Cricket News in Brief – September 9, 2011 – Part 1
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Dolphins-c781, to feature in the upcoming Pro20 series, starting February next year.
The explosive all-rounder was last seen playing in the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League, where his devastating all-round performance led the Royal Challengers Bangalore into the finals of the tournament.
Gayle, along with Australian pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SW-Tait-c2616, who was signed in August, will represent the Proteas outfit as overseas players.
New Zealand Cricket has announced Kim Littlejohn as their new selector after preferring the Australian over Kiwi greats such as Mark Great Bach and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Glenn-Maitland-Turner-c60187.
The new selector was appointed by the selection panel headed by NZ Director of Cricket, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/John-Marshall-Buchanan-c68302.
Littlejohn will take charge from September 19, with the main task of selecting http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 men and women national teams.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 Cricket Board has officially advertized the vacant head coach post and hopes to appoint someone in the next 15 days.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Intikhab-Alam-c64380, the head of the selection committee appointed by the PCB said that the board has given them a free-hand in searching the right candidate and they will be diligent in their recommendations.
The committee has been working from August 29, when the current head coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045.
PCB has announced the full schedule of the series between Pakistan and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033.
The tour will consist of three Tests, starting from January 3, followed by four limited-over Internationals, along with three Twenty20 matches, which will round up the tour on February 27.
The two sides last played against each other in a series back in 2010, when the famous incident of spot-fixing made the headlines, leading to lengthy bans for three Pakistani cricketers.
Former English skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Nasser-Hussain-c78777, has again played down the hype surrounding his “donkeys” comment, terming it an oft used cricket slang.
He reiterated that nothing personal was intended, saying, “I just can't believe the fuss over what is a bit of cricket slang. It is a term I used all the time when I was a captain.”
Hussain made the controversial comment during the one-off T20 match between the Men in the Blue and the Poms, which the English side went on to win.
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