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Captain Cool: the MS Dhoni Story
Captain Cool The MS Dhoni Story GULU Ezekiel is one of India’s best known sports writers and authors with nearly forty years of experience in print, TV, radio and internet. He has previously been Sports Editor at Asian Age, NDTV and indya.com and is the author of over a dozen sports books on cricket, the Olympics and table tennis. Gulu has also contributed extensively to sports books published from India, England and Australia and has written for over a hundred publications worldwide since his first article was published in 1980. Based in New Delhi from 1991, in August 2001 Gulu launched GE Features, a features and syndication service which has syndicated columns by Sir Richard Hadlee and Jacques Kallis (cricket) Mahesh Bhupathi (tennis) and Ajit Pal Singh (hockey) among others. He is also a familiar face on TV where he is a guest expert on numerous Indian news channels as well as on foreign channels and radio stations. This is his first book for Westland Limited and is the fourth revised and updated edition of the book first published in September 2008 and follows the third edition released in September 2013. Website: www.guluzekiel.com Twitter: @gulu1959 First Published by Westland Publications Private Limited in 2008 61, 2nd Floor, Silverline Building, Alapakkam Main Road, Maduravoyal, Chennai 600095 Westland and the Westland logo are the trademarks of Westland Publications Private Limited, or its affiliates. Text Copyright © Gulu Ezekiel, 2008 ISBN: 9788193655641 The views and opinions expressed in this work are the author’s own and the facts are as reported by him, and the publisher is in no way liable for the same. -
Cricket Memorabilia Society Postal Auction Closing at Noon 10
CRICKET MEMORABILIA SOCIETY POSTAL AUCTION CLOSING AT NOON 10th JULY 2020 Conditions of Postal Sale The CMS reserves the right to refuse items which are damaged or unsuitable, or we have doubts about authenticity. Reserves can be placed on lots but must be agreed with the CMS. They should reflect realistic values/expectations and not be the “highest price” expected. The CMS will take 7% of the price realised, the vendor 93% which will normally be paid no later than 6 weeks after the auction. The CMS will undertake to advertise the memorabilia for auction on its website no later than 3 weeks prior to the closing date of the auction. Bids will only be accepted from CMS members. Postal bids must be in writing or e-mail by the closing date and time shown above. Generally, no item will be sold below 10% of the lower estimate without reference to the vendor.. Thus, an item with a £10-15 estimate can be sold for £9, but not £8, without approval. The incremental scale for the acceptance of bids is as follows: £2 increments up to £20, then £20/22/25/28/30 up to £50, then £5 increments to £100 and £10 increments above that. So, if there are two postal bids at £25 and £30, the item will go to the higher bidder at £28. Should there be two identical bids, the first received will win. Bids submitted between increments will be accepted, thus a £52 bid will not be rounded either up or down. Items will be sent to successful postal bidders the week after the auction and will be sent by the cheapest rate commensurate with the value and size of the item. -
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2016 SPORTS Door is shut on Pietersen return: Morgan JOHANNESBURG: England limited-overs series, and the batsman has returned some regularly said he still wants to play for third-highest scorer in Australia’s Big Bash first series victory over the South Africans in captain Eoin Morgan quashed speculation impressive performances in the South African England. “Interesting he’s saying it’s HIS call! League. His teams made the final in both more than a decade. The ODI team is looking that Kevin Pietersen might be recalled for the and Australian T20 leagues. Very