Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Around the cricketing world

Around the cricketing world

Cricket still a passion in Caribbean, says Sobers
Cricket still a passion in Caribbean, says Sobers

Sir Garfield Sobers has strongly refuted the claims of fading Caribbean interest in cricket, and asserted that the game is still strong in the country. "I keep hearing this all the time that people have lost passion for cricket in the region. But that's not what I see at all," he said in an interview.

  • I want to play all matches: Brett Lee

    Overworked Australian fast bowler Brett Lee has said that he does not want to sit out of even one international match as he continues to be haunted by the memories of being reduced to a 12th man before the 2005 Ashes series.

  • CA backs points system, bonuses to revitalise Test cricket

    Cricket Australia’s proposed Global Test championship could include a quadrennial trophy presentation ceremony and a points system, with allowances for bonuses, in a bid to revitalise the five-day game globally.

  • Counties ready to defy Modi diktat on ICL players

    The inaugural Champions League Twenty20 tournament has run into troubled water with English counties in no mood to oblige BCCI vice president Lalit Modi's diktat and leave out players who have been part of the rebel Indian Cricket League.

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