| Round two of cricket beer wars erupt
Australian cricket's beer wars have created a sponsorship stand-off between Cricket Australia and Queensland Cricket heading into the first Ashes Test of the summer. CA wants advertising signs promoting XXXX Gold's beach cricket concept taken down during the Gabba Test but QC is sticking behind its long-time major sponsor. Lion Nathan, Fourex's parent company, has already been accused by ambush marketing by major rival and major CA sponsor, the Fosters Group. The stoush between the breweries initially came to light after former Test skipper Allan Border was forced to resign as a selector because he refused to sign a contract decreeing he would not infringe on the interests of CA's major backers. .
Pitched battle at CCI
MUMBAI: The cricket at the rich mans club has failed to live up to the grand expectations. So much so that Raj Singh Dungarpur, president of the Cricket Club of India, has thrown up his hands and said he would request the International Cricket Council (ICC) to shift the final scheduled to be held here on November 5 to another venue. ICC, however, has dismissed any such move as hypothetical and alarmist. The Brabourne Stadium (or the Cricket Club of India) has witnessed two days of abysmal cricket. Batsmen of the calibre of Brian Lara, Jacques Kallis and Herschelle Gibbs have been made to look ordinary. We will see how the wicket behaves on Wednesday when Australia take on the West Indies. If it still has low bounce, I will put my hands up, said Dungarpur. I will ask the ICC to shift the final to some other venue.
Vaughan's declaration: 'I may never play again'
MICHAEL VAUGHAN, who is nominally England captain, will hand over the job to Andrew Flintoff should his stand-in lead England to success in Australia this winter. I am the first to admit that if we go to Australia and Freddie retains the Ashes, he should keep the job, Vaughan said. Im there in the background in case they need me as a leader. Its not the be-all and end-all of my career to be captain. I just want to come back and play cricket again. .
We played positive cricket, says Khan
Jaipur: Pakistan skipper Younis Khan and all-rounder Abdul Razzaq talked to Gulf News on how they managed the impossible win over Sri Lanka. Gulf News: Did you really expect to win this match, especially since your team has been under pressure? Younis Khan: Before the start of the match I reminded my players that cricket is a team game and that a co-ordinated and determined effort can bring us victory. I also reminded them that every match is a new one and that they should not be affected by the reputation of the opponents. If you can single out one important factor that contributed to your victory, what would that be? We played positive cricket. What was needed from the seniors and the youngsters in the team was a positive outlook towards the match.
West Indies Beats Australia
The West Indies cricket team beat Australia by 10 runs today in the first of the final matches of the International Cricket Council's one-day championship. What was expected to be the hardest team to beat, the West Indian underdogs secured a final score of 234/6 (50 ov) and Australia 224/9 (50 ov). Under the late captaincy of the Guyanese national Ramnaresh Sarwan - who was put in charge after Trinidadian Brian Lara suffered a back injury after batting this morning - the West Indies may have passed its biggest hurdle on the way to defending its title.
Jerome Taylor was one of the top runners to be named Man-of-the-Match for taking 4 wickets for 44 runs. Instead, his team mate West Indian Runako Morton got the title for his 90 runs. .
Somerset pull the plug on Bath festival
THE inexorable decline of the county cricket festival, an integral part of the game in England since 1842, will be accentuated next year when another traditional week is likely to be discontinued. Somerset, who first played at Bath in 1880, are planning to give up holding championship matches at the Recreation Ground and are looking instead at staging fixtures at Truro in Cornwall, where a significant number of their members reside. Harsh financial considerations, which a number of first-class counties who plan to redevelop their grounds are having to take, are behind this recommendation by Richard Gould, the chief executive of Somerset, to his committee. .
We played positive cricket, says Khan
Jaipur: Pakistan skipper Younis Khan and all-rounder Abdul Razzaq talked to Gulf News on how they managed the impossible win over Sri Lanka. Gulf News: Did you really expect to win this match, especially since your team has been under pressure? Younis Khan: Before the start of the match I reminded my players that cricket is a team game and that a co-ordinated and determined effort can bring us victory. I also reminded them that every match is a new one and that they should not be affected by the reputation of the opponents. If you can single out one important factor that contributed to your victory, what would that be? We played positive cricket. What was needed from the seniors and the youngsters in the team was a positive outlook towards the match.
West Indies Beats Australia
The West Indies cricket team beat Australia by 10 runs today in the first of the final matches of the International Cricket Council's one-day championship. What was expected to be the hardest team to beat, the West Indian underdogs secured a final score of 234/6 (50 ov) and Australia 224/9 (50 ov). Under the late captaincy of the Guyanese national Ramnaresh Sarwan - who was put in charge after Trinidadian Brian Lara suffered a back injury after batting this morning - the West Indies may have passed its biggest hurdle on the way to defending its title.
Jerome Taylor was one of the top runners to be named Man-of-the-Match for taking 4 wickets for 44 runs. Instead, his team mate West Indian Runako Morton got the title for his 90 runs. .
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