spectator arrested
Chittagong: Security personnel arrested a spectator for allegedly racially abusing South Africa players during the second day of the first test against Bangladesh at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Wednesday. The abuse happened just before the lunch break. The South Africa players complained during the interval to match referee Chris Broad, who passed it on to the Bangladesh Cricket Board. “The match referee told us some spectators, stationed under the giant screen, hurled some abusive language to the South African players who are fielding in that arena,” BCB security consultant Hossain Imam said. “According to him, the comment they made is strictly prohibited in the game of cricket, and told us to take the necessary step.”We immediately visited the area and arrested one. There is a group here. The rest managed to flee.”
British Council to train Indian umpires
New Delhi: In an effort to enhance communication skills of the umpires, the BCCI, as part of the Umpire Development Program has decided to host an English language up skilling course. The course will be conducted for the first batch of 20 umpires by a trainer from the British Council from July 23. The duration of the course has been slated for a period of 10 days and will come to an end on 1st August. The course has been designed by the International Cricket Council (ICC) along with the British Council and will be held at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai. Richard John Cox will be the trainer at the workshop.
Younis unhappy
Karachi: Former Pakistan captain and senior batsman, Younis Khan has caused a stir in the cricket circles by openly suggesting that he is not happy with the behavior of test captain, Misbah-ul-Haq and head coach Waqar Younis. In an interview to “Express” channel, Younis without taking names openly suggested that he had not been treated fairly by the captain and coach. “I don’t know if I had not scored those 177 runs in the fourth innings of the third test in Sri lanka what would have happened. Most probably I would have been dropped. But this is not the way to treat senior players they need to be given confidence and I have always played for and give my best for Pakistan,” Younis said.
Yasir in Pak T20 squad
Karachi: Pakistani selectors have included leg spinner Yasir Shah in their 15-member squad announced for the two T20 matches against Sri lanka. Yasir, who has played a single T20 international way back in 2011, sending down just one over in Zimbabwe has been in prime form since his comeback to the Test and ODI sides since last September. The selectors have also named uncapped left am pacer Zia ul Haq as reserve for Wahab Riaz who is still recovering from a hand injury he sustained during the Test series in Sri lanka last month. Squad: Shahid Afridi (Capt), Ahmed Shehzad, Mukhtar Ahmed, Noman Anwar, Muhammad Hafeez, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Anwar Ali, Muhammad Irfan, Umar Akmal, Shoaib Malik, Sohail Tanvir, Imad Wasim, Yasir Shah, Muhammad Rizwan, Wahab Riaz, Zia ul Haq (reserve player).