. (ANI)

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McGrath’s advice to Johnson: Keep it simple

August 27, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Sydney, Aug.27 (ANI): Former Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath has told left-arm quick Mitchell Johnson not to overdo or over think things and keep things simple if he wants to reach his considerable potential as a Test match bowler.

McGrath, who has high hopes for Johnson and the other two members of Australia’s Ashes pace attack – Ben Hilfenhaus and Peter Siddle, feels Johnson’s potential, will be reached only through a clear head uncluttered by countless theories about his bowling technique.

Though finishing with a solid return of 20 wickets at 32 in the Ashes series, Johnson was not the rampant force he was in South Africa and earlier at home.

“All his problems were sorted out when Michael Clarke said to him ‘just bowl fast’,” McGrath said.

“I can understand that. He needs to keep it simple. That is the key. He just has to clear his head and not complicate things. Less things can go wrong when you keep it simple. I just used to switch a voice off in my head, pick out a song to sing at the top of my mark and trust myself that my body knew how to bowl. It didn’t always work. But if you win the battle with yourself you are 75 per cent towards being successful,” the Courier Mail quoted McGrath, as saying.

“That’s all Mitch needs to do. Just relax. Even when he isn’t bowling well he still takes wickets. It is just a confidence thing. He needs to just run in and bowl,” he added.

McGrath also felt that Brett Lee can again return as a Test match force for Australia but the Johnson-Siddle-Hilfenhaus union has the potential to be a long-term one for Australia.

“Those three guys will grow as time goes on. They were the leading wicket-takers in the Ashes from both teams. You can’t really sledge them too much because I think they have done pretty well,” he said.

McGrath said Lee bowled well in an early tour game before being injured and cannot be dismissed from Test match calculations this summer when Australia play the West Indies and Pakistan in three-Test series.(ANI)

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ICC failed to deal with Muralitharan’s chucking: Richardson

August 25, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Christchurch, Aug 24 (ANI): Former New Zealand opener Mark Richardson has accused the Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan of breaching the 15 degree flexion rule.

Richardson said Muralitharan often bends his arm beyond the 15-degree norm even though he felt it was not the spinner but the indifferent International Cricket Council (ICC), which was at fault.

“There is no easy way to put this, no soft way to broach it, so here goes – Muttiah Muralitharan is throwing the ball,” Richardson wrote in Herald on Sunday.

“I know he’s been tested, re-tested, tested again and cleared. And I know, with the special makeup of his limbs to the naked eye, his action looks worse than it is. But, for goodness sake, half of cricket is now not watched with the naked eye, thanks to the invention of super-slow-motion cameras, hot-spots, snicko and hawk-eyes.

“Many of the slow-motion replays I’ve seen of Murali have only strengthened my conviction he is exceeding the 15 degrees bending and straightening allowance. Is it not meant to be the other way round? Isn’t the hi-tech equipment meant to alleviate my fears?” he asked.

Unlike former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe, who often flays Muralitharan, Richardson didn’t blame the offie, but opined ICC had failed to deal with the issue.

“I don’t blame Murali for this situation. Murali can only do what he does – and what he does he does as a champion, and unlike the other great spinner of my time, Murali does it with good grace and gentlemanly conduct,” Richardson said.

“The problem lies with the inappropriate way in which the ICC has decided to police throwing. A player is suspected of throwing and then, for want of a better term, tested in a laboratory. We’ve all seen the pictures of Murali lit up with bulbs. To his credit he volunteered for this. Apparently he proved he wasn’t a chucker.
“But did he really? What he proved is that he can bowl within limitation, not that in the heat of battle he actually does,” The Dawn quoted him, as saying.

He said that the way the ICC has gone about dealing with this situation, too many bowlers now appear to have suspect actions and can operate for too long before there is any reaction. (ANI)

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Oz paceman Siddle delighted at being leading wicket taker

August 21, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Aug 21(ANI): Australian paceman Peter Siddle has become the leading wicket taker in this Ashes series, and following the struggle that he had to go through in the first two Test matches, he is delighted with the achievement.

Siddle took four wickets for 63 runs on the opening day of the fifth Ashes Test match at The Oval, giving him 20 wickets at an average of just under 27.

“I didn’t even realise that. I’m just happy to be able to go out there now – with how I started in the series, I was a little bit disappointed personally – to now be a little bit more on track and bowling to how I like to play, and lucky enough to have had a bit of success,” The Daily Telegraph quoted Siddle, as saying.

