Parnell to attend court hearing
Chittagong: Wayne Parnell will not be available for selection in South Africa’s next ICC World Twenty20 match against Netherlands on Thursday as he has been released from the squad to attend a mandatory court hearing in Mumbai over a drug-related charge during the 2012 IPl. Even though Parnell has not featured in South Africa’s first two group games, the team today said in a statement that the left-arm pacer has been ruled out of Netherlands game for a court hearing in Mumbai on Thursday.
Dhoni may get a souvenir stump
Mirpur: He is as possessive about his invention as much he is about his children but Bronte EcKermann would not mind giving Mahendra Singh Dhoni a souvenir lED stump if India lift the World Twenty20 trophy. “Well, this is a very costly system. The entire set-up during a match costs $40,000 (`25 lakh approx), so I don’t allow the players to uproot it during any celebrations. But I know Dhoni loves keeping a souvenir stump. If India can win the final, I might get into some arrangement with Dhoni,” EcKermann, the inventor of ‘lED stumps’, said on Wednesday. EcKermann has got 32 stumps and 40 bails for the tournament and each bail costs as much as an iPhone. He will take all the equipment back, once the tournament is over. The qualified Industrial designer has also got the lED stump patented.
Shillingford can’t bowl doosra
Dhaka: West Indies’ Shane Shillingford was on Wednesday allowed by the ICC to resume bowling in international cricket after undergoing remedial work but the off-spinner has been barred from bowling his ‘doosra’ delivery. Shillingford was reported at the end of second day’s play in the Mumbai Test against India in November and was tested on November 29 last year at the UWA. All his delivery types were assessed as illegal and he was suspended from bowling in international cricket, and subsequently underwent remedial work to modify his action.
Sehwag ton guides MCC to victory
Abu Dhabi: Virender Sehwag blasted a 97-ball 109 to lead Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) to a comfortable six-wicket win over Durham in a Champion County Test match at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium here on Wednesday. The 35-year-old Delhi batsman smashed 18 boundaries and a six in his 97-ball innings to help MCC overhaul the victory target of 225 in 51 overs on the fourth and final day. Out of the national side for more than a year, Sehwag played a captain’s knock as he added 105 runs with Samit Patel (48 not out)of Nottinghamshire for the fourth-wicket. PNS/AgenciesChittagong: Wayne Parnell will not be available for selection in South Africa’s next ICC World Twenty20 match against Netherlands on Thursday as he has been released from the squad to attend a mandatory court hearing in Mumbai over a drug-related charge during the 2012 IPl. Even though Parnell has not featured in South Africa’s first two group games, the team today said in a statement that the left-arm pacer has been ruled out of Netherlands game for a court hearing in Mumbai on Thursday.
Dhoni may get a souvenir stump
Mirpur: He is as possessive about his invention as much he is about his children but Bronte EcKermann would not mind giving Mahendra Singh Dhoni a souvenir lED stump if India lift the World Twenty20 trophy. “Well, this is a very costly system. The entire set-up during a match costs $40,000 (`25 lakh approx), so I don’t allow the players to uproot it during any celebrations. But I know Dhoni loves keeping a souvenir stump. If India can win the final, I might get into some arrangement with Dhoni,” EcKermann, the inventor of ‘lED stumps’, said on Wednesday. EcKermann has got 32 stumps and 40 bails for the tournament and each bail costs as much as an iPhone. He will take all the equipment back, once the tournament is over. The qualified Industrial designer has also got the lED stump patented.
Shillingford can’t bowl doosra
Dhaka: West Indies’ Shane Shillingford was on Wednesday allowed by the ICC to resume bowling in international cricket after undergoing remedial work but the off-spinner has been barred from bowling his ‘doosra’ delivery. Shillingford was reported at the end of second day’s play in the Mumbai Test against India in November and was tested on November 29 last year at the UWA. All his delivery types were assessed as illegal and he was suspended from bowling in international cricket, and subsequently underwent remedial work to modify his action.
Sehwag ton guides MCC to victory
Abu Dhabi: Virender Sehwag blasted a 97-ball 109 to lead Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) to a comfortable six-wicket win over Durham in a Champion County Test match at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium here on Wednesday. The 35-year-old Delhi batsman smashed 18 boundaries and a six in his 97-ball innings to help MCC overhaul the victory target of 225 in 51 overs on the fourth and final day. Out of the national side for more than a year, Sehwag played a captain’s knock as he added 105 runs with Samit Patel (48 not out)of Nottinghamshire for the fourth-wicket.