Simon Katich returns to Lancashire for 2013 season – Cricket News Roundup – Part II – November 14, 2012
Promising http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SM-Katich-c2543 today, November 14, 2012, signed a one-year deal with Lancashire, committing himself to the Red Rose county for the entire 2013 season to help the club regain its Division One status.
The 37-year-old former Australian Test opener had a brief stint at Old Trafford in 2010, before moving to the Rose Bowl last season, where he won the Friends Life T20 tournament and the Clydesdale Bank 40 competition with the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hampshire-c789 County Cricket Club.
Katich’s vast experience earned him offers from a number of counties at the end of the 2011 season, but the left-hander decided to sign for Lancashire and said that the Red Rose county’s "professionalism and attention to detail" prompted him to join the club.
"I’m delighted to be returning to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Western-Australia-c865 top-order batsman, a veteran of 56 Tests and 45 One Day Internationals. "Lancashire are a proud club who I am sure will be looking to head straight back up to Division One and I'm determined to play a big part in this happening," Katich hoped.
Indian skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 has said that they will decide on their playing XI for the Ahmedabad Test only after seeing the Motera wicket, however he has ruled out the possibility of playing three frontline spinners.
"What we need to see is that if we get a wicket like that the fast bowlers also get a bit of reverse swing. It’s always advisable to have a bowling attack to have people for different scenarios," said Dhoni at the customary pre-match media conference.
Playing two spinner would mean struggling http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453 would once again make the sidelines in favour of Ashwin and Ojha. It may be noted here that Bhajji, who has 406 Test wickets in his name from just 98 appearances, has not played a five-dayer since August last year.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, which gets underway in Ahmedabad tomorrow.
Finn is nursing a thigh strain he had sustained during the first warm-up match against India A last month, and Cook said that the management did not want to risk the pacer's injury by playing him on Thursday.
"Steven will not be available for tomorrow's Test. It would be too big a risk," the left-handed opener said on the eve of the match.
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