 Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt questioned the selection of the ICC ODI team of the year that has just one Pakistani player in paceman Umar Gul. | |
| The 12-man squad, led by MS Dhoni, has four Indians, three Sri Lankans, two South Africans and one each from Australia, England and Pakistan. “Clive (Lloyd), I have a question,” said Butt raising his hand when the emcee of the function Mark Nocholas threw the floor open for a media interaction. “I just see one player from Pakistan, (but) some of the boys really did pretty well and they deserve your consideration,” he went on to add. Lloyd, the head of selection panel, appeared to have been caught off-guard by Butt’s poser. “We had discussions about that,” the West Indian great started. “When you are picking a side you are looking at the balance. We did not want to have an overload of spinners or quicks. I agree with you. There were not a lot of great performances. They were consistent but not tremendously great performances,” he observed. Asked about the omission of the likes of Sachin Tendulkar and Gautam Gambhir, Lloyd said: “There were a lot of people on the selection panel. Sachin Tendulkar is well and truly what you call a batting god and it is very difficult to leave him but when you look at some of the players (picked ahead of him) they have done reasonably well, they had done better than him.” ‘Let India play us first’ Butt, meanwhile, wanted India to play Pakistan in any of the neutral venues suggested by the PCB. “If they play against us what is due according to the ICC Future Tour Programme, then we will definitely come,” he said referring to Pakistan’s scheduled tour of India next year. “We have already conveyed them (BCCI) about venues like Malaysia, Sri Lanka or UAE. We have given them a number of options but they are yet to get back to us. Unless they play in a Pakistan-hosted series, we won’t play in India. | |
FIRST IT WAS SAID THAT CRICKET IS THE GAME OF ASHES BUT IT IS THE GAME OF GAMBLE AS WELL CRICKET PASSION "LOVE FOR CRICKET"
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Butt unhappy with ICC selection
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Schedule | Champions League Twenty20 2011-12
| Fri Sep 23 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 19:30 PKT | 1st Match, Group B - Royal Challengers Bangalore v Warriors M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | ||
| Sat Sep 24 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 15:30 PKT | 2nd Match, Group A - Cape Cobras v New South Wales MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai | ||
| Sat Sep 24 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 19:30 PKT | 3rd Match, Group A - Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai | ||
| Sun Sep 25 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 15:30 PKT | 4th Match, Group B - Warriors v South Australia Eden Gardens, Kolkata | ||
| Sun Sep 25 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 19:30 PKT | 5th Match, Group B - TBC v TBC Eden Gardens, Kolkata | ||
| Mon Sep 26 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 19:30 PKT | 6th Match, Group A - Mumbai Indians v TBC M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | ||
| Tue Sep 27 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 19:30 PKT | 7th Match, Group B - TBC v South Australia Eden Gardens, Kolkata | ||
| Wed Sep 28 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 15:30 PKT | 8th Match, Group A - New South Wales v TBC MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai | ||
| Wed Sep 28 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 19:30 PKT | 9th Match, Group A - Chennai Super Kings v Cape Cobras MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai | ||
| Thu Sep 29 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 19:30 PKT | 10th Match, Group B - TBC v Royal Challengers Bangalore Eden Gardens, Kolkata | ||
| Fri Sep 30 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 19:30 PKT | 11th Match, Group A - Mumbai Indians v Cape Cobras M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | ||
| Sat Oct 1 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 15:30 PKT | 12th Match, Group B - South Australia v TBC M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | ||
| Sat Oct 1 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 19:30 PKT | 13th Match, Group B - TBC v Warriors M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | ||
| Sun Oct 2 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 15:30 PKT | 14th Match, Group A - Mumbai Indians v New South Wales MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai | ||
| Sun Oct 2 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 19:30 PKT | 15th Match, Group A - Chennai Super Kings v TBC MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai | ||
| Mon Oct 3 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 19:30 PKT | 16th Match, Group B - Royal Challengers Bangalore v TBC M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | ||
| Tue Oct 4 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 15:30 PKT | 17th Match, Group A - Cape Cobras v TBC MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai | ||