interesting! Hmmmmm...!” Pietersen tournaments. His success in the shortest for- good in South Africa, too, with a 2-0 lead in World Twenty20, saying “that door is com- But speaking to British newspaper The tweeted yesterday. Pietersen was the second- mat prompted suggestions England might the five-match series ahead of the third game pletely shut” for the country’s leading run- Daily Mail from England’s tour of South highest runscorer in South Africa’s Ram Slam re-think its position with Pietersen and con- on Tuesday. scorer in all formats. Africa, Morgan said: “That door is completely late last year, with 401 from just seven games sider recalling him. Morgan said it would not The World T20 in India starts on March 8. Pietersen has become a T20 specialist shut. Kevin will not be picked. That’s from at an average of 80.20. Quinton de Kock, the happen. England appears to have moved on England is in a group with defending cham- since his acrimonious departure from the me.” Morgan’s comments prompted a top runscorer, made 437 runs but played 11 from Pietersen anyway, sealing a 2-1 test pion Sri Lanka, South Africa, West Indies and England setup following the 2013-14 Ashes response on Twitter from Pietersen, who has games. -
ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2020
MEDIA GUIDE Version 3 / January 2019 2 The ICC would like to thank all its Commercial Partners for their support of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup South Africa 2020. ICC U19 CRICKET WORLD CUP 3 I’d like to welcome all members WELCOME of the media here in South Africa and those around the world who ICC CHIEF EXECUTIVE will be covering the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2020. This is the second time that South Africa has On behalf of the ICC, I would like to take this hosted the tournament which is close to the opportunity to thank Cricket South Africa, its staff, hearts of all of us at ICC and is considered a very ground authorities and volunteers in helping us important event on our calendar. It provides organize this important event. I would also like players with an unrivaled experience of global to thank our commercial and broadcast partners events and a real flavour of international cricket for their support in making our events so special at senior level, while cricket fans around the world and taking them to the widest possible audience. can watch tomorrow’s stars in action either in A word of appreciation is likewise due to my person, on television or via the ICC digital channels. colleagues at the ICC, who have worked so hard in preparation for this event. A host of past and present stars have come through this system and the fact that a number of the I would also like to thank all members of the world’s best current players including Virat Kohli, media for your continued support of this event, Steve Smith, Joe Root, Kane Williamson, Sarfraz whether you are here in person or following from Ahmed and Dinesh Chandimal have all figured in your respective countries around the world, the past ICC U19 World Cups, demonstrates the calibre coverage you drive is crucial to the future success of cricketers we can expect to see during this event. -
Aravinda Says Team Needs Tougher and Fitter Bowlers
Monday 22nd November, 2010 ‘Most fast bowlers don’t want to play Test cricket these days’ Aravinda says team needs tougher and fitter bowlers BY REX CLEMENTINE Muralitharan, what we need is to have Thushara and brought in Nuwan men is to play with pain.” fast bowlers who are going to be fit Kulasekara and the uncapped “You can’t be successful in Test hairman of cricket selectors enough and who are able and willing to Shaminda Eranga. Lasith Malinga, the cricket unless you are mentally tough. Aravinda de Silva says that the play Test cricket. Murali and Vaas were most successful bowler after Some of the physios say that some of Cnational cricket team needs extremely successful. The thing about Muralitharan and