Rana Naved-ul-Hassan names Inzamam as best captain and Woolmer greatest coach.

Pakistani fast bowler Rana Naved-ul-Hassan, who is representing sussex in this English county season, says that Inzamamul Haq was his best captain and the Bob woolmer was the "graetest coach" he ever had.




Rana, a veteran of over 80 international matches for pakistan, has had the distinct honor of playing under the captaincy of inzamam and the legendary coach, the late Bob Woolmer.


"He [Inzamam] was able to utilize all the players very well and got the best out of the players. I really enjoyed playing under him said by the Rana Naved.

Rana, Who considers Inzamam his role model, also feels that the skipper  will had the unique ability to get the most out of his players, 


Talking about the couch Bob wollmer, he said that the Englishman "was a great couch. Everybody in the team respected him." 

He [woolmer] had created a great atmosphere with in the team and everybody really enjoyed playing under him.Bob had teach how to deal with pakistanis and we picked up a lot of  skills from him "said by the former pakistani bowler."

"I played domestic cricket and performed very well. I went on to play in Australia and now am playing in England. So I think I will make a comeback if I continue to stay fit and performed well," he stated. 

Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga retires from test cricket.

Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga, 27 ,is retiring from tests in a bid to prolong his one-day international career through to the 2015 World cup.


Malinga angered cricket Sri Lanka by ruling himself out of the England tour with a knee injury , while continuing to play in the IPL.


But he insists that while his knee can stand up to one-day and 20-overs game,it cannot cope with five-day Tests.


"The heavy workload of Tests could lead to permanent injury," he said.


The right-armer has played only two Tests since England's tour of Sri lanka in December 2007 , both against India last year , but has fashioned himself as a one-day and Twenty20 specialist, taking 13 wickets as sri lanka reached the final of the 2011 World Cup.

"I have realized that the heavy workload of Test cricket, which requires a fast bowler to be able to bowl more than 15 overs, something on consecutive days, could lead to permanent injury.


"I have carefully considered my option and have decided that not playing test cricket will help me achieve my goal of representing Sri Lanka in the 2012 World T-20 and the 2015 World cup"

Malinga made his international debut in 2004, and took four wickets in four balls against South Africa at the 2007 World Cup, the first time it had been done in international cricket history.


LASITH MALINGA FACTFILE
                       
. Born: 28 August 1983,
Galle, Sri Lanka       
                       
.Test: 30 matches,101  
wickets @33.15 ,       
best 5-50              
                       
.Oneday internationals:
84 matches ,127 wickets
@26.38,best 6-38       
                       
.T-20 internationals:  
29 matches,35 wickets @
20.80, best 3-12       

Match summary Pakistan vs West Indies T-20.

The T-20 match between pakistan and west indies is played in Beausejour Stadium,on 21 Apr 2011.


Umpires: JJ Crowe,NA Malcolm,PJ Nero,GO Brathwaite,JS Wilson.


West indies won the toss and chose to bat first.They lose an early wicket of  ADS Fletcher on the score of 2 in 2nd over.Then LMP Simmons and DM Bravo played a responsible inning and help West indies to get 150 in 20 overs with the loss of 7 wickets.LMP Simmons scored 65 runs in 44 balls with 7 fours and 2 huge sixes.Abdur Rehman,Saeed Ajmal and Wahab Riaz took 2 wickets each.

West Indies: 150/7 (20.0)       RR:7.50 

In replay pakistan didn't play well in all the inning and scored 143 scores in 20 overs with the loss of 9 wickets.U Akmal scored 41 on 41 balls.D Bishoo took 4 wickets.

Pakistan: 143/9 (20.0)       RR:7.15 

Result: West Indies won by 7 runs

Player of the Match: D Bishoo

England fast bowler Broad pens new Nottinghamshire deal

Struat Broad has signed a new three-year contract with Nottinghamshire.

The 24-year-old England fast bowler, who arrived at Trent bridge from Leicestershire in 2007, is still on an ECB central contract.

 His new deal with Notts, which runs until 2013, will only come into effect should he lose his England deal.

 "We fully except Stuart will maintain his England place for year to come but this re-affirms his commitment to us,"said director of cricket Mick Newell.

broad has made just a single one-day appearance, as well as playing three games in the T20 and seven County Championship matches in his four years at Trent Bridge.

But he may be due to get in a few early season appearance once he has recovered from the side strain that forced him home early from England's unsuccessful World Cup adventure last month.

And Notts can only hope that Broad, who played for them in the FP t20 finals day at the Rose Bowl last August, will hope that he turns in a repeat of the match-winning performance he produced on his last County Championship appearance.

 Broad took 11 wickets in the match in his side's 10-wickets win over Warwickshire at Edgbaston July, claiming a career best 8-52 in the second innings.

"We knew he was in the England selectors' thought when we signed him in 2008," added Newell.

"Although his county appearances have been limited, he has always performed exceptionally well when he's turned out for us." 

Shane Watson hits World-record 15 sixes as Aussies win

Watson beat Marshall's record of 12 sixes against Canada

One-day international, Mirpur: Australia 232-1 (26 overs) beat Bangladesh 229-7 (50 overs) by nine wickets


Shane Watson hits a record 15 sixes on his way to making the highest one-day innings by an Australian as Bangladesh were crushed by nine wickets.

  The 29-years-old, who also hit 15 fours, scored 185 off 96 balls beating Matthew Hayden's previous total of 181 made against New Zealand in 2007.

"I got a bit of luck,"said Watson, who beat West Indies' Xavier Marshall's record of 12 sixes.

   "I had no idea what the sixes record was. I didn't want to run too much."

"My job was easy, I just let Shane do what he was doing,"said by the Ricky Ponting.

Watson also recorded the sixth- highest one-day score when he struck 161 against England in January this year.

