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

Former Sri Lanka cricket coach Tom Moody feels years of frustration was most likely behind Marvan Atapattu's extraordinary 'muppet' attack on national selectors. Recalled Test batsman Atapattu caused a stir in Australia and his homeland when he branded Sri Lanka's national selectors 'muppe

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

Pakistan cricket authorities have trimmed down their shortlist of candidates for the post of national team coach to five foreign coaches. Dr Naseem Ashraf, the Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board confirmed that five candidates were under consideration but did not give their names. "

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 new look Pakistan cricket squad prepared to fly out to Abu Dhabi today to play a one-day series against Sri Lanka with new captain, Shoaib Malik exhorting his team to get back to winning ways. Malik also made it clear he was not under any pressure leading the side for the first time in a

The Sri Lanka skipper, Mahela Jayawardene, today exuded confidence in his team, saying that they are ready for the big match. "We are ready for the final showdown. We are ready to beat the best. I would be quite happy to play whoever comes up in the final," a pumped up Sri Lank

Sri Lanka will take on debutante Bermuda in their opening World Cup Group B clash of on Friday. The 1996 winners have served a warning after deciding to field both their strike bowlers, off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan and left-arm paceman Chaminda Vaas. Vaas, 33, would be buoyant