Saqlain Mushtaq set for second stint as England spin guru
- 27-Jul-2016
LONDON: Pakistan off-spin great Saqlain Mushtaq is set for another spell as an England coaching consultant, highlighting how fluid national allegiances can become when a cricketer's playing days are over.
Five things we’ve learnt so far in World T20
- 22-Mar-2016
NEW DELHI: The group stages of cricket's World Twenty20 have reached the half-way mark with every team having played two of their four matches. AFP looks at the lessons learned so far:
Pakistan pose new spin threat for England
- 11-Oct-2015
ABU DHABI: England face the daunting prospect of overcoming Pakistan's new-look spinning line-up as the Ashes winners try to reverse their 3-0 Test whitewash last time around on the dry pitches of the United Arab Emirates.
Australia builds artificial pitch for spin challenge in subcontinent
- 16-Sep-2014
SYDNEY: Australia has built an artificial pitch at the National Cricket Centre in Brisbane to help its batsmen deal with spin-bowling on the slow tracks of the subcontinent, where they have so often struggled in the past.
Muralitharan joins Australia as spin consultant
- 18-Jun-2014
MELBOURNE: Australia has hired leading test wicket-taker Muttiah Muralitharan as a spin bowling consultant as the team prepares for October’s test series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates. The world’s top-ranked test side boasts one of the world’s strongest pace attacks but has struggled to unearth a world class spinner since the 2007 retirement of Shane Warne. Offspinner […]