Cricket

Opener Cook appointed England vice captain for Windies tour

Opener Cook appointed England vice captain for Windies tourLondon, Jan. 25 : Opener Alastair Cook has been named the vice-captain of the England Test cricket team for the Caribbean tour, suggesting that the England and Wales Cricket Board sees him as future captaincy material.

Essex batsman Cook, 24, has been chosen over the more experienced former one-day skipper Paul Collingwood. Collingwood is likely to be Strauss''s deputy in the one-dayers.

Sri Lanka helped by Dilshan’s ton to a big total

Sri Lanka helped by Dilshan’s ton to a big totalThe final day-night international against Pakistan on Saturday saw Sri Lanka making 309 for 5 wickets with the help of makeshift opener Tillakaratne Dilshan, who struck a career-best hundred.

Dilshan, who is 32-years-old, impressed the onlookers when he made 132 runs for his second one-day hundred and shared in three important partnerships. Sri Lanka won the toss and opted to bat on a docile Gaddafi Stadium pitch.

England stars pledge 10% of their IPL fees to counties

England stars pledge 10% of their IPL fees to countiesIt has been recently learnt that 10% of the Indian Premier League earnings of England stars Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff would be donated to their respective counties Hampshire and Lancashire.

The agreement was arrived when the two players were permitted a three-week window for this year's IPL, which means they will miss the start of the county season.

Shoaib Malik denies making comment on Akhtar’s “lack of commitment”

Malik denies making comment on Akhtar’s “lack of commitment”Lahore, Jan. 24: Pakistan cricket captain Shoaib Malik has denied making any comments on Shoaib Akhtar's commitment on the field during the first two matches of the Sri Lanka series.

Malik said that he was misinterpreted by the media, as he was talking about the commitment of the whole team and never pointed fingers to any individual, The News reported.

"I was talking about the 11 players who played the match and people did not understand me," Malik said.

Mushtaq vows to make Panesar a match-winner again

Mushtaq vows to make Panesar a match-winner againLondon, Jan 24 : Former Pakistani leg spinner Mushtaq Ahmed is trying to shake off mutterings about his murky past and make Monty Panesar a match-winner again.

Mushtaq praised Panesar, and said Monty "has the potential to win games single-handed."

Mushtaq, England's new spin-bowling guru was heavily criticised in cricket's most detailed match-fixing probe nine years ago, The Sun reported.

Symonds radio rant puts CA in a difficult position again

Symonds radio rant puts CA in a difficult position againMelbourne, Jan 24 : Controversial all rounder Andrew Symonds has put Cricket Australia in a bind following his description of New Zealand batsman Brendon McCullum as a "lump of s**t" on a radio show.

Symonds will be quizzed by the Board over a bizarre radio rant and is certain to stretch the patience of CA, FOX Sports reported.

CA officials and team management have been prepared in the past to forgive Symonds for his sins because of his enormous cricketing talent, but this latest bout of bad behaviour is just what they don't need.

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