Sydney, Dec. 6: Australian opener and New South Wales captain Simon Katich believes that Ricky Ponting will opt for a spinning option during the first Test against South Africa to be played at the WACA in Perth from December 17.
"Generally in the past we have played a spinner in Perth. Whether it''s been Stuey MacGill, Beau Casson or Nathan Hauritz. Whoever it is, we generally like to play one as it adds balance to the attack," news. com. au quoted Katich, as saying.
Sydney, Dec. 5: Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting says his side deserves the number one ranking in Test cricket even if South Africa defeats them this month.
"It has taken us a long time and a lot of great wins in different conditions around the world to get us to that No. 1 spot," Fox Sports quoted Ponting, as saying on Thursday.
Melbourne, Dec. 5 : The hype surrounding South African fast bowler Dale Steyn ahead of his team’s tour of Australia, suggests that Australian cricketers need to very prepared to tackle Allan "White Lightning" Donald’s natural heir.
Steyn has commendably taken over the South African pace bowling throne once occupied by the likes of Donald, Garth Le Roux, Mike Procter, Peter Pollock and Neil Adcock, reports The Age.
Like Donald after the Proteas'' re-admission to the international arena in 1991, Steyn has wasted no time in putting the fear of pace into the world''s batsmen.
Melbourne, Dec. 5: Former International Cricket Council (ICC) CEO Malcolm Speed has played down reports of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) playing a domineering and irresponsible role in the running of world cricket, but acknowledges that if it is doing so, there are processes in place to curtail it.
Following striking performances in the recent ODI series against England, flamboyant batsman Yuvraj Singh made a comeback to the Indian Test squad on Thursday. The national selection committee in Chennai also included the left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha in the 15-man squad for the two-Test series.
While Yuvraj replaced the recently-retired Sourav Ganguly, Ojha made it to the squad at the expense of left-arm seamer R P Singh.
Sydney, Dec. 6: Australian opener and New South Wales captain Simon Katich believes that Ricky Ponting will opt for a spinning option during the first Test against South Africa to be played at the WACA in Perth from December 17.
Melbourne, Dec. 6 : Believe it or not, Australia’s cricketers get paid 672 dollars for every single that they score, or every wicket that they snare.
Sydney, Dec. 5: Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting says his side deserves the number one ranking in Test cricket even if South Africa defeats them this month.
Melbourne, Dec. 5: Former International Cricket Council (ICC) CEO Malcolm Speed has played down reports of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) playing a domineering and irresponsible role in the running of world cricket, but acknowledges that if it is doing so, there are processes in place to curtail it.
Following striking performances in the recent ODI series against England, flamboyant batsman Yuvraj Singh made a comeback to the Indian Test squad on Thursday. The national selection committee in Chennai also included the left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha in the 15-man squad for the two-Test series.
