Melbourne, Dec. 4 : Top cricketers of Australia have said that they are ready to take on their Cricket Australia bosses over the issue of more pay and wanting less public exposure.
On the pay front, international and state players currently share in a quarter of all revenue, with Cricket Australia recording a total revenue of more than 146 million dollars in
2007-08, up 26 million dollars from a year earlier.
London, Dec. 4 : England cricket captain Kevin Pietersen has been able to persuade key all-rounder Andrew Flintoff to undertake the tour of India in spite of fears in the minds of players following last week’s terror attacks in Mumbai.
According to The Sun, Pietersen talked Flintoff into ignoring his safety concerns and agreeing in principle to appear in the two-Test series that begins from December 11.
Fast bowler Steve Harmison has also agreed to play on. Injured fast bowler Ryan Sidebottom will be the only absentee.
London, Dec. 4: Though the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has sought a confirmation from players that they would travel to India next week, it is expecting a last minute defection from some of the team’s first-choice bowlers.
According to The Telegraph, a compromise has been reached that all players except injured fast bowler Ryan Sidebottom will travel to Abu Dhabi for a training schedule, but they will make a final decision on whether to tour or not to tour India only Sunday after receiving a security update from players'' representative Sean Morris.
Sydney, December 3 : Don Bradman’s baggy green cap is expected to cost bidders more than 1 million dollars at an auction of cricket memorabilia.
The cap, worn by the Aussie batsman during the 1948 Invincibles Ashes tour of England and initially estimated at 750,000, dollars, is set to fetch more than 1 million dollars with early interest.
London, Dec. 3 : At least six of England cricketers, who landed with the team in Mumbai last month, are likely to pull out of the tour to India, even as the ECB awaits an Indian Government assurance that the team will be guarded by crack commandos.
All rounder Andrew Flintoff and fast bowler Steve Harmison are thought to harbour major reservations about the trip. Fast bowler Ryan Sidebottom is out with an injury, and the other three who don’t want go, have not been named, former England fast bowler Dominic Cork says a majority of the team is pretty traumatized by last week’s terror attacks in Mumbai.
Melbourne, Dec. 3 : Australian spinner Jason Krejza has said that he will exploit South Africa''s "weakness" against spin during the first Test in Perth.
Krejza, who took 12 wickets in his debut Test against India in Ngapur last month was quoted by The Age as saying: "That is something I have obviously been looking at and I''m hoping to bring that weakness out if I get that opportunity."
Melbourne, Dec. 4 : Top cricketers of Australia have said that they are ready to take on their Cricket Australia bosses over the issue of more pay and wanting less public exposure.
London, Dec. 4 : England cricket captain Kevin Pietersen has been able to persuade key all-rounder Andrew Flintoff to undertake the tour of India in spite of fears in the minds of players following last week’s terror attacks in Mumbai.
London, Dec. 4: Though the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has sought a confirmation from players that they would travel to India next week, it is expecting a last minute defection from some of the team’s first-choice bowlers.
Sydney, December 3 : Don Bradman’s baggy green cap is expected to cost bidders more than 1 million dollars at an auction of cricket memorabilia.
London, Dec. 3 : At least six of England cricketers, who landed with the team in Mumbai last month, are likely to pull out of the tour to India, even as the ECB awaits an Indian Government assurance that the team will be guarded by crack commandos.
Melbourne, Dec. 3 : Australian spinner Jason Krejza has said that he will exploit South Africa''s "weakness" against spin during the first Test in Perth.