Vaas has been rested these bowlers should only bowl 15 balls tougher and fitter fast bowlers as they Vaasy is he wasn’t the most talented with the World Cup in mind. at practice sessions, which we have rebuild the team in the post cricketer, but he put in a lot of hard “My concern is that some of these never heard before. Of course if some- Muralitharan-Vaas era. Muttiah work. Unless we find that sort of com- bowlers find it difficult to bowl two days one is recovering from injury that’s Muralitharan, with 800 Test wickets mitment from fast bowlers we are going in a row. I find it difficult to understand understandable. I don’t know why, and Chaminda Vaas, with 355 Test wick- to struggle in the future. The latest the mentality of the modern medical maybe things have changed but our atti- ets, shouldered the Sri Lankan bowling trend among fast bowlers is that they teams as some of these bowlers are told tude and focus have to be right,” de for 15 years and as the team is search- don’t want to play Test cricket,” de that they can’t play two Tests in a row. -
Aravinda Begins New Innings
The Island, Thursday 20th April, 2006 Vaughan back in Mallett surprised at the nets after knee injury LONDON, April 19, 2006 (AFP) - England captain Michael Sri Lanka spin talent Vaughan took a large step towards return- Former Aussie off-spinner starts helping young bowlers ing to the inter- national fold these initial sessions. I’ll be handling to put up a spin bowling structure in by Revata S. Silva after completing players from Under-13 up to the Test side place here. We want to have a data base a net session here,” Mallett told The Island yesterday, and monitor players from the very Ashley Mallett, a renowned Wednesday. after a coaching session at the Sri Lanka young age up to the Test side. It’s basi- Australian off-spinner during the ’70s, Vaughan Cricket Foundation indoor nets. cally creating a culture. It’ll run a lot called Sri Lanka, a place full of talented pulled out of Mallette, who runs “Spin Australia” longer (than three years),” added spinners. Mallett, contracted by Sri England’s recent academy in Adelaide, has worked as a Mallett, who later had a career as a jour- Lanka Cricket (SLC) for three years as tour to India coach in New Zealand, the United nalist. He authored about twenty biogra- its foreign spin bowling coach, is with an injured Kingdom and South Africa. He has had phies of well known cricket personali- presently in Sri Lanka for three weeks to right knee that under his supervision almost all the top ties including those of Victor Trumper work with some selected spin bowlers in has troubled him Test spinners to emerge from Australia (Sr.), Clarrie Grimmett, the legendary the country. -
IPL 2009 Team
Nawshad Shah The “ Cricket Madness” is back again!. The second version of Indian Premier League (IPL), Professional Twenty20 Cricket tournament will start from Saturday (April 19 ). This year the 45-day tournament will be held in South Africa due to the general election in India. The matches will start at 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM Indian time. In Australia, all the matches will be shown LIVE on One HD (CH 10 ) at 8:30 PM and 12:30 AM . Eight (8) teams will be playing twice each other and the final will be held on 24 May (Sunday). This year, Bangladesh Cricket captain Md Ashraful will be playing for Mumbai Indians , Mashrafe Mortaza for Kolkata Knight Riders and Abdur Razzak for Bangalore team . Below is the list of all players, coaches, captains and owners of all 8 teams of IPL: Bangalore Royal Challengers Owner: Vijay Mallya (liquor and airline baron) Coach: Ray Jennings (RSA) Captain : Kevin Pietersen (ENG)/Jacques Kallis (RSA) Foreign players: Kevin Pietersen (ENG), Cameron White (AUS), Dale Steyn (RSA ), Jacques Kallis (RSA ), Jesse Ryder (NZL ), Mark Boucher (RSA), Nathan Bracken (AUS), Roelof van der Merwe (RSA), Ross Taylor (NZL), Abdur Razzak (BAN ) India stars: Anil Kumble , Praveen Kumar, Rahul Dravid , Robin Uthappa, Wasim Jaffer. Kolkata Knight Riders Owners: Shahrukh Khan and Juhi Chawla (Bollywood stars) Coach: John Buchanan (AUS) Captain: Not named Foreign players: Ajantha Mendis (SRI), Brad Hodge (AUS), Brendan McCullum (NZL), Chris Gayle (WIS), David Hussey (AUS), Mark Cameron (AUS), Mashrafe Mortaza (BAN), Moises Henriques (AUS). India stars: Sourav Ganguly , Aakash Chopra , Ishant Sharma , Murali Kartik, Sanjay Bangar. -
