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SRINAGAR | May 10, 2016, Tuesday
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I don’t want any selfish
players around, warns
Mickey Arthur
Karachi, May 9: Pakistan's
newly appointed cricket
coach Mickey Arthur put
his future charges on notice
Monday, warning he would
not compromise on discipline, fitness and fielding
ahead of tough tours in England and Australia.
Arthur, who successfully coached his native
South Africa from 2005-2010
before migrating to Australia, replaced Waqar Younis,
who resigned following
Pakistan's disastrous World
Twenty20 campaign in India
last month.
His appointment is part
of wholesale changes Pakistan made to lift the team,
which has slumped to ninth
in one-day and seventh in
Twenty20 rankings.
The dismal slide is
mainly blamed on players'
poor discipline, and Arthur
warned in a telephone interview from Perth, Western
Australia, that he will be
cracking down.
“I will be tough on discipline and that's the way
we can get better and better
results,” the 47-year-old
said.
“I want everybody to
start playing for the team
and I don't want any selfish
players around,” he said,
calling for “proper values
and boundaries”.
Discipline is not a strong
point for Pakistan's notoriously volatile players.
Talented opener Ahmed
Shehzad and middle-order
batsman Umar Akmal were
both left out of the squad's boot
camp training session ahead
of July's tour of England due
to disciplinary issues.
Senior batsman Younis
Khan also had to apologise
after he was served with a
show cause notice following
his protest over umpiring in
a domestic tournament.
Arthur said he will also
be tough on fitness and fielding.
“Our bowling is good, but
we need to lift our batting
massively,” he said.
“I will also be tough on
fielding and fitness and need
players who can play longterm, and these issues are
non-negotiable.”
But he also said he
required boldness in his
players. “I also want players who aren't prepared to
be bullied,” he said.
Next challenge: England
Arthur, who was sacked
as Australia's coach 19
months into the job in 2013,
will be Pakistan's fifth foreign coach after Richard
Pybus, Bob Woolmer, Geoff
Lawson and Dav Whatmore.
He will take charge ahead
of the England tour, where
Pakistan play four Tests,
five one-day and a Twenty20
international matches
between July 14-September
7.
They also play three Tests
and six one-day in Australia starting in December.
In between they will face
New Zealand and world T20
champions the West Indies.
The two series against
top tier teams England and
Australia on their home turf
will be “tough”, Arthur said.
“For Pakistan players,
those conditions are trying,
but I want the team to be up
for the challenge.
“Without a doubt we will
go to win... If the players
show improvement, then I
know I am doing my job.”
“Arthur said the “sheer
challenge” of the Pakistan
coaching role — regarded
as one of the toughest and
most turbulent in international cricket — “really
excited me”.
“I know everything
about the job, but what I
know more is that there is
huge passion (for) cricket
and there is enormous
talent in Pakistan and I
think if we can get proper
structure in place then we
can really get this team far
away,” he said.
SPORTS
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2nd Division, I-League
Kashmir FC to
face Minerwa
Chandigarh today
Srinagar, May 9: Lone
Star Kashmir FC is all set
host Minerwa FC Chandigarh in its second division,
I-League match at Synthetic
Turf, TRC Ground, here on
Tuesday.
After having lost two
home games to Dempo Goa
and Muhammedan Sporting Kolkatta hosts Kashmir
FC would like to earn a win
in the crucial tie against
Chandigarh side which
stands at second place on
the points table.
The match is important
for both sides, while visitors would like to gain full
points in order to hold on to
second spot, host Kashmir
FC would like to resume
winning ways. After having
brilliant qualifying round,
the main round has been
troublesome for the Kashmir FC with five matches
without a victory so far.
Minerwa is side that boost
top players that also include
foreigners and have been
doing well in main round. In
qualifying round, Minerva
had defeated Kashmir FC
on both the occasions. Stats
and squad favor visitors on
any given day but the will
to shine and struggle till
the end suggest not taking
Kashmir FC lightly. Kashmir FC may be the only side
in whole second division
I-League of not boosting foreigners in their squad. The
side mostly comprises of
Indian players and majority
being from J&K as the club
aims to develop the game in
the State.
“We are desperate to
resume winning ways and
would like to start that
with a win against Minerwa. We know they are
tough opponents but if you
go and check our relist we
have always been close and
margin of defeat has been
only one goal in almost
every game,” said Kashmir
FC coach Hilal Parray.
“We have been missing
the chances that come our
way and that have cost us in
all games. Tomorrow will
be new day and new game
and we would like to give
something cheer for our
fans,” he said.