“I’m happy if I can just bowl well and do well for the team, whether it’s bowling a lot of maidens and the bloke at the other end getting the wickets, or I’m getting the wickets,” he added.

Siddle further said that aggression comes naturally to him and has sharpened up his bowling consistency, which makes him feel comfortable and more at ease while bowling.

“I don’t think I had to change natural aggression. I showed in South Africa that’s the way I play my game and I went at just over two an over. I think it’s being more consistent and patient with my lines and lengths,” Siddle said.

“The aggression’s been the same all the way through the tour. I’ve sharpened up on the consistency that I’ve bowled with, and that’s probably working for me,” he added. (ANI)

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Siddle says no place for spinners in The Oval Test

August 21, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Aug 21(ANI): Australian paceman Peter Siddle has backed Australian selectors for their decision to play four quicks and use part-time spinners in the series decider at The Oval.

The Oval pitch turned low and slow on the opening day of the Test match, and Australian selectors were being asked if they should have opted for an off-spinner -Nathan Hauritz- in the team.

“I don’t think it’s deteriorating, still a good wicket. Still a nice wicket to bowl on. It’s going to stay pretty solid and will be a pretty good batting wicket over the next two or three days,” The Fox Sports quoted Siddle, as saying.

“I don’t think spin will be a massive part of it. When all four quicks stuck together and bowled in partnership, we had success,” he added.

Australia used part-time spinner Marcus North, who extracted some sharp turn and bounce from the pitch in the 14 overs that he bowled during the first day.

Meanwhile, England batsman Ian Bell expressed surprise at Hauritz not being picked fot the Test match.

“I guess when you look at it where we are now after day one, hindsight’s a great thing,” Bell said.

“When you look at it now, a little bit surprised. Again Australia beat us in two and a bit days at Headingley and that is pretty tough on someone not to get picked after such a good win,” he added. (ANI)

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Mitch Johnson is loving his newly discovered art of sledging

August 12, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, Aug.12 (ANI): Australian left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Johnson is loving his newly discovered art of sledging, and said he will ramp it up during next week’s fifth and final Test at The Oval after rediscovering his form and confidence at Headingley.

“I don’t normally say too much, but maybe it was a bit of a surprise to those guys for me to say something,” Johnson said.

“It felt good to do it and I’ll continue to do it. Just keep puffing my chest out and keep getting into the contest … a stare here and there. I think that’s definitely worked for me and I’ve definitely got a lot more confidence now and really enjoying it again,” the Sydney Morning Herald quoted him, as saying.

The rejuvenated pacer also admitted that the English crowd had got under his skin in the second Test, causing him to lose focus and nearly his spot in the side.

“I didn’t really know where they were going, to be honest. I bowled a lot of wide, short balls. That was a pretty tough moment for me. To be copping it from the English crowd, I didn’t know how to deal with it at the time. It was the most I’ve copped it,” Jonson said of that experience at Lord’s.

There were no more mocking songs to be heard after Johnson’s excellent spell of 5-69 to wrap up the fourth Test inside three days.

Johnson is not a bowler who responds well to intense coaching. These technical considerations got inside Johnson’s head earlier this tour, when he was wound up and unable to think clearly. It took a simple word with vice-captain Michael Clarke during a tour match in Northamptonshire, between the second and third Tests, for Johnson to click again.

“During that Lord’s Test, I can remember clearly I was thinking about wrist position, I was thinking about front-arm pull-down, I was thinking about running in, I was thinking about everything that I could,” Johnson said.

“Edgbaston was totally different. I just ran in, didn’t worry about it. Michael Clarke said to me at the practice game, when he came out to field, ‘Just run in and bowl fast. That’s what you do best’. That’s what I’ve been trying to do: run in, hit my areas and not worry about technical stuff out on the field. It’s been a bit different than normal. The first two Tests especially, I felt a bit more pressure than I have in the past. I’ve started to handle it a lot more now,” Johnson said.

He also said issues taking place off the field did not affect when he was on the field.

He was referring to the much publicised spat between his mother, Vicky Harber, and his girlfriend, Jessica Bratich.

Johnson has 16 wickets at 32.62 for the series, and has retained his No.3 ranking on the ICC’s top Test bowlers list after the spirited fight back in Leeds. (ANI)

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Coaching should be aimed at honing cricketers’ natural skills: Rashid Latif

August 9, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Karachi, Aug. 9 (ANI): Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has said that coaching techniques aimed at honing the natural skills of a player are more effective than those that fidget with the abilities of a player.

Speaking ahead of the start of the three-week NCA coaching camp, Latif said that he and his colleagues would ensure that the players were trained keeping intact their natural abilities.

