ACA expresses reservations regarding heat and late-night games in UAE– Cricket News Roundup – Part 2 – July 06, 2012
The Australian Cricketers’ Association has expressed its hesitation regarding the scheduling of the matches during Australia’s upcoming series against Pakistan, due to be played in the UAE, claiming that the excessive heat, and the late-night matches pose serious concerns.
"We're concerned about the heat and we're not comfortable with the playing hours,” said ACA chief http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Paul-Marsh-c81144.
Despite having been granted special permission by the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adrian-Roger-Kirshaw-Pierson-c42135 with the original plan to play 3 ODIs and 3 T20s (to satisfy a broadcasting deal). However, not only does the heat during August-September pose a problem, several matches have been scheduled for night-time, which the union feels raise security concerns for players.
The ODIs will be played from August 28 to September 3, while the T20s are scheduled for September 5-10.
Veteran Indian batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 has insisted that he has no plans to retire from cricket, explaining that he intends to keep playing as long as he cherishes a passion for and enjoyment of the sport.
“I think it's been going on since 2006...It's been six years now and I am enjoying cricket and I'll continue enjoying because as long as I am passionate about cricket you know it makes sense,” he said.
The 39-year-old is a veteran of 188 Tests and 463 ODIs, in addition to holding several records, the most recent being his 100 international centuries. The right-hander, who decided to opt out of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, went on to add that cricket was not an individual sport, and seeing as how he was part of a team, retirement could not be considered so lightly.
“At this moment, I don't want to entertain anything else. All I can is say that I am looking forward to the season,” he said.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 in the first ODI of the 5-match series, his team is eyeing a whitewash.
“We have a very good team, we're playing at home and we have the home advantage. I'm looking at a whitewash,” he said.
The West Indies have not won an ODI series against a Test-level team for a little more than four years, but following their competitive performance against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in March this year (which enabled them to end the series on a draw), they have expressed the intent to break their losing streak. In this regard, their recent 2-0 T20 victory against the Kiwis in Florida, followed by their triumph in the first ODI, augurs well for their ambitions to finally secure an international series win.
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