Broad should model himself on McGrath: Botham

November 11th, 2009 LONDON - England cricket legend Ian Botham has said that he will not stop walking for charity until childhood leukaemia is defeated. Botham will march through the pain and the blisters for the 13th time next April on a 10-town tour of Britain.

November 11th, 2009 LONDON - Cricket legend Ian Botham has launched his 25th anniversary hike to aid cancer research along with two brave children fighting leukaemia. "If you want to know why I keep doing these walks, look no further than these two," The Mirror quoted Botham, as saying.

October 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former Australian legend Glenn McGrath will soon be doing double duty, that of representing the Delhi Daredevils and as well as being the bowling coach for New South Wales. McGrath, who is in India playing for Daredevils in the Champions League, has accepted an offer made by New South Wales coach Matt Mott, who had approached him for his services as the bowling coach for the Blues this summer.

September 17th, 2009 LONDON - Former England cricketer Ian Botham has said that all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, who has retired from Test cricket, has earned every right to enjoy his freedom after retirement. "There comes a point in every person's life when they feel ready to take complete responsibility for what they can and cannot do, but not everyone is lucky enough to be able to enjoy that freedom," Botham wrote in his article in The Mirror.

September 8th, 2009 LONDON - England's new poster boy after the Ashes victory Stuart Broad, who turned down approaches from the Indian Premier League (IPL) last year so that he could prepare for a busy summer in 2009, will play the mega event if his body permits. The other temptations will take a back seat.

September 8th, 2009 LONDON - England's Ashes hero Stuart Broad doesn't want to replicate all rounder Andrew Flintoff in his life and is not even that keen on taking Flintoff's place at No.7 in the Test team. "No one can replace Fred.

August 27th, 2009 SYDNEY - Former Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath has told left-arm quick Mitchell Johnson not to overdo or over think things and keep things simple if he wants to reach his considerable potential as a Test match bowler. McGrath, who has high hopes for Johnson and the other two members of Australia's Ashes pace attack - Ben Hilfenhaus and Peter Siddle, feels Johnson's potential, will be reached only through a clear head uncluttered by countless theories about his bowling technique.

August 25th, 2009 LONDON - Fast bowler Stuart Broad, who was man of the match in Sunday's 197-run series-clinching win over Australia at The Oval, has said that England's aim is to become the No.1 Test team following their 2-1 Ashes series triumph. But Broad warned that he and England have much more to prove yet.

August 24th, 2009 LONDON - Former England captain Ian Botham has described the Ashes series victory as a perfect pick-me-up for the country as a whole, and he is ready to drink to the dawn of great new era for English cricket. "This Ashes win has come along to put smiles on the faces of a nation and give everybody something to be happy about at a time when there is just so much doom and gloom elsewhere," he writes in an article for The Mirror.

August 9th, 2009 LONDON - England needs a hero in the form of Ian Botham to make something of the fourth Ashes Test, which they are sight of losing inside three days, said injured batsman Kevin Pietersen. "This match may have slipped away - although while we're still fighting I'll be praying for a miracle - but there's still the Fifth Test to play and that's when we'll need somebody to stand up and be counted.

August 8th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Australian legend Glenn McGrath has advised skipper Ricky Ponting and his teammates to grin and bear the crowd abuse which is flaring during the Ashes. McGrath insists Australia should try to have some fun with the crowd rather than antagonise them further.

August 7th, 2009 LONDON - England fast bowler Stuart Broad reckons England's tough nuts have caught the Aussies on the hop. Tempers flared during the Third Test and, with The Ashes now in sight, there could be fireworks at Headingley.

July 27th, 2009 LONDON - Former England all-rounder Sir Ian Botham has branded as "stupid and arrogant" a call by Griff Rhys Jones, the television presenter, for canoeists to "disturb as many fishermen as possible". The Telegraph quoted Botham, a keen angler, as saying that Rhys Jones knew little about the countryside and the benefits of fishing for Britain's rivers.

July 7th, 2009 SYDNEY - Former Australian star Glenn McGrath has predicted that the current Australian squad has the potential of cleaning out England 5-0 in the Ashes series which begins in Cardiff on Wednesday. Though McGrath had made a similar prediction before the 2005 series, the retired pace great said he was impressed by Australia's Test series win in South African this year.

July 3rd, 2009 WORCESTER - A little help from former Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath has Brett Lee now dreaming of Ashes glory. McGrath popped into the team hotel this week to give Ponting's men a few tips on knocking over English batsmen.