Anderson out of Eng tour
london: New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson will miss the remainder of the team’s tour of England with a stress related injury to his back. Anderson sustained the injury in the first Test loss to England at lord’s last month and will now fly back to New Zealand, cricket.com.au reported on Friday. A MRI scan revealed a new bone stress related injury to his lumbar spine. The 24-year-old left-hander missed New Zealand’s second Test win at leeds and Tuesday’s first one-day international loss to England at Edgbaston.
“Corey has been working hard to get back to full fitness for the ODI series but he hasn’t been able to overcome this injury,” Black Caps coach Mike Hesson said.
Patil urges Pawar not to contest
mumbai: With two days left for withdrawal of nominations for the Mumbai Cricket Association polls, one of the contestants Vijay Patil, has appealed to incumbent MCA and NCP chief Sharad Pawar to withdraw from the contest. “I have great respect for Sharad Pawar, who has held important positions in political and public life, but the time is upon him to bless my group (Cricket First),” said the outgoing vice president Patil while addressing the 330-odd member club representatives of MCA here on Thursday night at the Wankhede Stadium. Patil, as well as Pawar, have forwarded their nominations to contest for the post of the President along with two other candidates belonging to the NCP chief’s group — Ravi Savant and Ashish Shelar.
Hall inducted in ICC Hall of Fame
Kingston: West Indies’ former tearaway fast bowler Wesley Hall was inducted into the International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall of Fame. The induction raised the tally of cricketers from the Caribbean to 18 in an illustrious field of 80 players who have been bestowed with the prestigious award for their services to the sport. Hall received his commemorative cap from fellow Hall of Famer Courtney Walsh during lunch on the opening day of the second Test between the West Indies and Australia on Thursday. Hall is the fourth cricketer this year to be inducted into the Hall of Fame after Betty Wilson, Anil Kumble and Martin Crowe, who were inducted earlier this year.
Somayajulu elected aca Prez
hyderabad: D V S S Somayajulu and Gokaraju Gangaraju were on Friday unanimously elected as president and Honorary Secretary of the Andhra Cricket Association (ACA) for the term 2015-19.
M A Rahim and Arun Kumar were elected as treasurer and joint secretary respectively for a four-year term, an ACA release said.
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