Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez conceded that the team could not live up to the expectations of its fans at the World Twenty20 championships, but insisted that the side gave its best before being ousted in the semi-finals.
Former Indian Cricket League rebel Rohan Gavaskar was on Monday roped in by Indian Premier League team Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) as their two-day conditioning camp began at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
A methodical coach, with excellent one-on-one skills, the Zimbabwean is the ideal replacement for Gary Kirsten.
The flexibility in the team with the presence of a lot of all-rounders and the leadership skills of Gautam Gambhir have been behind Kolkata Knight Riders' good show in the IPL so far, coach Dav Whatmore said on Wednesday.
The Kolkata Knight Riders on Tuesday named Trevor Bayliss as the chief coach of their side for the fifth edition of Indian Premier League.
Sri Lanka's World Cup-winning coach Dav Whatmore says the 'fixing' menace can be curbed by proper education of youngsters. The former Sri Lanka and Bangladesh coach, who took charge of the junior Bengal cricket team on Monday, said: 'We need to educate the younger lot about this (fixing). There is a 'minority few' who are involved in this. I am sure we can reduce this, even if it's not totally eradicated.'
The Australia 'A' team, led by left-hand batsman Simon Katich, will arrive in Bangalore on Friday. It will play two three-day games against its Indian counterparts, before participating in a triangular one-day series of 'A' teams. New Zealand is the third team.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) bottom place finish in the second edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) notwithstanding, newly-appointed coach Dav Whatmore on Saturday said that the side was certainly not a team to be the laggards in the high-profile Twenty20 event.
Saurabh Tiwary scored an unbeaten 98 as India rallied from the loss of three early wickets to win their final warm-up match by six wickets.
The ace off-spinner, who underwent a hernia operation in November, is likely to play in Thursday's game.
Board chairman Nasim Ashraf told a news conference that Lawson had been preferred over two other short-listed candidates, Dav Whatmore and Richard Done.
The South African and another unnamed foreigner have emerged prime contenders for the job of India coach.
After sounding a number of potential candidates, including Dav Whatmore, Michael Slater and Bob Woolmer, PCB has decided to retain Javed Miandad.
The bottom two teams in the world rankings start the first match of their two-Test series on Thursday.
Alok Kapali will replace the out-of-form middle order batsman for the second ODI against Australia.
Dav Whatmore says the forthcoming tour of Australia will be judged on the improvement of his players.
The signs are that Bangladesh know how to get the opposition in trouble, they just have to learn to finish.
Zimbabwe coach Dav Whatmore says Virat Kohli is one of the few players who have realised their potential after showing initial promise but the young India Test captain still has a long way to go.
The Zimbabwe cricket team arrived in Lahore on Tuesday, the first test-playing nation to tour Pakistan since a gun attack on Sri Lanka's team bus in 2009 had left six policemen and a van driver dead.
Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak died on Sunday at the age of 49.
World Cup-winning former Sri Lanka coach Dav Whatmore believes that India have a good chance of winning a maiden Test series in Australia, in the absence of Steve Smith and David Warner.
South Africa could take the field for the second and final Test against Pakistan starting in Dubai on Wednesday without either the world's top-ranked bowler or batsman.
Factbox on Saturday's World Cup Pool B match between India and Zimbabwe at Eden Park in Auckland.
The biggest plus point for Kohli is that leadership is not affecting his performance, in fact it is the opposite, it is helping him.'
Proven names such as Tom Moody, Dav Whatmore and Venkatesh Prasad are some of the options the Indian Cricket Board has at the moment
Former Pakistan captain Moin Khan is likely to take over as the head coach of the national cricket team for a short period after Australian Dav Whatmore's contract ends in February next year.
'He has done so much for India he deserves the time to take the call.'
Zimabawe ask PCB for financial incentives for touring players.
The Pakistan's flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi and senior batsman Younis Khan have emerged as strong contenders to make a comeback to the national team for the coming tours to West Indies and Zimbabwe after the selectors dumped them for the Champions Trophy.
"The granting of the Freedom of the City of London recognises how they have added their voices to the growing global movement to stamp out racism."
Former Australia player Stuart Law has been confirmed as the Pakistan Cricket Board's first choice for the post of national team chief coach.
Sachin Tendulkar led the cricketing world in applauding Sri Lankan veterans Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene, who bowed out of ODIs after their team's World Cup quarter-final loss to South Africa in Sydney.
Waqar's chances of being named bowling coach appeared strong after another former Test bowler Muhammad Akram withdrew his application
Devoid of any international cricket since the 2009 terror attack on the Sri Lankan team, the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Najam Sethi is hopeful of an international series in Lahore later this year.
Azhar Ali's hit a belligerent century on the final day as Pakistan pulled off a dramatic five-wicket victory in the final Test against Sri Lanka to level the three-match series 1-1 on Monday.
BCCI might be keen on organising a tri-series involving Pakistan and Sri Lanka in India later this year, but Pakistan Cricket Board's caretaker chairman Najam Sethi said he would be more interested in reviving bilateral cricketing ties between the two nations.
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