Wednesday, 15 May 2013 19:46
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LONDON: England captain Alastair Cook insists there is no chance his team will underestimate New Zealand in the Test series which starts at Lord's on Thursday.Cook's side were accused of complacency when they were forced to settle for three drawn Tests on their recent tour to New Zealand despite arriving as heavy favourites.But Cook is adamant England gave their Kiwis their full respect and he believes they will have to be at their very best to beat Brendon McCullum's men in the two-Test series."I don't think we were complacent at all," Cook said at a pre-match press conference on Wednesday."I don't think anyone who saw our build-up, or was involved in our build-up, would."I don't think there was complacency around, but we didn't play as well as we could have done: that's the bottom line."We all know cricket is not played on paper or on rankings. It's out there in ...
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LONDON: England captain Alastair Cook insists there is no chance his team will underestimate New Zealand in the Test series which starts at Lord's on Thursday.Cook's side were accused of complacency when they were forced to settle for three drawn Tests on their recent tour to New Zealand despite arriving as heavy favourites.But Cook is adamant England gave their Kiwis their full respect and he believes they will have to be at their very best to beat Brendon McCullum's men in the two-Test series."I don't think we were complacent at all," Cook said at a pre-match press conference on Wednesday."I don't think anyone who saw our build-up, or was involved in our build-up, would."I don't think there was complacency around, but we didn't play as well as we could have done: that's the bottom line."We all know cricket is not played on paper or on rankings. It's out there in ...
SYDNEY: Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke said Wednesday he was confident his troublesome back would not prevent him from leading Australia in the two Ashes series against England this year.Clarke has managed the back problem since he was first diagnosed with a degenerative condition aged 17, but it forced him out of the fourth Test against India in March when the tourists went down 4-0.The 32-year-old, who struggled with a hamstring injury through the Australian ...
LONDON: England and Australia's women's teams will break with tradition this season when their version of the Ashes is conducted across all three international formats.The series, beginning in August will start with a Test match and then continue with three one-day internationals and three Twenty20 fixtures.The team which has accrued the most points in all fixtures, six available for success in the Test and two for a victory in each of the other matches, will ...
LONDON: New Zealand pace bowler Tim Southee has been cleared to play in the first test against England at Lord's starting on Thursday after scans showed no damage to his front bowling foot.Southee was pulled out of the team during the drawn four-day match against the England Lions at the weekend in Leicester and sent to London for scans."Tim's fine," coach Mike Hesson told reporters on Monday. "He's had some treatment to his toe and ...
LONDON: Graeme Swann and Tim Bresnan were both recalled by England in a 12-man squad announced Saturday for next week's first Test against New Zealand at Lord's following their respective recoveries from elbow surgery.Off-spinner Swann and seamer Bresnan both last played Test cricket in the series-clinching win over India in Nagpur in December and missed the recent drawn three-Test series in New Zealand.However, Nottinghamshire's Swann and Yorkshire's Bresnan have both since proved their fitness playing ...
JOHANNESBURG: Russell Domingo will take over as the new coach of South Africa's cricket team from Gary Kirsten, Cricket South Africa announced on Saturday.Kirsten announced on Friday he would not be taking up an offer to renew his contract when it ends in August, sending shockwaves through South African sport. Copyright Reuters, 2013 ...
SYDNEY: Australia's Ten Network television has offered Cricket Australia Aus$500 million (US$505 million) in cash for coverage rights over the next five years, reports said Friday.The bid is well above the $45 million Nine Network has paid annually over the last seven years for international matches and the $12.5 million FoxSports Australia has paid for the Big Bash T20 tournament and other domestic games.The Australian Financial Review said free-to-air channel Nine, which has broadcast live ...
