Kamal Lashes Out at ICC, Threatens to ‘Expose Everything’
When Michael Clarke was handed the World Cup trophy on Sunday, it was supposed to be ICC President Mustafa Kamal doing the honours. But instead, N Srinivasan stepped up and presented the trophy to the new World Champions, a move that has upset Kamal who claims he was denied his “constitutional right”.
“After I go back home, I will let the whole world know what’s happening in ICC. I will let the whole world know about those guys who are doing these mischievous things.”
Mustafa Kamal, ICC President
Kamal also stated that he feels his right was snatched away from him because of his decision to speak out against the “umpiring bias” in Bangladesh’s quarter-final against India.
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Azhar Ali Named Pakistan’s ODI Captain
The Pakistan Cricket Board has appointed 30-year old batsman Azhar Ali as the new captain of the one-day team and named wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed as his deputy.
Don’t beat yourself up if you can’t put a face to the name, Ali has not played ODI cricket for Pakistan in over two years.
In fact, the 30-year-old has played just 14 ODIs since his debut in 2010 and was picked over Muhammad Hafeez, Fawad Alam, Sarfraz Ahmed, Sohaib Maqsood and veteran batsman Younis Khan despite not even being a part of the recently concluded World Cup side.
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No Indian in ICC’s World Cup XI
Despite reaching the semi-finals of the 2015 World Cup, not a single Indian cricketer has found a place in ICC’s World Cup XI.
The ICC team features five New Zealanders, including Brendon McCullum, despite their seven-wicket loss to Australia in the summit clash on Sunday.
“McCullum was chosen as the captain following his aggressive, innovative and inspirational leadership during the 44-day tournament that was the cornerstone of his team’s progression to the final where it lost to Australia by seven wickets,” the ICC said in a statement.
Team of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 in batting order: Martin Guptill (New Zealand), Brendon McCullum (New Zealand, captain), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka, wicketkeeper), Steven Smith (Australia), AB de Villiers (South Africa), Glenn Maxwell (Australia), Corey Anderson (New Zealand), Daniel Vettori (New Zealand), Mitchell Starc (Australia), Trent Boult (New Zealand), Morne Morkel (South Africa), Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe, 12th man).
Yuvraj Singh Bats for Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma
With angry fans and critics lashing out at Virat Kohli and his girlfriend Anushka Sharma, Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh took to twitter to stand up for his former team-mate.
Yuvraj asked the ‘real’ Indian cricket fans to respect the couple’s personal life in a string of tweets, also reminding them of Kohli’s 5 centuries over the summer in Australia.
The 33-year old added that a player of Kohli’s calibre is sure to do well for the country in coming times and deserves a lot more respect and support from his fans.
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Woods Drops Out of World’s Top 100
In a new low for Tiger Woods, the American golfer has dropped out of the world’s top 100 for the first time in his career.
Woods has not played competitive golf since pulling out of the Farmers Insurance Open on February 6, after which he said he was taking an “indefinite break from the sport” since his game was “unacceptable for tournament play”.
The 39-year old holds a record of owning golf’s number 1 ranking for a solid 683 weeks but is now ranked 104 in the latest standings released on Monday.
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