Pathan Brothers Lead India to Stunning
Wednesday 11th February, 2009 Fernando turns villain as India snatch victory from jaws of defeat Vanhoff cracks SCOREBOARD record 356 Sri Lanka Hammers 35 sixes T. Dilshan ct Raina b Ishant 61 including six in an over Pathan brothers lead S. Jayasuriya ct Ishant b Irfan 33 J. Mubarak ct & b Yousuf 13 C. Kapugedara ct Sehwag b Yousuf 16 by Reemus Fernando C. Silva not out 21 K. Weeraratne not out 10 Michael Vanhoff, skipper of St. Extras: (b 1, lb 10, w 6) 17 Thomas’ College, Kotte, earned a place Total: for four wickets 171 in school cricket history as he rewrote India to stunning win Overs: 20 the record books cracking probably the by Rex Clementine Can’t bat, can’t bowl, can’t field was Fernando, who has emerged a liabili- Fall of wickets: 1-59, 2-87, 3-107, 4-152. highest individual score, a massive 356 ty to the team throughout this series. Did not bat: I. de Saram, T.T. Mirando, M. runs for his College in their Inter Yesterday the World of Cricket was Fernando infuriates you so much, at His four wicket-less overs cost Sri Bandara, L. Maliga, D. Fernando. School Under-19 match against Lalith dominated by brothers. In Adelaide David times; you wonder why on earth he is in Lanka 44 runs, including eight wides. Bowling: Zaheer 4-0-34-0, Ishant 4-0-40-1 Athulathmudali Vidyalaya at Kotte yes- It was not a convincing debut for Hussey and Michael Hussey had helped the team. A hopeless fielder, a typical (2w), Irfan 4-0-34-1 (2w), Yousuf 4-0-23-2, terday. -
Proteas Keep Hopes Alive As Sri Lanka Run out of Steam
The Island, Wednesday 25th January, 2006 Proteas keep hopes alive as Sri Lanka run out of steam Murali captures 400th wicket; Moody wants super-sub rule reviewed ADELAIDE, Australia, Jan 24, Lanka and two ahead of South Africa 2006 (AFP) - South Africa clawed their courtesy of the bonus points system. way to a tense nine-run victory over Sri The South Africans made a solid but Lanka on Tuesday to keep their hopes not dramatic total, but almost paid a alive in the triangular limited-overs heavy price for failing to hit a boundary series, although they may have paid a between the 13th and 36th overs. heavy price. Sri Lanka suffered an early setback Key batsman Herschelle Gibbs suf- when Jehan Mubarak spooned a Shaun fered a groin strain in the match, join- Pollock delivery to Ashwell Prince at ing the already sizeable ranks of South mid-wicket with the score at 11. African players who are out injured. But the dismissal brought the dan- The Sri Lankans, needing 11 to win gerous pairing of Senath Jayasuriya off the last over, botched their drive for and Kumar Sangakkara to the crease. victory — making 254-8 in reply to South They immediately gave their oppo- Africas 263-5. nents reason to worry, clobbering the The Proteas, desperate for a victory ever-accurate Pollock for 15 runs in his after losing two of their first three fifth over and nine in his sixth after he matches, held their nerve while their had conceded just four runs off his first opponents lost theirs and added just 29 four. -
Bruce Yardley Recalls the Great Discovery…
