Cricket News in Brief – February 18, 2012 – Part 1
On Friday, February 17, 2012, Canada’s captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705 Hansra, relinquished his captaincy after his side exhibited poor show under his leadership.
The star batsman was named as the captain of the Canadian cricket team after the International Cricket Council (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625) 2011 World Cup.
However, the team lost all four of their One Day Internationals (ODIs), which prompted his resignation as the captain of the national team.
“In my short stay as captain, I have thoroughly enjoyed the role and have learned a lot in a very short time," Hansra said.
The batsman now wants to concentrate on his batting which also dipped during his stint as the captain of the team.
Cricket Australia chief executive, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BJ-Haddin-c1170
fiasco caused a stir in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746.
The incident emerged when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Robert-John-Inverarity-c85980 announced that the 34-year-old wicketkeeper/batsman Haddin had been rested for the first three one-day games in the ongoing tri-national series in Australia.
However, Haddin in a radio interview revealed that he had been dropped, and now on Friday, Sutherland has confirmed that the wicketkeeper has in fact been dropped from the national squad.
"I don't know the specific detail on it. Looking back on it, something clearly has gone awry there and that's something we need to be clearer on,” said the CA boss.
He also revealed that Haddin has held meetings with the selection panel where he was informed that poor performance was the cause for his ouster from the team.
English all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 has welcomed his return in the cash-rich Indian Premier League (IPL), where he will now be playing for the
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 Daredevils, after getting transferred from Deccan Chargers, which he joined last year after a three-year stint with the Royal Challengers Bangalore.
“There is no doubt that the Indian Premier League is an exciting competition and I am delighted to be back after having to miss out last season because of a surgery," Pietersen said in a statement.
The batsmen recently had a disappointing three-match Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 suffered a 3-0 whitewash.
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