Trescothick ready to help Trott
london: Former England opener Marcus Trescothick has said he is willing to help Jonathan Trott in his struggle with a stress-related illness after a similar condition ended his international career. Somerset batsman Trescothick was sympathetic, having pulled out of England’s 2006/07 Ashes tour when he too suffered with a stress-related illness. “I’ve spoken to him on a few occasions just to try and help, as someone who has been through exactly the same situation, coming back from Australia,” Trescothick said Saturday.
Waqar could be Pak coach
Karachi: PCB chief Najam Sethi could bring back former captain Waqar Younis as Pakistan’s head coach and re-appoint Moin Khan chief as selector. The Pakistan Cricket Board had invited applications from interested candidates for the positions of fielding, batting coach and spin consultant. Younis confirmed that he had applied for the head coach’s position after PCB advertised for it and set May 5 as deadline. “Waqar will be appointed head coach while the board wants former captain, Inzamam-ul-Haq as batting coach and former Test leg-spinner, Mushtaq Ahmed as spin consultant,” a source said.
SlC to hold talks over Farbrace
Colombo: Sri lanka Cricket (SlC) officials are to hold crisis talks on Monday in the wake of national coach Paul Farbrace’s possible departure. SlC officials said the executive committee would meet on Monday in an emergency session, after the expected quitting of Farbrace, who is thought have to become the new deputy coach of England. Farbrace, who coached Sri lanka to success in the recent World T20 after having two stints as the national team’s assistant coach previously, succeeded Graham Ford as the head coach at the end of last year. SlC incurred Farbrace’s severance fee with English country Yorkshire to enable him to take up the Sri lanka job.
lucknow school wins U16 tourney
Mumbai: Sports College, lucknow pipped local rivals Al Barkat Malik English School by 24 runs to clinch the Coca-Cola Cricket Cup Boys Under 16 Inter-State Challenge here on Sunday. Opting to bat first, Sports College team was bundled out for 188 runs. In reply, Al Barkat Malik were bowled out for 164 runs despite skipper Shoeb Khan’s fighting 61. Brief Scores: Sports College, lucknow: 188 all out in 43.5 overs (Vijay Yadav 38, Nitin Singh 29; Jahangir Ansari 3/ 46, Shubham Singh 3/25) beat Al Barkat Malik English School: 164 all out in 42.2 overs (Shoeb Khan 61; Mohammed Shahid 3/ 22, Ankit Singh 2/21).