| Tue Oct 4 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 19:30 PKT | 18th Match, Group A - Chennai Super Kings v New South Wales MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai | ||
| Wed Oct 5 10:30 GMT | 16:00 local 15:30 PKT | 19th Match, Group B - Warriors v TBC M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | ||
| Wed Oct 5 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 19:30 PKT | 20th Match, Group B - Royal Challengers Bangalore v South Australia M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | ||
| Fri Oct 7 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 19:30 PKT | 1st Semi-Final - TBC v TBC (1st Group B v 2nd Group A) M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | ||
| Sat Oct 8 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 19:30 PKT | 2nd Semi-Final - TBC v TBC (1st Group A v 2nd Group B) MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai | ||
| Sun Oct 9 14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 19:30 PKT | Final - TBC v TBC MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai | ||
UMAR GUL GOT THE PLACE IN ICC ODI TEAM OF THE YEAR
Umar Gul is the lone Pakistani entry in ICC's One-Day International (ODI) Team of the Year. Four members of India's 2011 World Cup-winning side were also included in the team.Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Zaheer Khan made it to the lineup, chosen by a selection panel chaired by former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd.Sri Lanka, the ICC World Cup 2011 runner-up, was represented by batsmen Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara, while South Africa also had two players- AB de Villiers and Dale Steyn- in the team.
Dhoni, who was named as captain of the ICC team, was included for the fourth straight year, the Dawn reports.
ICC's ODI team of the year: Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka), Virender Sehwag (India), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka), AB de Villiers (South Africa), Shane Watson (Australia), Yuvraj Singh (India), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India, captain), Graeme Swann (England), Umar Gul (Pakistan), Dale Steyn (South Africa), Zaheer Khan (India). 12th man: Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka). (ANI)
Monday, September 12, 2011
Cricket's biggest award for top performers to be presented
The LG International Cricket Council (ICC) awards for the outstanding performers in world cricket during last year (between 11 August 2010 and 3 August 2011) will be given away at a colourful function to be held today (September 12) at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane in London.
The Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Cricketer of the Year is being closely contested this year with England's Alastair Cook, and Jonathan Trott along with India's Sachin Tendulkar and Hashim Amla emerging as the four strong contenders.
Reacting to intense contest for all the awards which includes the best Test player of the year, One-day cricketer of the year, emerging player of the year, associate and affiliate player of the year, former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd, who chaired the panel of experts and independent voting academy, said: "It was an extremely close run contest this year in all the categories as everyone performed well over the period."
Trott, who has been short-listed in three categories such as Cricketer of the Year, ODI Cricketer of the Year and even the People's Choice Award said: "It is not something you think about when you are playing. But what nomination brings with it some good and fond memories. I think the nominations show plenty of England players in all categories. It shows how we have been successful as a side over the past year and how everyone has contributed to it."
The other three short listed for the Test player of the year are his teammates Cook and James Anderson along with South Africa's Jacques Kallis. Before the start of the awards, ICC will announce the One-day team of the year.
The ODI player of the year will be decided from among Amla, Gautam Gambhir, Kumar Sangakkara and Shane Watson. Commenting on his chances, Watson said: I'm very excited. It's always a great honour to be nominated in a couple of categories, let alone being short-listed. I'm not sure how bright my chances are but I'm thrilled to be in the category with three extremely talented players in Hashim Amla, Kumar Sangakkara and Gautam Gambhir, all of whom have had fantastic years."
Another prestigious category is the emerging player of the year award. The four players short listed are Pakistan's Azhar Ali and Wahab Riaz, West Indies Davendra Bishoo and Darren Bravo. Bishoo expressing his surprise at being nominated said: "It was a huge surprise to be announced as one of the players. I'm really quite nervous about being on the short-list."
The trophy for the best umpire has been named after the late umpire David Shephered. Umpires Aleem Dar, Steve Davis, Ian Gould and Simon Taufel are the contenders.
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