After 143 IPL games, would-befather Raina set for a break
Hogg reprimanded
for inappropriate
language
New Delhi, May 9: Gujarat Lions captain Suresh
Raina, the only cricketer to
have played each and every
game for his respective IPL
franchises, is all set to take a
break atleast for one match
to be with his wife Priyanka,
who is expecting the couple's
first child.
According to sources,
Raina is expected to fly
down to Amsterdam, where
his wife is due for delivery
anytime in the next few
days.
Raina has played 143
games on trot with 132
games for Chennai Super
Kolkata, May 9: Kolkata Knight
Riders' (KKR) Chinaman bowler
Brad Hogg was reprimanded by
the match referee for inappropriate language, an Indian Premier
League (IPL) release said on
Monday.
“Brad Hogg of Kolkata Knight
Riders was reprimanded by the
Match Referee for using inappropriate language, actions or
gestures which disparage or
provoke an aggressive reaction
during a match,” said the release.
“Hogg admitted to the level
1 offence (Article 2.1.7 of the IPL
Code of Conduct for Players and
Team Officials) and accepted the
sanction,” the release added. (IANS)
Kings in IPL and Champions League T20 and 11 for
Gujarat Lions.
With Gujarat Lions
having a spaced out schedule for their last three
games, it might mean that
Raina will be missing at the
most one match on May 14
against Royal Challengers
Bangalore.
Raina is expected to make
it for May 19 match against
Kolkata Knight Riders at
Lions' second home venue
Kanpur followed by last
league match against
Mumbai Indians on May
21. PTI
Cameroon female goalkeeper
dies of heart attack
Yaounde (Cameroon), May
9: The Cameroon Football
Federation has announced
the death of Femina Stars
Ebolowa goalkeeper Jeanine
Christelle Djomnang.
The 26-year-old goalkeeper collapsed during her
warm-up before a Femina
Stars Ebolowa match in
southern Cameroon, and
was rushed to hospital. The
governing body said on
Sunday initial reports sug-
gested she died of a heart
attack but it is now awaiting
the formal medical report,
the BBC reported.
The news came less than
48 hours after the death of
Cameroon international Patrick Ekeng in Romania.
Djomnang complained of
chest pains as she prepared
to take on Louves Minproff
Yaounde in the Cameroon
elite league and died on her
way to hospital.
Cameroon's African
women footballer of the
year Gaelle Enganamouit,
who now plays in Sweden,
was one of the first to react
to the news.
"It's with sadness that
I have learnt of the death
of my team-mate Djomnang Jeanine Christelle
of Femina Stars Ebolowa,
may her soul rest in
peace," she wrote on Twitter on Monday.
IPL star Mustafizur
sparks Big Bash League
franchise interest
Melbourne, May 9: Bangladesh's Mustafizur Rahman
could ignite a bidding war
between several Big Bash
League (BBL) cricket franchises as the promising
pacer has caught the eyes of
many in Australia.
The 20-year-old is one of
the hottest T20 bowlers in
the world right now, dominating the Indian Premier
League (IPL) at the Sunrisers Hyderabad with lively
left-arm pace, deceptive
slower balls, hostile yorker
and cutters.
Seven BBL clubs have at
least one overseas vacancy;
only the Melbourne Stars
have already filled their
quota with English pair
Luke Wright and Kevin
Pietersen.
The Melbourne Renegades may have got an
early jump on their rivals
in the race for Mustafizur.
The Bangladeshi's IPL coach
Tom Moody is a director at
the Renegades, who currently have two overseas
spots available on their list,
although one is expected to
be taken by the return of
the West Indies all-rounder
Dwayne Bravo.
Moody's close connection
with Mustafizur could be a
deal-breaker for the Renegades should they want to
sign the 20-year-old.
Renegades' coach David
Saker recently expressed
a desire to boost his side's
bowling stock after a disappointing campaign last
season, which saw them
miss the finals for the third
consecutive season.
"To be fair, we probably
need an overseas bowler.
We're looking at whether
to go down that track or
to recruit a bowler from
inside Australia," Saker was
quoted as saying by theage.
com.au.
Recently described as
a "little genius" by Sydney
Sixers captain and Sunrisers teammate Moises Henriques, Mustafizur could
also be swayed to the SCG
with the Sixers having room
for two international signings.
Musatfizur could be an
option to replace legendary
all-rounder Jacques Kallis
at the reigning champions
Sydney Sixers, who are
expected to re-sign West
Indian all-rounder Andre
Russell.
If Mustafizur does find
a team in the BBL he
would be the second Bangladeshi to play in Australia after Shakib Al Hasan,
who turned out for the
Strikers and Renegades.
The 20-year-old claimed
nine wickets in three
matches for Bangladesh in
the World T20 in India in
March, including a haul of
5-22 against semi-finalists
New Zealand. (IANS)
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