Australia might have to go into the first Test against New Zealand without their pace bowler Ryan Harris due to injury.
The match starts on Thursday in Wellington and is the first of a two match series before Australia head off to the ICC World Twenty20 tournament, a competition the cricket betting makes them joint thirds favourites for.
Harris had complained of feeling sore on the left hand side of his body and as a result is considered doubtful to face New Zealand, which means the selectors have called up Peter George as cover for the fast bowler.
Alex Kountouris, physiotherapist for Australia, said Harris felt the injury after the fourth one-day match against New Zealand, a series which ultimately the home team won 3-2.
"Since then he has improved significantly and has bowled at low intensity for the last two training days," the medical expert said.
"However, due to the inclement weather he was unable to bowl outdoors as planned today (Wednesday) and therefore it is not clear if he will be available for the first Test match."
Harris has signed to be the overseas player for Yorkshire for the 2010 season but the county has admitted the bowlers impressive displays for Australia means he may play more for his country than expected over the duration of the campaign.
Meanwhile, Australia's footballers are gearing up for this year's World Cup.
However, despite an impressive qualifying campaign the Socceroos are unlikely to prove a good World Cup bet this time around.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Harris a first Test doubt for Australia
Sunday, March 07, 2010
Indian Premier League 2010 Schedule, Fixtures and Teams
DLF Indian Premier League 2010 Schedule and Fixtures: The 2010 Indian Premier League season (IPL 3) the third season of the Indian Premier League will start on March 12 and end on April 25, 2010.
IPL has been a revolution to the cricketing world. The eight teams in the IPL have fought like warriors fight in a war. At the end, one emerged victorious. In 2008, it was Rajasthan Royals, whereas this year it was Deccan Chargers. Irrespective of the winner, these 8 teams promised a great show of cricket. The teams were Chennai Super Kings, Deccan Chargers, Delhi Daredevils, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata Knight Riders, Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore. The franchises of these 8 teams were sold at a whooping price of $723.59 million
IPL 2010 Schedule and Venue
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IPL Mumbai – Mumbai Indians
Batsmen
Jean-Paul Duminy
Mohammed Ashraful
Shikhar Dhawan
Sachin Tendulkar(Captain)
Saurabh Tiwary
Ajinkya Rahane
Jaydev Shah
All Rounders
Sanath Jayasuriya
Ryan McLaren
Dwayne Bravo
Graham Napier
Kyle Mills
Abhishek Nayar
Wicket Keepers
Luke Ronchi
Pinal Shah
Yogesh Takawale
Bowlers
Dilhara Fernando
Harbhajan Singh
Dhaval Kulkarni
Rohan Raje
Zaheer Khan
Lasith Malinga
Chetanya Nanda
Rahil Sheikh
Coaches
Head Coach: Lalchand Rajput
Assistant Head Coach: Sameer Dighe
Bowling Coach: Subroto Banerjee
Physiotherapist: Dr. Nitin Patel
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IPL Bangalore – Royal Challengers
Batsmen
Rahul Dravid
Robin Uthappa
Ross Taylor
Kevin Pietersen
Jesse Ryder
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Wasim Jaffer
Jagadeesh Arunkumar
Bharat Chipli
K.P. Appanna
Gaurav Dhiman
Wicket Keepers
Mark Boucher
Shreevats Goswami
Devraj Patil
All Rounders
Jacques Kallis
Virat Kohli
Praveen Kumar
Cameron White
Sunil Joshi
Balachandra Akhil
Bowlers
Pankaj Singh
Dale Steyn
Anil Kumble
Nathan Bracken
Ranganath Vinay Kumar
Abdur Razzak
N.S.C. Aiyappa
Dillon du Preez
Coaches
Head Coach: Ray Jennings
Assistant Head Coach: Vijay Bharadwaj
Bowling Coach: Venkatesh Prasad
Physiotherapist: TBA
IPL Delhi – Daredevils
Batsmen
Owais Shah
David Warner
Gautam Gambhir
Manoj Tiwary
All Rounders
Andrew McDonald
Daniel Vettori
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Paul Collingwood
Farveez Maharoof
Rajat Bhatia
Virender Sehwag(Captain)
