CRICKET Ireland chief Warren Deutrom has vowed to fight the country’s exclusion from the 2015 World Cup and is not ruling out legal action. Deutrom told BBC Sport that Irish cricket had been left “stunned” by the decision to restrict the tournament to the 10 full-member nations. “Every avenue is going to be looked into,” said Deutrom. “This decision could have serious implications both for our playing and financial strength.” Ireland’s spirited displays at the recent World Cup - which saw them complete a historic win over England as well as running the West Indies and Bangladesh close - have been rewarded by a return to the World Cup wilderness until at least 2019. The 2015 tournament has been cut from 14 teams to the 10 full-member countries by the International Cricket Council, while a qualifying period will be instituted for the 2019 tournament.
Dhoni didn’t inspect Wankhede pitch before final
Mahendra Singh Dhoni did not inspect the Wankhede stadium pitch even for once prior to the World Cup final against Sri Lanka in Mumbai. Captains, players and team management usually inspect pitches a day or two before matches but Dhoni and his team-mates did not bother to do so according to Wankhede Stadium curator Sudhir Naik. “Not only Dhoni, no member of the Indian team ever bothered to look or inspect the pitch,” said Naik. “Indeed, I told my ground staff that such a show of self-belief is the mark of a winning team,” he said. Dejected Sangakkara gives up ODI captaincy SRI Lanka’s cricket captain Kumar Sangakkara said on Tuesday he was resigning from the job three days after his team lost to India in the World Cup final. Sangakkara said he told the national selectors that he would quit as one-day and Twenty20 captain with immediate effect, but offered to continue as Test captain on an interim basis if required. “After careful consideration I have concluded that it is in the best longterm interests of the team that I step down now as national captain so that a new leader can be properly groomed for the 2015 World Cup,” Sangakkara, 33, wrote to Sri Lanka Cricket. “This was a decision I made prior to the World Cup. I will be 37 by the next World Cup and I cannot therefore be sure of my place in the team. It is better that Sri Lanka is led now by a player who will be at the peak of their career during that tournament.”
I have been quoted out of context: Afridi
AFTER creating a furore by stating that Indians are not “large-hearted”, Pakistan’s ODI cricket captain Shahid Afridi did a volte-face, claiming that he was misunderstood and quoted out of context.”Media makes a big deal of small issues. It is shameful. I have always done my bit to improve Indo-Pak ties but sometimes you say something and it is interpreted the other way. I have been quoted out of context,” Afridi said. “I have enjoyed my cricket in India and I love Indian people. Don’t take my comments negatively,” he said.
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