http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Kumar-Shri-Ranjitsinhji-c71870 pre-season tournaments – Cricket News Roundup – June 05, 2012 – Part 2
Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh, who recently returned to the country after receiving treatment for a lung tumour at the Cancer Research Institute in Boston, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Athumani-Kakonzi-c46628 Trophy.
“Yuvi's scan report shows that he is nearing complete recovery,” confirmed a source close to the all-rounder. “He might just like to check himself out by playing in one of the Hot Weather tournaments in and around http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780. But he will definitely play in the Ranji preparatory tournaments down south.”
The 30-year-old recently underwent a http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Christopher-Robert-Taylor-c50989 scan which revealed that most of the scarring tissue around his lungs had healed. His fitness has been assessed by a medical team at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore, and he is also due to start undergoing fitness drills.
Following two successive Test defeats at the hands of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DM-Bravo-c1386 remained upbeat about his team’s chances to come good in their third and final Test, scheduled to begin on June 7 at the Edgbaston in Birmingham.
“… it is very important for us to believe in ourselves and our ability,” he insisted. “Hopefully, we can learn from our mistakes and improve as quickly as possible - and I believe we are learning each and every single day, and I am sure we will come good.”
He also went on to admit that while the top order – comprising http://www.senore.com/Cricket/S-Chanderpaul-c2390 to fall back on.
The international Cricket Council has rejected the rival VJD method, and made the decision to retain the current Duckworth/Lewis system, as decided after a meeting of the ICC Cricket Council (headed by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clive-Hubert-Lloyd-c51327) which took place in London this week.
The VJD has been proposed by Indian engineer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Anthony-Robert-Lewis-c45084, and first employed in 1996 in order to calculate revised target scores in limited-overs matches interrupted by rain.
However, after a lengthy review, the committee decided that since there were no significant flaws in the D/L method, and the VJD offered no improvement over the present system, the proposed change was unwarranted.
The rejection has been challenged by Jayadevan, who claims the committee members were biased towards the D/L rule. He has written a protest letter to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sharadchandra-Govindrao-Pawar-c89751, requesting a review by a neutral committee.
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