As many as 28 players, who would attend the camp were picked on their potential and performances during the last domestic season, The Nation reports.

Latif recalled how a young fast bowler Ateeq-ur-Rehman was advised to change his bowling style, which eventually resulted in him losing the effectiveness that nature had given him.

He said Wasim Akram became the greatest left arm pacer because he was allowed to bowl in his natural style though some felt that his delivery style was not ideal for a left armer.

Hoping that the selected players would be mentally tougher at the end of the three weeks camp, Latif said special stress would be laid to teach the players about benefits of having a positive attitude. (ANI)

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Shoaib Akhtar still has a future in international cricket: Qasim

August 8, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Islamabad, Aug 8 (ANI): Pakistan Cricket Board’s newly appointed chief selector Iqbal Qasim has stated that controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar still has a future in international cricket.

Qasim said: “The door is not closed on Shoaib Akhtar, he can still play cricket for Pakistan in future, however what he needs to do is to prove to the selection committee that he is fit enough for international cricket.”

Speaking exclusively to PakPassion.net, he said the reports that the selectors received were that Akhtar was not fit enough to be eligible for selection for the 30 man preliminary squad for the Champions Trophy and they took note of those reports accordingly.

“It is absolutely vital that Shoaib Akhtar performs well and on a regular basis in the coming domestic cricket season and proves to the selectors that not only is he bowling well and taking wickets, but he can maintain his fitness levels too. Its down to Shoaib to show us that he can get himself fit and bowl well,” he said.

Qasim said is it a very important domestic season for Akhtar, and other players who are on the verge of international selection.

“I am going into this job with a very open mind and the selection door is open to youngsters, up and coming players and of course to former international players who are not in the current squad in Sri Lanka. Basically anyone who is performing well in domestic cricket stands a very good chance of selection,” he added. (ANI)

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Sandra Bullock wants boob job to look like a “bimbo” (corrected)

July 29, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, July 28 (ANI): Actress Sandra Bullock wants to get a cosmetic surgery done to enhance her twin assets in order to look like a bimbo.

“I need surgery. I’m getting some boobs. I think that’s my problem. All my brains are in my butt, they’re not in my chest,” she said jokingly.

She said: “I want to be the bimbo, I want to be looked at as the bimbo, purely as a sexual object. I’ve been working for that for a very long time.”

The beauty also revealed that she needs to exercise regularly to remain in shape, but that does not stop her from eating fatty foods, she generally craves for, reports an entertainment news agency.

She added: “I don’t believe in denying myself anything. If I can be good during the week, then at the weekend I can eat whatever I want.

“I love good food. I love pastas and cheeses and a nice glass of wine. I love good clean, hearty food.

“But a steak, and a great glass of wine, there’s nothing better than that – some homemade French Fries and a big bowl of ice-cream.” (ANI)

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Flintoff set to quit Test cricket after Ashes

July 15, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

London, July 15 (ANI): England all rounder Andrew Flintoff is ready to quit Test cricket at the end of this Ashes series.

Flintoff, who has been afflicted with constant injuries, wants to quit five-day matches to prolong his career for England as an ODI and Twenty20 player.

The all-rounder, 31, fears his body will no longer take playing all forms of the game. Flintoff’s displays have dipped since his 2005 Ashes heroics, after a string of injuries and operations.

He will today bowl in the nets to try to prove his fitness in order to play in the second Test against Australia at Lord’s tomorrow.

Flintoff’s inclusion is doubtful after aggravating the right knee on which he had surgery in April, The Sun reports.

Flintoff has undergone four ankle operations as well as suffering back, hip, shoulder and groin problems. And he knows his days as England’s star in Test cricket are numbered because of the physical strain of bowling.

Flintoff, a father of three, also does not want to leave his family for months on end. In the past, he has taken wife Rachael and his kids on tour, but that has become tough as they have reached school age.

He plans to play in ODIs and T20 games, as well as keep his lucrative contract with Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League. (ANI)

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Anderson says Ponting let England off the hook

July 13, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Cardiff (Wales), July 13 (ANI): Batting hero Jimmy Anderson on Sunday claimed that Australian captain Ricky Ponting took his fingers off England’s throat by bowling part-time spinner Marcus North in the dramatic final overs at Cardiff.

As England held out for a controversial draw, Ponting tossed the ball to North for two of the final four overs.

Off-spinner Nathan Hauritz was bowling at the other end at a time when Australia’s pacers had been far more threatening to the last batting pair of Anderson and Monty Panesar.

