Aaron signs up with Durham
london: Rising Indian pacer Varun Aaron has signed up with the Durham Cricket Club in the ongoing County season, replacing Australian all-rounder John Hastings, who would be playing for Chennai Super Kings in this month’s Champions league Twenty20 in India. Aaron will be available for the final two lV County Championship games against Northamptonshire and Warwickshire. Aaron is currently in the middle of a 10-day fast bowling training programme under the guidance of Glenn McGrath, but will fly to England next week to link up with his new teammates in time for the clash with Northamptonshire at Emirates Durham ICG. “It’s an honour for me to play for Durham,” the 24-year-old was quoted as saying in a release issued by Durham. “I’ve always wanted to play county cricket in the UK and am looking to play next season. However, I am happy that the opportunity has come sooner and I look forward to joining the rest of the team.”
Broad, Prior undergo surgeries
london: England pacer Stuart Broad and wicketkeeper Matt Prior have undergone successful surgeries to cure long-standing injuries and are set to start their respective rehabilation programmes on their road to recovery before the 2015 World Cup. Broad underwent a knee operation and is expected to join the England ODI squad in January next year. Meanwhile Prior, 32, who sat out most of the season with a left Achilles problem, decided to get over it after the team’s 95-run loss at lord’s in the third Test. Thursday evening’s press release read: “The ECB medical team today confirmed that Stuart Broad has undergone an operation on his right patella tendon. Broad will begin a rehabilitation and recovery programme ahead of the tri-series against Australia and India early next year.” “England and Sussex wicketkeeper Matt Prior has undergone surgery on his left Achilles and will begin a rehabilitation and recovery programme with England and Sussex over the winter period.”
Verma writes to IG Registrar
New Delhi: The petitioner in the IPl-6 spot-fixing case, Aditya Verma, has written a letter to the IG Registrar in Chennai requesting the institution to take appropriate measures to stop the BCCI from postponing its AGM beyond September 30. “My legal counsel Chandrasekhar Verma has written to IG Registrar, Chennai, on my behalf to take initiative so that the BCCI conducts its AGM within September 30 as it has been the case for 86 years. This is being done to ensure that N Srinivasan can retain his BCCI president’s post,” Verma said on Friday. The defunct Cricket Association of Bihar secretary also said that he has sent a copy of the letter to the Supreme Court appointed probe commission headed by Justice Mukul Mudgal. “A copy of the letter has been sent to Mudgal commission. My counsel has requested the Registrar to intimate if BCCI make any move to postpone the AGM. I guess they will decide their action during the informal meeting on September 7,” Verma added.
‘India & Aus revere cricket stars’
New Delhi: A day after he met cricket legends Sachin Tendulkar and other sport greats — Adam Gilchrist and Brett lee, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Friday drew a parallel between India and Australia which revere its cricket stars. “...As I discovered yesterday, Australian cricketers are at least as revered in this country as at home and this will only increase now that Brett lee is to become the latest Bollywood star in a new Indian-Australian film co-production,” Abbott said.
‘Indo-Pak cricket unlikely’
Karachi: Pakistan Cricket Board chief Shaharyar Khan doesn’t see restoration of bilateral cricket ties with India until the closure of the Mumbai terror attack case in Pakistan. Shaharyar, 80, who has been Pakistan’s foreign secretary and also High Commissioner to New Delhi, said the Indian people and media still had a lot of grudge against Pakistan over the Mumbai terror attacks. “Bilateral cricket ties with India are governed by existing diplomatic relations between the two countries but what feelings the Indian people and media have towards us also plays an important role,” Shaharyar told a news conference on Friday. PNS/Agencies