http://ouchmytoe.com/cricket India vs England - Live Cricket scores, Live Cricket commentary, & Live Cricket Scorecard, Live Cricket News Updates Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:53:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Martin Crowe, the former New Zealand captain, has called for a complete overhaul of the way New Zealand are managed after an innings loss in Adelaide that he described as "our worst moment in Test cricket". The defeat at the hands of Australia meant New Zealand fell below West Indies ... http://ouchmytoe.com/cricket/archives/2008/12/02/crowe-calls-for-new-zealand-clean-out/ Australia and South Africa are incapable of competing without pre-series bluster but Tim Nielsen, the Australia coach, has said Graeme Smith's men face an enormous task to back up their words with on-field success. South Africa's coach Mickey Arthur said earlier this week his side would try to exploit Andrew ... http://ouchmytoe.com/cricket/archives/2008/12/02/australia-vs-south-africa-live-scores-2/ Former India pacer T A Sekar said India need to protect Ishant Sharma well to prolong his blooming international career. Sekar, the former MRF Pace Foundation head coach, said Sharma was a unique talent which needed to be handled cautiously. "Ishant is a treasure. We need to wrap him in cotton wool ... http://ouchmytoe.com/cricket/archives/2008/12/02/sekar-india-need-to-treasure-ishant/ South Africa's reshuffled lead-up to the Australia Test series will include another match with a one-day fixture against Western Australia planned for December 11. The tourists' two-day contest against the Warriors has also been brought forward by a day and will start on the 12th. Read ... http://ouchmytoe.com/cricket/archives/2008/12/02/proteas-tour-starts-with-perth-warm-up/ Geoff Lawson said England's decision to abandon the India tour due to security fears, smacked of double standards. "It's interesting that England are heading home and certain players don't want to play the Test series and yet we go back to 2005, bombs went off in London while there was a ... http://ouchmytoe.com/cricket/archives/2008/12/02/england-slammed-for-returning-home/ Not many noticed, but when Yere Goud quietly - he wouldn't know any other way - walked out to field against Andhra last week, he became only the 16th player to have played 100 Ranji Trophy matches. It is a proud achievement, and also a damning one: because while you ... http://ouchmytoe.com/cricket/archives/2008/12/02/determined-goud-keeps-the-faith/ Medium-pacer Siddharth Trivedi's 12th five-wicket haul set up Gujarat's comfortable win over Punjab in Ahmedabad to take them to joint top spot in Group A while Punjab are now second from bottom, 11 points behind. Punjab resumed with five wickets in hand and needing 56 runs to avoid an innings defeat. ... http://ouchmytoe.com/cricket/archives/2008/12/02/gujarat-share-top-spot-after-ten-wicket-victory/ Yere Goud's stodgy defence stood between Uttar Pradesh and a shot at an outright win, as he helped Railways avoid the follow-on. That brought UP out to bat and, in fading light, they didn't push for a win despite their 146-run first-innings lead. In 50 second-innings overs, they managed only ... http://ouchmytoe.com/cricket/archives/2008/12/02/ranji-trophy-live-scores-2/ National selector Geoff Miller has admitted England's players with a "sense of fear" should not resume their tour of India. Miller has spent the day liaising with officials from the England and Wales Cricket Board, who have been in talks with security advisers both at home and in India to determine ... http://ouchmytoe.com/cricket/archives/2008/12/02/miller-aware-of-fear-factor/ As the Mumbai and Hyderabad teams prepared for Tuesday's Ranji match at the Bandra Kurla complex, the first cricketing diversion from the horrors of last week, there was a sombre air: grey clouds gathered over the green outfield, the silence was amplified by the unfinished buildings that surround the stadium. On ... http://ouchmytoe.com/cricket/archives/2008/12/02/resuming-cricket-is-the-best-thing/