“Certainly when they put Marcus North on I thought we had a great chance, them putting a part time spinner on,” The Daily Telegraph quoted Anderson, as saying.

“I thought, we’ve got a good chance here because Monty was playing it very well, we were communicating well together,” he added.

Ponting, however, vigorously defended the use of his spinners, saying time was running out and Australia needed to bowl as many deliveries as possible at England’s last pair.

“Look, we were running a bit short of time. Once they forged that last partnership, we needed to get as many balls into their batsmen as possible. A few other minutes being taken up by other things. Two left-handers being in, two off spinners being on, I thought we could create some chances,” Ponting said.

England skipper Andrew Strauss refused to publicly savage Ponting for the spin ploy, but claimed the tailenders would have found spearhead pacer Mitchell Johnson more difficult to face.

“I could understand what he was doing, but personally I thought Mitchell Johnson would have been harder for these two to face,” Strauss said.

“Each captain sees things differently, I suppose. It’s a difficult situation when you’re trying to rush through overs when you get to the back end of the game there,” he said.

“The reality was that it was a very flat wicket and it was difficult to prise people out, especially if they showed application, which the second half of our order did,” Strauss said. (ANI)

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Oz experts’ panel questions Ponting’s tactics

July 13, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Melbourne/Cardiff, July 13 (ANI): A panel of Australian cricketing experts, including Nick McArdle, Damien Fleming and Mark Waugh, have concluded that Australian captain Ricky Ponting’s tactics on the final day of the first Ashes Test at Cardiff, Wales, came up short, and this enabled England to salvage a draw.

Former Australia fast bowler Damien Fleming said he was mystified by Ponting’s decision to remove pace bowler Ben Hilfenhaus just after he had taken the crucial wicket of Graeme Swann to leave the hosts reeling at 8-221.

“I do not know,” Fleming said when asked why Ponting had taken Australia’s in-form quick out of the attack at such a pivotal moment.

“I would have liked to see Hilfenhaus and (Peter) Siddle bowl together for about half-a-dozen overs when they took that ninth wicket. That didn’t happen … I’m sure we will hear a fair bit from it in the next couple of days.”

Former middle-order bat Mark Waugh believes both teams would draw some confidence from the result, but felt that the Aussies are going to be “disappointed” after dominating the Test for large periods

Waugh said he wasn’t expecting a heap of changes from either side but he feels England still have “much more improvement in them”.

With the honours shared, the consensus among the panel appears to be that England might just have scored a decisive moral victory over their Aussie foes.

“Let’s hope we’re not regretting that come fifth Test time,” Fleming said.

Meanwhile in Cardiff, Fox Sports commentators Brendon Julian and Greg Blewett described the last hour of play as “gut wrenching” from an Australian point of view.

Though Australia were unable to finish the job, the panelists agreed that the form of off-spinner Hauritz was an encouraging sign for the rest of the series. (ANI)

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Ponting admits to giving Lee the occasional kick in the backside to rev him up

July 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Cardiff (Wales), July 9 (ANI): Ricky Ponting has said that he has had to give Brett Lee an occasional kick up the backside to get the best out of his fast bowler.

The Age said that he delivered one such “rocket” during the tour game at Worcester, during which Lee injured a side muscle.

Recalling the incident, Ponting said that he was struggling to get Lee’s attention, who was mucking around with the crowd at fine leg during the first innings against the England Lions.

“I’d waved to him and told him to warm up to bowl the next over, because I knew the ball was going to reverse. But he hadn’t warmed up, so I explained that if he hadn’t been talking to the crowd, maybe he would have heard what I was talking about,” Ponting said in an interview with former England captain Nasser Hussain in the Daily Mail.

Ponting and Lee clashed during the fast bowler’s difficult tour of India last year when Lee queried why he had not been brought into the attack, and the Australian captain told Hussain that his star pacer was someone who needed the occasional kick in the pants.

“Sometimes he is, and one of a captain’s biggest roles is to understand his players’ personalities and get the best out of them,” Ponting said.

“The incident with Brett that’s been most highlighted was in India where it was just a bit of a miscommunication about why he wasn’t bowling at a certain time of day. We got that sorted out but I think a rocket for a player every now and then is not the worst thing. If they’re the right sort of character, they’ll bounce back.”