Ponting joined Watson at the crease with the scores on 62-1 after Brad Haddin lost his wicket when he was caught by Mahmudullah off the bowling of Shakib Al Hasan.


The opener, who along with Ponting helped Australia reach 100 inside 15 overs, smashed Suhrawadi Shuvo for four sixes in the 22nd over on his way to helping Australia to their second successive victory over Bangladesh to tie up the three-match series win.

Earlier, Watson also took a wicket and made two catches as the home side laboured to 229-7 from their 50 overs.

The Tigers could only manager 62 in 20 overs and were reduced to 88-5, partly thanks to left-arm paceman Mitchell Johnson, who removed openers Tamim Iqbal [5] and Imrul Kayes [5] before eventually finishing with figures of 3-54.

Mushfiqur Rahim [81 no] and Mahmudullah [38] added some respectibility to the total with a 79-run stand before the latter was out lbw to Watson.

Wisden omits Pakistan player from cricketers of year

Wisden has named only four cricketers of the year for its 2011 edition because of the spot-fixing scandal surrounding three pakistan players.

  Wisden reduced the list after the trio were found guilty of corruption by the ICC.
The revered publication has selected five players since 1926, but has picked only Tamim Iqbal, Eoin Morgan, Chris Read and Jonathan Trott this time.

M Amir is reported to be the name omitted from the traditional five.
Amir, fellow paceman M Asif and former captain S butt were suspended by an ICC tribunal in February, a day after the Crown Prosecution Service announced that they would face criminal charges, along with agent with Mazhar Majeed.

  Wisden editor Scyld Berry did not confirm that Amir was the player omitted from the list, but told BBC Radio 5 live : "I thought that one of three players did very well for them {pakistan} last summer in England.

"But once they had banned by ICC for a minimum of five years that rather disqualified them from entering our hall of fame."

"It was difficult decision but a stance has to be taken and you can't have somebody entering he hall of fame tainted by allegation of corruption and also on trial." 

The ICC suspended the trio of players for their part in spot-fixing during the fourth Test at Lord's between England and Pakistan in August 2010.

Sri Lanka in England 2011

SRI LANKA IN ENGLAND

May
14-16 v Middlesex, Uxbridge
Play starts at 1100 BST
19-22 v England Lions, Derby
Play starts at 1100 BST

26-30 1st Test, Cardiff
Play starts at 1100 BST
June
3-7 2nd Test, Lord's
Play starts at 1100 BST
10-12 v Essex, Chelmsford
Play starts at 1100 BST
16-20 3rd Test, Rose Bowl
Play starts at 1100 BST
22 v Worcestershire, Worcester
Play starts at 1045 BST
25 Twenty20 international, Bristol
Play starts at 1430 BST
28 1st ODI, The Oval (d/n)
Play starts at 1300 BST
July
1 2nd ODI, Headingley
Play starts at 1045 BST
3 3rd ODI, Lord's
Play starts at 1045 BST
[moved from Chester-le-Street]
6 4th ODI, Trent Bridge (d/n)
Play starts at 1400 BST
9 5th ODI, Old Trafford
Play starts at 1045 BST

 

 

ODI TRI-SERIES IN EDINBURGH

11 ODI: Ireland v Sri Lanka, Edinburgh
Play starts at 1045 BST
12 ODI: Scotland v Ireland, Edinburgh
Play starts at 1045 BST
13 ODI: Scotland v Sri Lanka, Edinburgh
Play starts at 1045 BST

Australia in Bangladesh 2011

April
7 v Bangladesh Cricket Board XI, Fatullah
Australia won by 90 runs
 
9 1st ODI, Mirpur
AUS won by 60 runs
 
11 2nd ODI, Mirpur
Play starts at 0430 BST



13 3rd ODI, Mirpur (d/n)

Play starts at 0900 BST

Pakistan in West Indies 2011

April
18 v University of West Indies Vice Chancellor's XI, St Lucia
Play starts at 1500 BST
21 Twenty20 international, St Lucia
Play starts at 1900 BST
23 1st ODI, St Lucia
Play starts at 1430 BST
25 2nd ODI, St Lucia
Play starts at 1430 BST
28 3rd ODI, Barbados
Play starts at 1430 BST
May
1 4th ODI, Barbados
Play starts at 1430 BST
5 5th ODI, Guyana (Providence Stadium)
Play starts at 1430 BST
8-9 opponents TBC, Guyana (Bourda)
Play starts at 1500 BST
12-16 1st Test, Guyana (Providence Stadium)
Play starts at 1500 BST
20-24 2nd Test, St Kitts
Play starts at 1500 BST

Michael Clarke hits century as Aussies beat Bangaldesh.

One-day international, Mirpur:Australia 270-7 (50 overs) beat Bangladesh 210-5 ( 50 overs) by 60 runs.

Michael Clarke marked his debut as Australia's permanent captain with a century as they beat Bangladesh by 60 runs in a one-day match at Mirpur.

    Clarke, who took over as test and 50-over skipper from Ricky ponting after the world cup, hit 101 off 111 balls.

    It enabled  his side to post a total of 270-7 and they took a firm grip on the game by reducing Bangladesh to 49-3.

Tamim Iqbal (62) and Shakib Al Hasan (51) gave home fans something to cheer but they finished well short on 210-5.

Ponting, now freed from the cares of leadership, made 34 off 31 balls before being run out and Shane Watson  (37) and also made useful contributions in support of Clarke, Whose sixth one-day century featured two sixes and six fours.

Bangladesh's hopes of chasing down their target disappeared as I Kayes, S Nafees and R Hasan fell to the seamers, forcing Tamim to rein in his aggressive instincts to try and rebuild the innings.

"We did not play well at the World cup and we want to win every game here," Clarke said afterwards.