Thursday, July 9, 2009

‘Tendulkar not fit for T20’, says Buchanan in his book

NEW DELHI, July 9: Former Australian coach John Buchanan has taken pot shots at some of India’s great cricketers, including Sachin Tendulkar and Sunil Gavaskar, in a new book which is likely to ruffle many feathers.

Apart from Tendulkar and Gavaskar, the controversial coach has also taken swipe at Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Harbhajan Singh and business tycoon Vijay Mallya.

Katich and Ponting hold firm against Flintoff

CARDIFF, July 9: Simon Katich and Ricky Ponting survived a ferocious burst from Andrew Flintoff after the all-rounder had dismissed Phillip Hughes on the second day of the first Ashes Test on Thursday.

At tea, Ashes holders Australia were 142 for one in reply to England's 435, a deficit of 293, with left-handed opener Katich 53 not out and captain Ponting 44 not out at Sophia Gardens.

Ponting's innings meant he'd joined an elite group of batsmen who'd all scored more than 11,000 Test runs in Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara and former Australia captain Allan Border.