Lee took seven wickets for the match but stiffened up during the bus ride from Worcester to Cardiff, later explaining that he had been desperate to prove he could still bowl with express pace in an effort to reclaim his place in the team. (ANI)

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Former Pak cricketers blame poor team selection for Galle debacle

July 8, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Islamabad, July 8 (ANI): Former Test cricketers have blamed poor team selection for Pakistan’s humiliating defeat against Sri Lanka in the first Test match at Galle.

Former fast bowler Sarfraz Nawaz and wicket keeper Moin Khan were furious over Pakistan’s incredible batting collapse, which resulted in a 50 run defeat in the first match of the three match Test series.

Nawaz criticized the team management for not including Abdul Razzaq, Danish Kaneria and Fawaz Alam in the team, even after their disciplined show in the practice match played ahead of the first Test.

“Where was Abdul Razzaq, where was Fawad Alam, where was Danish Kaneria?” The News quoted Nawaz, as saying.

Chasing a modest target of 168 runs for victory, the Pakistan middle order crumbled dramatically from 71 for two on the third day to 177 all out on the fourth day of the Test.

“It was unbelievable the way our batting collapsed. I was not expecting such a performance,” Nawaz added.

Besides criticizing captain Younis Khan for not playing Kaneria and Razzaq, he said Khan’s decision of coming out to bowl before lunch on the first day of the Test match surprised him.

“It shows that you haven’t done your homework and left out two of your key bowlers,” he said.

Blaming the poor team composition, Moin Khan said left-handed batsman Fawad Alam should have been included in the playing eleven.

“Alam scored 80 odd runs in the warm-up game, he’s an excellent fielder and a player who can also bowl left-arm spin, I fail to understand why he was left out,” Khan said. (ANI)

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Five ex-England captains back Strauss to lift Ashes

July 8, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Cardiff (Wales), July 8 (ANI): Andrew Strauss has been backed for Ashes glory by the only five England captains still alive who have lifted the urn.

As Strauss leads his side into today’s first npower Test against the Aussies in Cardiff, Raymond Illingworth, Mike Brearley, David Gower, Mike Gatting and Michael Vaughan all agreed it will be close – but the five wise men’s verdict is for an England triumph.

Vaughan, who retired from cricket last week, said: “Nothing would give me greater pleasure than seeing Straussy lift that urn and joining our select band.

“England have the flair and the firepower to bowl the Aussies out twice and to keep them in the field long enough to put them under pressure. I think we could win 2-1 or even 2-0.”

Illingworth, now 77, regained the Ashes Down Under in 1970-1 despite England not having a single lbw appeal upheld.

He said: “Originally I was leaning slightly towards Australia, but losing Brett Lee is a major blow for them and that has tipped the balance back in England’s favour.”

Gatting, the last England captain to lift the urn on Aussie soil in 1987, said: “I’m also going for England 2-1 for the simple reason we have more variety in our attack.”

Brearley, the mastermind behind the 1981 series win, believes England have a “decent chance” but warned: “The margin between death and glory is always narrow.”

And Gower, who piloted England’s 3-1 win in 1985, added: “I think it might be 2-2 but if a key player like Kevin Pietersen has a great series that could tip the balance.” (ANI)

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Warne says ‘defensive’ Hauritz can be attacking bowler if shown faith in

July 8, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Brisbane, July 8(ANI): Former Australian star leg-spinner Shane Warne has urged Australian skipper Ricky Ponting to include off-spinner Nathan Hauritz in the squad for the first Ashes test match, and show faith in the inexperienced bowler by using him in an attacking way.

Australia’s greatest spinner said that while Hauritz has a “defensive-type” role in tests, altering it to an attacking mode, would make him more effective.

“I suppose Nathan Hauritz has bit of a reputation of being a defensive-type spinner. I think what the selectors and Ricky want is some sort of control, so if they are in trouble they can tie up an end with some defensive bowling and give the quicks a bit of rest,” The Courier-Mail quoted Warne, as saying.

“But I think you can’t just have a spinner like that, Nathan can be an attacking bowler. He needs the right fields, to bowl at the right times and to be shown some faith from the captain,” he added.

Warne also suggested that Aussies could use Hauritz against England’s dangerous batsman Kevin Pietersen, as he may lose his wicket while trying to attack the inexperienced bowler in the squad.

“When Kevin Pietersen comes in to bat I would have Mitchell Johnson at one end and Nathan Hauritz at the other end straight away. He will be tested by Johnson trying to get him out LBW and he will try to destroy Hauritz straight away,” Warne said.

“When KP first gets in he is very vulnerable. That would be my plan and that shows faith in Hauritz. He has definitely improved.

He can be an attacking bowler if you show confidence in him,” he added. (ANI)

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