Thursday 26th October, 2006 13 Favourites in disaster zone! ner in which Mahela Jayawardene’s side Well, we wouldn’t need all that calcula- months has been the reason for the inten- won those matches made many predict tion if either New Zealand or South sity levels not being so high. Sri Lanka’s that they’ll be hard to beat. But the group Africa come up with a win and against ODIs in recent times have been against games, especially against South Africa the inconsistent Pakistanis, that’s quite teams that are ranked below them and all was a disaster with the seam bowlers pro- possible. of a sudden when they play stronger oppo- viding the killer punch and knocking the nents like Pakistan and South Africa, they Sri Lankans out of the Champions Poor selections have been found wanting. Trophy. Well, almost. While a lot has been said and written Tom Moody is a fine assessor of situa- No prizes for guessing the cause for about selections during the tournament, tions and his comments will be interesting defeat of course. It was certainly one of something that has been hard to compre- to read. Moody and captain Jayawardene, the worst batting displays by Sri Lanka’s hend is why Sri Lanka have opted to play however, would do well to seek the advice top order in recent times. Sri Lanka’s bat- four seam bowlers in Indian conditions. of senior players in the side such as ting line-up is the most experienced in the It’s certainly a bizarre selection when you Jayasuriya, Muralitharan, Atapattu, world with the combined count of the top consider that someone like Malinga Sangakkara and Chaminda Vaas when six totalling 1200 ODIs. -
Match Report
Match Report Sinhalese Sports Club., Premier Men vs Army Sports Club., Premier Men Sinhalese Sports Club., Premier Men - Won by 244 runs Date: Sat 28 Nov 2015 Location: Sri Lanka - Western Match Type: 50 Over Match Scorer: sampath punchihewa Toss: Army Sports Club., Premier Men won the toss and elected to Bowl URL: http://www.crichq.com/matches/320183 Sinhalese Sports Club., Army Sports Club., Premier Premier Men Men Score 327-6 Score 83-6 Overs 50.0 Overs 26.0 MD Gunathilaka* LK Fransisco† JK Silva AYR De Silva M Bhanuka† AVL Madushan SHT Kandamby DAS Gunaratne MD Shanaka KPSP Karunanayake R Mendis HHM de Zoysa* K Kulasekara LEK Edirisinghe SWH Maduwantha AJC De Silva HUK Madushanka WR Palleguruge CRD Fernando JS Perera L Jayasinghe NK Liyanapathirana Gamage page 1 of 36 Scorecards 1st Innings | Batting: Sinhalese Sports Club., Premier Men R B 4's 6's SR MD . 1 1 . 1 . 4 2 1 . 6 6 . 1 1 . 2 1 . 1 1 lbw b DAS Gunaratne 94 95 8 4 98.95 4 . 1 4 . 4 . 1 1 . 1 1 4 . 1 1 . 1 . 1 . 4 1 1 1 6 . 1 1 1 1 . Gunathilaka* . 4 1 3 2 1 . 4 1 . 6 1 . // JK Silva . 1 . 4 . 4 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 4 . 4 . 1 . 1 1 1 4 c LEK Edirisinghe b WR Palleguruge 106 129 10 1 82.17 . 2 1 1 1 . 1 1 . 1 . 1 . 2 2 1 1 . 1 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 2 . 1 . 4 . 1 . 1 4 . 1 1 4 1 . -
Match Report
Match Report Badureliya Cricket Club., Premier Men vs Ragama Cricket Club., Premier Men Ragama Cricket Club., Premier Men-Won Date: Sun 07 Dec 2014 Location: Sri Lanka - Western Match Type: 50 Over Match Scorer: Ragama Cricket Club SL Toss: Badureliya Cricket Club., Premier Men won the toss and elected to Bat URL: http://www.crichq.com/matches/207682 Badureliya Cricket Club., Ragama Cricket Club., Premier Premier Men Men Score 207-9 Score 208-4 Overs 50.0 Overs 46.5 TAM Siriwardene RSSS de Zoysa S Niroshan U Jayasundara AD Solomons J Liyanage RMGK Sirisoma AAS Silva RJI Udayanga MA Aponso A Athulathmudali CG Wijesinghe D Vimukthi PLM Jayaratne G RUPASINGHE Rupasinghe BKEL Malintha S Jayathilaka HMCM Bandara M Dilshad WGHN Premaratne K Dinidu PKJRN Nonis page 1 of 36 Scorecards 1st Innings | Batting: Badureliya Cricket Club., Premier Men R B 4's 6's SR A 4 . 4 . lbw b WGHN Premaratne 8 5 2 0 160.0 Athulathmudali K Dinidu . 1 . 4 . c RSSS de Zoysa b PLM Jayaratne 5 11 1 0 45.45 D Vimukthi . 4 1 . 1 . 4 . 1 1 2 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 . c J Liyanage b MA Aponso 22 42 2 0 52.38 G . 2 . 2 1 . 1 1 . 1 . 1 . 1 4 4 2 . 2 1 1 . 1 1 1 . c WGHN Premaratne b HMCM Bandara 27 41 2 0 65.85 . RUPASINGHE Rupasinghe TAM . 1 6 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 . 1 2 2 . 1 . 2 . 1 1 . 1 1 c AAS Silva b HMCM Bandara 28 45 0 1 62.22 .