Finally, the Indian Premier League team Kolkata Knight Riders, have a coach who seems to change the fate of the team in the next IPL season. Director of the National Cricket Academy (Bangalore), Dav Whatmore has finally been zeroed in for the position of the head-coach in the next IPL season a

The Kolkata Knight Riders have short-listed former England all-rounder Dermot Reeve as one of the possible candidates for the role of the team's coach from the next season. He joins the list of John Wright, Richard Pybus and some outside candidacies like Michael Bevan as possible choices for t

It has been rumoured that Sourav Ganguly will be back as the captain of the Kolkata Knight Riders for the third season of the Indian Premier League after Brendon McCullum - and a host of other New Zealand cricketers - signed contracts with New Zealand cricket to play against Australia during t

In a veiled swipe at Shane Warne and Ian Chappell for their outburst against the Australian team, vice-captain Adam Gilchrist today said retired stars should stop "getting personal" and "making negative" comments. "I must say there's been a lot said today in the pa

Launching a lampoon at John Buchanan, former captain Ian Chappell has said that his daughter would not have done a bad job as coach of the Australian team. Defending spin great Shane Warne, who has been criticised for his panning of Buchanan, Chappell said the former coach's contribution i

Former England great Tony Greig has criticised the BCCI's decision to rope in Gary Kirsten as India's cricket coach, saying the new appointee would be nothing more than a puppet in the hands of senior players. "It (Kirsten's appointment) came as a bit of a surprise to me. It pro

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

Ricky Ponting today said the Indian cricket selectors can take a leaf out of their Australian counterparts' book while managing the transition of players in the team. "I think the Australian selectors handled it very well. Whenever there was a group of players of the same age on the ve

Australian captain Ricky Ponting today said he saw no reason why an Australian coach could not do a good job in India when quite a few of them were doing well with teams around the world. "I think Tom Moody has done some terrific job in Sri Lanka leading them to the World Cup final an

Former Team India coach Greg Chappell has been contracted by Cricket Australia (CA) to work as consultant coach at its Centre of Excellence in Brisbane. According to 'Sydney Morning Herald', Chappell, along with his Team India predecessor John Wright and former Australian pacer Bruce Reid,

Former Australian coach John Buchanan, who joined the world champion team in 1999 with an "error-free" mantra, said the players were still to play a flawless game but were motivated to pursue pefection. Buchanan said the Australians may not have a perfect game but they have a perfe

Irked by the "unethical" charge levelled at Adam Gilchrist for using a squash ball in his gloves in the World Cup final, outgoing Australian coach John Buchanan said people should not make fuss over this "non-issue". More than a week after the final in which Gilchrist bel

Outgoing Australian coach John Buchanan has hit back at his critics, saying the claims of over-training the players were "nonsense" and such comments were not helping the team. "I think that's nonsense. The notion of overtraining, I'd like to know what the definition of tha

Legendary spinner Shane Warne has launched a fresh attack on Australian coach John Buchanan`s heavy training workload, saying it exhausted the team before the finals leading to its failure in the recent cricket triseries. "If you are playing international cricket, all you wan

Australia's stand-in captain Mike Hussey is determined the world champions will not lose their position at the top of the one-day rankings under his leadership. Australia's shock tri-series finals defeat by England and South Africa's win over Pakistan have put Hussey's side under pres

SYDNEY - Australian cricket coach John Buchanan has defended the use of a walkie-talkie headset to communicate with his coaching staff alongside the boundary during the one-day clash against New Zealand. He pointed out New Zealand already operated a similar scheme. Channel Nine commentator