Wade hopeful of holding on to ODI spot - Cricket News Round-up – April 25, 2012 – Part 3
Young Australian wicketkeeper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BJ-Haddin-c1170 remains Australia’s number one choice for Test wicketkeeping.
“Michael http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 said that Haddin is number one in Test cricket and that sits fine with me, I'm happy to fill the void for a while and go and play some one day cricket,” the 24-year-old said.
Wade’s chances of cementing a permananet place for himself in the Test squad appeared likely when he scored his maiden century during the third ongoing Test against the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 at Windsor Park. However, skipper Clarke maintained that Haddin was still
the preferred wicketkeeper for the extended-overs format of the game.
While Wade might not have been granted the security of a guaranteed spot on the Test squad, he will have an upcoming chance to prove his worth further as the Aussies are scheduled to follow up their tour of the West Indies with a series of ODIs in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013
later this year.
Out-of-favour New Zealand batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754’s coming tour of the West Indies, with New Zealand Cricket's chief executive David White claiming that the 27-year-old was “a fair way from being considered for New Zealand”.
“He needs to prove to the selectors and New Zealand Cricket his commitment to the game and that means on and off the field. He needs to do a lot of work on a lot of things like fitness, attitude and be exemplary off the park,” White told
Fairfax NZ News.
The all-rounder has been involved in various controversial incidents, involving intoxication and rowdy behaviour, most recently a drinking session during South Africa’s tour of New Zealand earlier this year, which saw him dropped from the last match of the
series, and subsequently from the squad for the Test series.
Ryder took an indefinite break from cricket, but made a comeback to the sport during the current ongoing season of the Indian Premier League, during which he managed a solid 217 runs in the seven games for the Pune http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warriors-c861. Despite his impressive performances,
however, the NZC is not willing to grant him a place on the national squad.
India’s star batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556, has launched a book which follows his journey towards a record-breaking 100 centuries on his birthday (April 24), published by The Hindu group of publications.
Titled http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chinnadupargea-Sachin-c50607 - A Tribute To The Legend, the book offers rare pictures of the veteran batsman, in addition to career-related statistics. Tendulkar’s journey towards a 100 tons saw many ups and downs, including a miserable batting slump which went
on for nearly a year, and finally came to an end as the batsman finally scored his 100th century against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 during the Asia Cup earlier this year.
The 39-year-old released the book during a ceremony at the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453.
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