Cricket News In Brief – November 4, 2011 - Part 3
English spinner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 after recently claiming that he had no issues with the former Poms Captain.
During a recent interview, Swann comprehended that he never intended to slam Pietersen as a person, in face wanted to make his point heard that there was no need of appointing him as the Captain when a talented player such as Andrew Strauss is already on
the side’s ranks.
“It certainly wasn’t an assassination of character,” said the spinner. “The point I was trying to get across was, with a leader as good as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964 at their disposal, Kevin should never have been made captain. We're fine. It didn't cause any problems.
It just gave an easy excuse to a couple of so-called pundits to point the finger at why we were losing [the one-day series] in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.”
Players’ Union Chief, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Symonds-c44611, feel that corruption still exists in cricket despite putting the Amir-Asif-Salman trio behind bars yesterday following a hearing London court.
Speaking to Fox Sports, May said that cricket crimes are still prevalent irrespective of various measures and cautions taken by the International Cricket Council (ICC).
“There’s concern that the practice of spot-fixing and other types of fixing still appear to be prevalent in our game, despite the millions spent by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 on Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU),” said May.
The official also added that the cricket governors should have a proper monitoring policy in order to keep an eye out for any sort of offenders.
Australian speedster, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brett-Lee-c48419, has revealed that he was not sure whether any franchise would take him during the Indian Premier League (IPL) opening season.
Lee cited the matter in his recently released autobiography, My Life, and said that having been brought on board by Kings XI http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Punjab-c833 came as a stunner after the limited overs outfit decided to buy one of the world’s fastest bowler for USD 900,000.
In his book, Lee has also talked about his much talked about or rather a ‘presumable’ affair with the Bollywood actress, Preity Zinta, who was also the co-owner of the Kings XI Punjab outfit.
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