'IPL teams will bounce back'October 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian Premier League (IPL) teams might be on the brink of exit but the New South Wales Blues and Sussex Sharks skippers feel it is too early to rule them out of the Champions League Twenty20 race. IPL champions Deccan Chargers, runners-up Bangalore Royal Challengers and Delhi Daredevils all lost their first matches and are now fighting to stay afloat in the tournament.
Clark, Lee guide New South Wales to convincing winOctober 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Stuart Clark and Brett Lee bowled inspiring spells to guide New South Wales Blues to a 53-run victory over Diamond Eagles in the opening Group B encounter of the Champions League Twenty20 cricket at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Friday. Chasing a target of 145, Eagles made 91 for nine in 20 overs with Ryan McLaren scoring 40 off 37 balls.
Experience counts in Twenty20: KatichOctober 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - New South Wales Blues captain Simon Katich feels that experience will play a crucial role in adapting to challenging conditions on Indian pitches in the Champions League Twenty20. The Australian opener scored a classy 53 on a slow track at the Ferozeshah Kotla stadium to steer Blues to a convincing 53-run win over South Africa's Diamond Eagles here Friday.
Australia looking for multi-dimensional cricketersOctober 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - South African cricket selector Mike Procter might be pitching for specialists, but the Australians have a different take on it. Cricket Australia (CA) has been encouraging all-rounders and is now reaping the benefits.
Blues and Bushrangers carry Australia's domestic rivalry to IndiaOctober 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Australia's New South Wales Blues and Victorian Bushrangers, will carry their domestic rivalry to the $3 million 12-team Champions League Twenty20 competition that begins next week. Both the teams secured their place in the league, from Oct 8-23, by reaching the Pura Cup final where the Blues beat Bushrangers in a thriller by two runs.
I'm not losing it, says defiant Jenson ButtonSeptember 13th, 2009 LONDON - Formula One ace Jenson Button has refused to accept that he is losing it and is cracking under the pressure of the title fight. He was reacting to his old F1 pal and Red Bull chief, Christian Horner, who reckoned Button could crack just like Stuart 'Psycho' Pearce did in the World Cup semifinal penalty shoot-out with Germany in Italy in 1990.
Button will crack like Stuart 'Psycho' Pearce under pressure: Red Bull chiefSeptember 12th, 2009 LONDON - British ace Jenson Button, who is leading the Formula One driver championship with a comfortable margin, has been warned of throwing away the drivers' crown after his lead got slashed to 16 points with no win in the last five races. His old F1 pal and Red Bull chief, Christian Horner, reckons Button could crack just like Stuart 'Psycho' Pearce did in the World Cup semifinal penalty shoot-out with Germany in Italy in 1990.
'Street fighter' Katich must replace 'soft' Ponting to revive Aussies: Ex-playersAugust 30th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Australia needs a street fighter like Simon Katich to trigger a revival, after calls for sacking of Ricky Ponting in the wake of the Ashes loss under the Tasmanian's captaincy for the second time in four years
Australian cricket has lost the ruthless cutting edge cultivated by Steve Waugh that made them one of the most feared teams, according to former players. Former Test wicketkeeper Steve Rixon said Ponting is a magnificent batsman, but he will never be regarded as a great captain, and added that Australia have lost their killer instinct under him.
Katich says its tough, but adds that Oz will fightAugust 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Australian opener Simon Katich, who top scored for his side in the first innings of the Oval Test (50) and is batting in the second innings with 42, admitted on Saturday that the visitors have an uphill task before them, but added that the will to fight to the end is still there. ''You never know, you just have to keep believing and keep fighting.
Katich vows Aussie fight back in Oval TestAugust 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Australian opener Simon Katich has predicted a fierce Australian fight back in the Ashes decider after England's Stuart Broad blitzed the touring side's batting line-up at The Oval. Some 23 years after his father Chris batted England to victory in the 1986-87 Ashes series, Stuart put his side on track for more glory by capturing 5-19 in 47 balls in a superb 12-over spell in London.
Watson fancies being Australia's long-term openerAugust 3rd, 2009 WARWICKSHIRE - After top scoring for Australia in the first innings of the third Ashes Test with 62 and remaining unbeaten on 34 in the second innings of the same match going into the fifth and final day, all-rounder Shane Watson believes he can be Australia's long-term opening solution. Watson, who came in for Phillip Hughes, said he believed he had the skill and temperament to survive against the new ball.
Britta Steffen will try to keep the German flag flying highJuly 22nd, 2009 ROME - In 2004 German freestyle specialist Britta Steffen arrived at the Athens Olympics full of hope and expectations, but after slipping in the stands, Steffen never came close to reaching her goals. Frustrated, she retired from active swimming soon after and concentrated on her studies.
Centurions Katich, Ponting inspired by painful memories of Ashes 2005July 10th, 2009 CARDIFF - Australia captain Ricky Ponting and opener Simon Katich, who scored unbeaten centuries on Thursday to take their team to a formidable 249 for one at stumps in reply to England's score of 436, said they were inspired by the painful memory of the 2005 Ashes series loss. Both veterans combined for an unbroken 189-run partnership in an attempt to bat England out of the first Test.
For Katich, the Ashes is about fighting backJuly 7th, 2009 CARDIFF - For Australian opener Simon Katich, participating in an Ashes tour is all about fighting back. Revealing that captain Ricky Ponting and coach Tim Nielsen have introduced a ritual within the Australian team, in which each player is asked to tell his teammates why the Ashes is special, Katich recalls that he has been telling his mates of a past that has left deep scars, but one that has helped him to become a more resilient character.
Simpson to help Katich improve his tweakersJune 12th, 2009 SYDNEY - After helping Simon Katich sharpen his batting skills for the last Ashes tour, former Australian captain and coach Bob Simpson can again be seen helping the left-handed batsmen improve his leg spin for this year's series starting next month. Katich, Marcus North and vice-captain Michael Clarke have all been told to work on their part-time spin for the Ashes.
LONDON - Australian batsman Simon Katich, who is Phillip Hughes’s captain at New South Wales, has said that he had initially doubted the then 18-year-old’s Hughes talent in 2007
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