In its bid to nurture young talents of the country, the Delhi District Cricket Association (DDCA) is coming up with its own state cricket academy on the lines of National Cricket Academy (NCA) here next year. The academy will have Terry Jenner as the coach while the services of NCA's Director

Former Sri Lanka and Bangladesh coach has accepted to be Director (Operations) at India's National Cricket Academy, but wants to give more opportunities to local coaches to train the youngsters. Whatmore, who has been offered a three-year contract, said he would like to give space to the c

Pakistan Cricket Board has advertised for the post of assistant coach of the national team despite a failed experimentation with this method while searching for the chief coach. The advertisement, placed on websites, has the same condition that interested candidates must be Test cricketers

Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq has supported the appointment of Australian Jeff Lawson as the national cricket team's coach. Inzamam said Pakistan had produced some great players, but they lacked in man management skills. "Javed Miandad is one of the best teachers of the g

Australian fast bowler Geoff Lawson seems to have nudged ahead of compatriots Dav Whatmore and Richard Done in the race to become the Pakistan cricket coach with captain Shoaib Malik favouring him over the other two candidates. Pakistan's cricket manager Talat Ali, who met with the Chairma

Former Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga has advised Pakistani players and team management not to have Australian Dav Whatmore as their new coach, sources said. Ranatunga, who captained Sri Lanka to 1996 World Cup glory with Whatmore as the coach, is learnt to have given a "run-down

Former Pakistan skipper Javed Miandad has suggested that Pakistan Cricket Board should utilise money for strengthening the grassroots level cricket rather than wasting it on hiring foreign coaches. "If your base is strong. Things will automatically improve in our cricket set-up. There

Former Pakistan off-spinner Iqbal Sikandar feels political interference is keeping away the country's former cricketers from taking up the job of national coach. Sikandar, training the Asian Cricket Council's players from seven countries at the MRF Pace Foundation here, said politicians of

John Buchanan's right hand man Richard McInnes was likely to take over as Bangladesh's coach, reports said here today. McInnes seemed the favourite to succeed Dav Whatmore, having coached Bangladesh at under-19 and 'A' level between 2003-05. "I know first-hand what it is like over the

Dav Whatmore until a month ago was more interested in coaching the Indian team than any other side. Having snubbed initial overtures from the Pakistan Cricket Board in the hope that he would get the coveted coaching position with the Indian team after the World Cup, Whatmore is now keen to

After surprisingly failing to remain in contention for team India's coach, former Bangladesh coach Dav Whatmore has now responded positively to Pakistan's job offer, PCB sources claimed today. The source said that former Pakistan captain, Wasim Akram had also been consulted on the appoint

Refusing to specify any reason for omitting Australian Dav Whatmore from contention for Team India coach's post, the Cricket Board today said it was a collective decision taken by the Search Committee. Asked why Whatmore was ruled out for the post, BCCI Secretary Niranjan Shah said, "

The decision to appoint a new coach of the Indian cricket team is likely to be announced after two days at Bangalore, where BCCI selection committee meeting is being held, the Board secretary Niranjan Shah said. "The selection committee meeting is being held at Bangalore on June 4 an

The decision to appoint a new coach of the Indian cricket team is likely to be announced after two days at Bangalore, where BCCI selection committee meeting is being held, BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah said today. Talking to media persons, Shah said: "The selection committee meeting i

Outgoing Bangladesh cricket coach Dav Whatmore, who is eyeing the top job in India, believes the captain is the boss of a team. "Definitely, captain is the boss. He is in-charge of the team," Whatmore said at a media interaction here. Pointing out that the job of a cricket coach

The coach of Bangladesh cricket team, Dav Whatmore has turned down an offer from the Pakistan Cricket Board to consider coaching its national team. A Pakistan Cricket Board official confirmed that negotiations with Whatmore had failed to come through. "He has rejected our offer to h

The Indian cricket team's new manager and coach would be appointed for a tenure of two years, the Cricket Board disclosed on Tuesday. A day after constituting a seven-member panel to pick Greg Chappell's successor, the BCCI said it was yet to zero in on possible candidates for the job but ha

A seven-member committee headed by BCCI President Sharad Pawar was today set up to choose India's new cricket coach amid reports that Australians Dav Whatmore and Tom Moody are the front runners for the job. Besides Pawar, the "Special Committee" will consist of three former capt