Well Balanced Test Squad for SL
Full marks to the selectors for picking the best available touring party, ignoring the new commodity, which I agree, is a safe bet!

As mentioned in my column early this morning, the selectors have not included any new faces to the Test squad, rather, they have kept faith in their players, though they have let the team down very recently – Yes, I am talking about the selectors faith in bringing back Yuvraj, Sreesanth and Ishanth Sharma.

When compared to my list, there were not much to ponder about, except the fact that Badrinath is found missing in this 15 member squad. This will surely demotivate this lad, as he could not cement in touring side for the last 5 years. The lack of confidence shown by the selectors, could mean end of the road for Badri. There are lot of young contenders waiting in the wings – the likes of Pujara, Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Raina – the last 3 mentioned in this list who are already a proven factor in ODIs, are all chirpy cricketers, and unlike Badri, are self motivators.
As mentioned, Yuvraj’s inclusion is no surprise to this touring team  – Captain MS Dhoni, is a big fan of Yuvraj’s talent, and could have insisted that he be recalled. The selectors perhaps thought that the necessary message had been delivered. This wake-up call to Yuvraj, will now do a lot of good to him and is sure to prove all his critics, once again, wrong.

Ishant and Sreesanth, part of India’s last Test squad, have gone through pretty ordinary times in limited-overs cricket since then, both in the IPL and while playing for India. They were duly dropped, but are still the best bets for the Test side. More so because none of the alternatives tried in their absence have impressed enough. And Ashish Nehra is not willing to play Tests, while Praveen Kumar is strictly a limited-overs bowler.
More importantly, this selection could point to a practical outlook from the selectors, that of having identified Ishant and Sreesanth as Test specialists, and having realised the need to protect them from the excessive one-day cricket, which could have played a part in their downfall.

Lack of alternatives could have prompted India to go for three spinners, giving Ojha another chance in a Test squad. The spin squad is safely in the hands of Bhajji, Ojha and Amit Mishra, leaving Dhoni nothing to complaint about.

Wridhman Saha probably, has been taken as an understudy to Dhoni and may be included in the 1st tour game.

The touring team selection clearly indicates that there will be 7 batsman (including Dhoni) and 4 bowlers (2 paceman and 2 spinners) during all 3 matches against SL. Thus when the tour starts with a three-day game at Nondescripts Cricket Club, it should provide a good competition between Ishant and Sreesanth, and Mishra and Ojha.

Squad: MS Dhoni (wk & capt.), Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag (vice-capt.), Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, M Vijay, Yuvraj Singh, Suresh Raina, Ishant Sharma, Sreesanth, Amit Mishra, Pragyan Ojha, Wriddhiman Saha (wk)
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Cricket: Australia won’t renominate Howard for ICC role
SYDNEY, July 30, 2010 (AFP) – - Cricket Australia said Friday it would not renominate former Australian prime minister John Howard to take over the leadership of the sport’s international governing body.

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Cricket Australia to decide on nominee for International Cricket Council
Cricket Australia will decide on Friday whether or not to keep former prime minister John Howard as its nominee for the role of vice-president on the International Cricket Council (ICC), local media reported on Wednesday.

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IPL Cricket & Commerce: An Inside Story

Much like its commissioner Mr Lalit Modi, IPL from the very beginning has always been mired in controversies of all imaginable kinds. From Vijay Mallya’s sacking of the team coach Charu Sharma for the team’s poor performance in season one to the grand auction of international players for season two in Fort Aguda Beach Resort in Goa, Modi has been able to keep the interest alive by successfully marrying money with sports. This is a new kind of cricket, where players are auctioned and teams and players are owned by frnanchise owners. But this is also the cricket where players from U-19 get a chance to play with Sachin Tendulkar or Shane Warne.

IPL: An Inside Story takes a look at almost all the aspects of IPL – from who actually first thought of such a tournament to the process of choosing the franchise owners, and from the socio-economic impact of the IPL on Indian society to the politics of shifting the venue of season two to South Africa.

About the author

TR Vivek has been a business and features writer for nearly a decade with stints at leading publications such as Economic Times, Business Today, Outlook and Business Standard. At present, he is Business Editor of Open, a weekly newsmagazine.
A sports nut, and a die-hard Ilayaraja and carnatic music fan, he lives with his wife and daughter in New Delhi.
With over twenty years in journalism, Alam Srinivas has worked for premier media organizations such as India Today, The Times of India, Outlook and Business Today. At present he is Executive Editor, Money Today. He has specialized in investigative pieces on the nexus between business and politics, and other forms of corporate corruption. Author of Storms in the Sea Wind: Ambani Vs Ambani also published by Roli Books, this is his third book.

Cricket Posts Teaser Page for Kyocera Zio Android Handset
Cricket has posted a new web site touting the unreleased Kyocera / Sanyo Zio. The Zio M6000 was first announced in March of this year. It is a tri-band CDMA EVDO Rev. A handset with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS. … (follow link to read)

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SEC has entered an appeal in the court of Antigua. The Regional Director of Securities and Exchange Commission said in a press conference that we an only tells you that a fraud has been found and its magnitude are just shocking or you can say unbelievable. SEC has also requested to a district judge to impose a restraining order on the assets and on the operation of the company as well. And yesterday the court has also gave an approval on this request of The Securities and Exchange Commission and put a temporary ban on the operation of the Stanford Group of Companies.

The main allegation that is imposed on the Stanford an on his relatives, who are business partner with him, is that they have issued subpoenas for banks and most of them failed to prove themselves correct. As they have no evidence or documents which prove them true. Stanford group, itself, as more then thirty thousand clients and if we total the investments of those clients then it would be approximately of US Fifty Billion dollars. So from these figures you can imagine that how much big this scandal could be.

The bank has claimed that the return of CDs which was given by Stanford is much higher and that is just because of its good quality investments. But the thing which is missing is that those investments have nothing with them like they are like fake investments. So if Stanford declared as guilty then many cricket series could be in danger as it is the major sponsor of cricket. A huge number of matches have been conducted under the sponsorship of Stanford so it could be the cause of major loss to many countries.

This investigation not only put impact on the cricket but it has also spread panic inside the financial market of USA. This is also a reason due to which people are getting worried and having panic among them. As in USA, Bernard L.Madoff case was also held in USA so that also give strengths to the rumors that USA financial crises are getting severe and severe.

Bernard case was remained uninvestigated and the reason behind that was just to control the economy of USA so that the Government can save their economy from any bad impact. But after that Stanford came comes into the eyes and once again Government has to think seriously that what kind of steps they have to take to prevent themselves from such kind of incidents. On the other hand Cricket boards also have to think seriously about the back up sponsor of Stanford. Because if Stanford declared as guilty then Cricket Board has to take some serious steps to save them selves from any kind of financial loss.

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