Ireland hope ICC renegotiates 10-team policy for WC
dublin: Cricket Ireland chief executive Warren Deutrom is still hopeful the 2019 World Cup in England will include more than 10 teams. The International Cricket Council (ICC) will meet on Monday in Barbados to discuss the quadrennial event. "I never believe in never," Deutrom was quoted as saying by bbc.com on Friday. "One could turn the clock back to 2011, when the 2015 World Cup was set to include only 10 teams but the decision was overturned," he said. Ireland have featured in each of the last three World Cups, which have had a minimum of 14 teams, reaching the Super Eight stage in 2007 and narrowly missing out on the quarter-finals after defeating the West Indies and Zimbabwe this year. A 10-team tournament in 2019 has been planned since 2011, when the ICC reversed its decision to cut the 2015 edition. However, with cricketing minnows like Ireland, Scotland, Afghanistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) performing brilliantly in the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, ICC executive Dave Richardson has said the format of the 2019 tournament could yet be renegotiated.
Windies cricketers must improve on the basics: waugh
sydney: Former Australia batsman Mark Waugh says beleaguered West Indies must learn the art of improving on their fundamentals if they are to climb to the top of the world Test cricket rankings again. Waugh made the statement after the West Indies suffered a crushing 0-2 loss to number two ranked Australia in the series which ended in the Caribbean last weekend, reports CMC. "When I started playing for Australia, we were a pretty good side. We weren't probably as far down the ICC rankings as the current West Indies side. But in 1991, we were beaten easily by the West Indies," Mark, who made his Test debut in 1991, said on Thursday. "In 1995, we came back with a different attitude, more self-belief. We worked hard at practice, we worked as a team, we did the basics right, and, I think there is where the West Indies has got to start." "You've got to do the basics right, whether you are batting, bowling or fielding," said Mark.
‘England hope to tap into Bayliss' knowledge of Aus’
london: England fast bowler Stuart Broad believes he and his compatriots can tap into the vast bank of knowledge that coach Trevor Bayliss possesses on their rivals Australia during the Ashes series. A 14-man England squad will jet off to Spain with their support staff — including Bayliss — on June 27 for a four-day camp, and Broad believes the Australian in their ranks will offer insights into players he has coached previously. As head coach of New South Wales Blues, Sydney Sixers, the 52-year-old mentor has had a host of Australians under his supervision, including batsman Steven Smith. "Obviously he is a very experienced coach. He's coached the likes of Steven Smith, so he'll know the inside and outs of those players," Broad was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au. Agencies