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Bangladesh’s former captain and current fast bowler, Mashraf Mortaza has said that he is not sure about his future as a Test match bowler. Mortaza was recovering from his knee injury for the last eight odd months, that he had sustained in the West Indies last July.
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The New Zealand and the Australian cricket board have been asked to stay on a stand-by to host the 2011 edition of the World Cup, after it has been deemed that the security threat in India is for real. The CEO of the New Zealand Cricket (NZC), Justin Vaughan has said that that the ICC had asked them to remain on the stand-by but also added that the situation would be resolved and the tournament could be held as planned in the Asian nations of India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
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Shane Bond has joined the bandwagon of all those cricketers who have retired from the Test match cricket to be able to concentrate on the shorter, and dare one say, the more lucrative format of the game – the ODIs and the T20Is.
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After the test matches series and the two T20Is between India and Sri Lanka, the sides will now battle it out for the five ODIs. The first of the five games will be played at Rajkot on Tuesday, and will be followed by games on Friday, Monday, Thursday and Sunday.
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Murali Vijay will replace Gautam Gambhir at the top of the Indian batting order. Gambhir has had to give the third test match to be played at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai a miss because of his sister’s wedding and this has meant that Vjay, who has played one test match in his career so far. Coincidentally, that test match had also come as a result of a forced absence of Gambhir, who had been banned for one match for barging into Shane Watson deliberately.
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As if to prove that the Green Park wicket in Kanpur will not be left behind to Motera in Ahmedabad, in dishing out tracks that afford nothing to the bowlers, and conversely everything for the batsmen, more than 400 runs were scored on the first day of the second test match between India and Sri Lanka. That Sri Lanka managed to scalp two wickets was a big enough relief but there was nothing more for the fielding side to cheer for.
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India will play Sri Lanka in the second test match at the Green Park in Kanpur after a dull and a rather dreary draw at the Motera in Ahmedabad. The Green Park in Kanpur is one of the older venues in India, and had hosted its first test match in 1952.
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