Buchanan denies taking swipe at Indian cricketers

September 3rd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and pacer Rudra Pratap Singh on Wednesday sweat it out as they played their opponents in a different ballgame altogether. Taking a break form their gruelling cricket schedule, Dhoni and Singh played a friendly badminton match with trainees of a badminton academy here on Wednesday.

August 12th, 2009 BRISBANE - Former Kolkata Knight Riders' coach John Buchanan Wednesday said team owner Shah Rukh Khan's decision to sack him came as a "shock and a disappointment". The Australian was sacked by the Knight Riders after the team finished at the bottom in this year's Indian Premier League (IPL) competition, losing 10 of 14 matches in South Africa.

August 8th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Australia's cricketers applauded the BCCI's stance this week to remove themselves from the World Anti Drug Agency's strict anti-doping code, and the Australian Cricketers' Association declared that it wanted an end to the controversial new code because it was too intrusive. Under the code, athletes must declare to WADA three months in advance where they will be for an hour each day.

July 25th, 2009 KOLKATA - Former India cricket coach John Wright has emerged a strong contender for the coach's job in the Indian Premier League (IPL) side Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) for the coming season. Sources in the team said KKRs icon player Sourav Ganguly, who has been entrusted with the task of finding a replacement for sacked coach John Buchanan, is favouring the New Zealander for the key post.

July 25th, 2009 KOLKATA/NEW DELHI - Under fire from the Indian cricket board, former captain Sourav Ganguly Saturday went back on his allegations about the board having different rules for different players, and said he knew "what to say and what not to". "Being a responsible person, I know what to say and what not to say.

July 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former Australia cricket coach, John Buchanan has accused the Indian media of taking his comments on former and current Indian cricketers out of context. He also said that he bore no malice towards anyone.

July 7th, 2009 LONDON - Even after the worthless performance in Kolkata Knight RIder in IPL, Buchanan is still trusted by the ECB to appoint him for a responsible post. The 56-year-old, who coached Australia to two World Cup wins, has been working with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for the last 10 days as a consultant.

July 3rd, 2009 LONDON - Ricky Ponting might be disappointed with John Buchanan's new job as an advisor in the English board, but the former Australian coach will be backing Ponting to win the Ashes. Buchanan said that Ponting can lead the team to a win in the series and atone for their loss in 2005.

June 30th, 2009 WORCESTER - Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting says that he is uncomfortable about former coach and mentor John Buchanan taking up a coaching stint with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). "I just hope I don't see him with an England jumper on.

June 18th, 2009 KOLKATA - Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) team director John Buchanan has become the first casualty of the side's dismal performance in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Knight Riders and Buchanan, who recently joined as consultant with England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), parted ways amicably Thursday.

June 12th, 2009 SYDNEY - Former Australian spin wizard Shane Warne has taken a swipe at his former coach John Buchanan saying that his presence in the England team will create more chances for Australia to win the Ashes. Buchanan will work with England and Wales Cricket Board's elite coaching programmes and will also oversee the progress of their under-19 and second-string Lions teams.

June 11th, 2009 SYDNEY - Former Australian cricket team coach John Buchanan has said that he may give England inside knowledge of Australia's cricketers as he takes up a short-term coaching job with England later this month. He hopes his stint with the ECB will land him with a longer deal, the Herald Sun reports.

June 6th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Former Australian coach John Buchanan has vowed to mentor and support out of favour all-rounder Andrew Symonds through his life and cricket crisis. Buchanan pledged he would be there for Symonds in some of his darkest hours and urged friends of the all rounder not to desert him.

May 31st, 2009 LONDON - John Buchanan, architect of Australia's 5-0 win in the 2006 Ashes, can switch loyalties this year. Buchanan, who recently lost his advisory contract with Cricket Australia (CA) was in England last week for meetings with England officials and members of the team coaching staff about their Ashes strategy and planning.

May 31st, 2009 LONDON - The architect of Australia's thumping 5-0 victory in the last Ashes series Down Under in 2006/07, former coach John Buchanan, was in England last week for meetings with England officials and members of the team coaching staff about their Ashes strategy and planning. n a revelation bound to shock Australian cricket, the England and Wales Cricket Board invited Buchanan after recently losing his advisory contract with Cricket Australia and having worked briefly with the England Lions squad in New Zealand last winter, The Telegraph reported.