Mithun Manhas
AB de Villiers
Wicket Keepers
Dinesh Karthik
Bowlers
Glenn McGrath
Dirk Nannes
Vijaykumar Yo Mahesh
Ashish Nehra
Amit Mishra
Pradeep Sangwan
Coaches
Head Coach: Greg Shipperd
Assistant Head Coach: David Saker
Bowling Consultant: Dennis Lillee
Physiotherapist: Justin Steer
IPL Hyderabad – Deccan Chargers
Batsmen
Chamara Silva
Herschelle Gibbs
V.V.S.Laxman
Arjun Yadav
Venugopal Rao
Rohit Sharma
D.B.Ravi Teja
T.Suman
Abhinav Kumar
All Rounders
Dwayne Smith
Scott Styris
Andrew Symonds
Ryan Harris
Wicket Keepers
Adam Gilchrist
Halhadar Das
M.S.Bisla
Bowlers
R. P. Singh
Fidel Edwards
Chaminda Vaas
Nuwan Zoysa
D.Kalyankrishna
Pragyan Ojha
M Sarveesh Kumar
H.S.Bansal
Jaskarandeep Singh
P. Vijay Kumar
Support Staff
Head Coach: Darren Lehmann
Assistant Coaches: Kanwaljit Singh
Assistant Coaches: Mike Young
Physiotherapist: Dr Sean Slattery
Strength and Conditioning Coach: Steve Smith
IPL Jaipur – Rajasthan Royals
Batsmen
Robert Quiney
Graeme Smith
Mohammad Kaif
Niraj Patel
Swapnil Asnodkar
Taruwar Kohli
Raiphi Vincent Gomez
Wicket Keepers
Naman Ojha
Mahesh Rawat
All Rounders
Lee Carseldine
Dimitri Mascarenhas
Shane Watson
Tyron Henderson
Yusuf Pathan
Ravindra Jadeja
Bowlers
Shane Warne (captain)
Shane Harwood
Morne Morkel
Shaun Tait
Mohammad Kamran Khan
Munaf Patel
Siddharth Trivedi
Coaches
Head Coach: Shane Warne
Assistant Head Coach: Harish Joshi
High Performance Coach: Jeremy Snape
Physiotherapist: John Gloster
Performance Analyst: Mohsin Sheikh
Director Of Coaching: Darren Berry
IPL Kolkata – Knight Riders
Batsmen
Brad Hodge
Aakash Chopra
Debabrata Das
Cheteshwar Pujara
Wicket Keepers
Brendon McCullum
Wriddhiman Saha
Bowlers
Ashok Dinda
Murali Kartik
Ishant Sharma
Ajantha Mendis
Mohnish Parmar
All Rounders
David Hussey
Moises Henriques
Chris Gayle
Mashrafe Mortaza
Angelo Mathews
Sourav Ganguly(C)
Laxmi Ratan Shukla
Ajit Agarkar
Iqbal Abdullah
Sachin Rana
Coaches
Head Coach: John Buchanan
Assistant Head Coach: Matthew Mott
Physiotherapist: Andrew Leipus
Physical Trainer: Adrian Le Roux
Physical Trainer: Michael Buchanan
IPL Mohali – Kings XI Punjab
Batsmen
Shaun Marsh
Mahela Jayawardene
Simon Katich
Luke Pomersbach
Sunny Sohal
Karan Goel
Tanmay Srivastava
Sahil Kukreja
Yash Gandhi
All Rounders
Ravi Bopara
James Hopes
Yuvraj Singh(Captain)
Wilkin Mota
Ramesh Powar
Irfan Pathan
Ryan Ninan
Piyush Chawla
Wicker Keepers
Kumar Sangakkara
Uday Kaul
Brett Lee
Jerome Taylor
Burt Cockley
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Thursday, March 04, 2010
New Pakistan coach identifies areas for improvement
The new head coach of Pakistan wants to make the team a more attacking outfit to get them out of the doldrums.
Waqar Younis was appointed earlier this week and has immediately identified areas in which the players need to improve on their recent poor results against Australia.
They were unable to win either a Test or one day international match during the tour and Younis will be looking for strides to be made ahead of the World Twenty20 competition in April - a tournament they won last time - before the side embarks on a tour of England.
Younis told the BBC Asian Network he wanted to remove divisions within the Pakistan dressing room and create "unity" among the ranks.
"My first target is to get the guys to play a little more aggressively," said the coach.
"It's a young side and the England tour is going to be a real tough one. It's a challenge and I'm really ready to take it."
The appointment of Younis as head coach follows hot on the heels of the announcement that Mohsin Khan would be the new chief selector of the Pakistan national team.
Former selector Iqbal Qasim quit the role after the tour of Australia and Khan's first job will be choosing the squad for the World Twenty20.
The cricket betting makes Pakistan 6/1 shots to defend their title, so they could struggle in the competition.
Meanwhile, in football news, Spain have secured their position as favourites in the World Cup betting markets with a convincing win over France.
