Cricket News In Brief – October 10, 2011 – Part 1
In an all Indian affair, Mumbai Indians have won the Nokia Champions League T20 final by 31 runs, after beating Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Batting first, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453, with figures of 3-20.
He was consequently named the Player of Match, while pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SL-Malinga-c2540 was named the Player of the Tournament.
Former Indian spinner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Anil-Kumble-c44737 is in the middle of a possible interest conflicting role in cricket, which has been criticized by many of his peers.
The former spinner heads the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Karnataka-c801 Cricket Association and the National Cricket Academy while also being a co-owner of Tenvic, a firm taking care of player interests.
Many believe that his administrative roles can influence him to potentially select those players, which he can also represent through his commercial venture.
England all-rounder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RS-Bopara-c2373 has labeled playing for the national team as a “cut-throat business”.
The player feels that despite being in the form of his life, one cannot take anything for granted and is making sure that he takes the opportunity with open arms.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 is currently in Indian to play a five match ODI series and One T20 match, which starts from October 14.
Pakistani all-rounder, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdul-Razzaq-c41623, said that players and coaches must not cross their respective limits to ensure harmony within the system.
“I think too much interference triggers problems, it does not only put pressure on the players but on the coach as well”, said Abdul Razzaq.
The team has seen bitter disputes between coaches and players with the most famous being the recent one between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 and the Pakistan Cricket Board.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aleem-Sarwar-Dar-c43094, the ace Pakistani umpire, said that Pakistan Cricket Board should give central contracts in order to make the umpiring department effective.
“Umpires also need central contracts. Almost all Test-playing countries offer central contracts to umpires and their fee structure is more impressive than what umpires get in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755,” he remarked.
Dar is one of the most respected figures in World Cricket and was recently named as the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 umpire of the year, for the third time in succession.
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