Donald to join Aus coaching staff
sydney: South Africa great Allan Donald is set to join the Australian team as temporary bowling coach, including for a series against the Proteas, a report said on Wednesday. The renowned bowling spearhead, whose speed saw him nicknamed ‘White lightning', is expected to oversee Australia's attack on their tour of Sri lanka later this year. He could then stay on for the summer series against South Africa, the Sydney Daily Telegraph said, filling the vacancy left by Craig McDermott who stepped down as bowling coach at the end of the World T20 in India. Cricket Australia, who have drafted in ex-Tasmania fast bowler Adam Griffith to help out on the tour of the West Indies in June, have yet to confirm the appointment. Donald took 330 Test and 272 one-day international wickets during an illustrious career for South Africa that spanned 10 years.
HC seeks Rajasthan Govt's response
jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday asked for the state government's response to a PIl which sought a ban on holding IPl matches in the pink city alleging that it will lead to wastage of thousands of litres of precious water. Observing that the matter is of great significance as Rajasthan suffers from acute water shortage in summer, a bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and DC Somani issued notice to state government asking it to file its reply by April 30. It asked the state government to file the plan and policy for management of potable water supply to public in next two months. The court later adjourned the hearing till May 3. It was hearing the PIl filed by Mahesh Pareek on April 22 which said that Jaipur city has been put in dark zone by the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) due to depletion of ground water and the proposed IPl match at Jaipur will lead to wastage of around 80 lakh litres of water.
RCB sign England’s Chris Jordan
Bengaluru: Royal Challengers Bangalore have signed England all-rounder Chris Jordan as a replacement to Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc, who was ruled out of the remainder of the VIVO IPl 2016 due to a foot injury. Jordan has build-on a reputation as a white-ball ‘death’ bowler during England’s recent campaign in the World Twenty20 final at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens ground, taking six wickets in a tournament where his side finished runners-up to the West Indies. Jordan will join fellow English cricketers — Jos Buttler, Sam Billings and his national T20 captain Eoin Morgan in VIVO IPl 2016.
MI sign Taylor as Malinga's replacement
MUMBAI: Mumbai Indians have roped in West Indies fast bowler Jerome Taylor to replace injured Sri lankan pacer lasith Malinga for the remainder of the Indian Premier league. "Mumbai Indians have called up West Indies fast bowler Jerome Taylor to replace the injured Sri lankan paceman lasith Malinga for the remainder of the VIVO IPl 2016," the franchise said in a statement. Taylor will be available for selection for MI subject to the completion of contractual paperwork formalities. The pacer has previously played in IPl and has represented Kings XI Punjab and the Pune franchise. Mumbai Indians pace spearhead Malinga was ruled out after the medical team found him unfit because of a recurring knee injury.
lahiri returns to action at New Orleans
NEW ORlEANS: Anirban lahiri is set to return to action after a two-week break following the Augusta Masters. The 28-year-old Indian, playing in his first full season on the PGA Tour, is raring to go after the much-needed break during which he settled into his new home in Palm Beach and also worked on his game with his coach, Vijay Divecha, who flew in from India on the weekend of the Masters. lahiri has had a modest season with six cuts in nine starts in 2016. Overall in the 2015-16 wrap-around season, he has eight cuts in 11 starts without counting the specially sanctioned Hero World Challenge. The T-21 at CIMB Classic in Kuala lumpur stays his best of the season, during which he has been T-28 on three occasions at CareerBuilder Challenge, WGC-Cadillac and WGC-Dell Matchplay. He also made cuts at the Phoenix Open, Northern Trust and the Masters.
Joshna exits in second round
KUAlA lUMPUR: India's challenge at the World women's squash championship ended after Joshna Chinappa crashed out in the second round of the tournament here on Wednesday. Up against the top seed and world number one laura Massaro of England, the Indian national champion failed to put up a fight, going down 3-11, 6-11, 3-11 in a match that lasted just 27 minutes. Joshna did not have the required ammunition to test her British rival, who simply ran away with the match for a smooth passage into the quarterfinals. Drawn in the top half, the 14th ranked Indian player, who had earlier won her opening round match comfortably in straight games, proved to be no match for the Englishwoman. last night, another Indian, Dipika Pallikal had bowed out of the tournament in the first round, losing a five-game match to the 10th ranked Annie Au.
India with Germany, Holland in Rio
new delhi: India's men's hockey team was on Wednesday handed a tough group for the Rio Olympic Games as it has been pooled with defending champions Germany, European Champions Netherlands and Pan-American Games champions Argentina in the six-team Pool B. Indian team will open its campaign against first-time qualifiers Ireland on the August 6. Team's first real test will come against Germany on August 8 before they clash with Argentina (August 9), the Netherlands (August 11) and Canada (August 12). The top four teams from each pool will qualify for the knock-out stage, beginning August 14. Australia, Great Britain, Belgium, New Zealand, Spain and Brazil form Pool A.