• The Aussie great, who has been hired by the GMR Group as a bowling consultant for the Delhi Daredevils team, said that the Australian Cricket Board was against the very concept of Twenty20 format, before they realised the financial aspect of it.

    New Delhi: Years of bowling burden has taken its toll on his back, but Dennis Lillee’s aggression still seems a throwback from his heydays.

    The Aussie great, who has been hired by the GMR Group as a bowling consultant for the Delhi Daredevils team, said on Wednesday that the Australian cricket board was against the very concept of Twenty20 format, before they realised the financial aspect of it.

    "Cricket Australia was against Twenty20 matches right from the start. Even though England had introduced the concept quite successfully and South Africa were having their Pro20 series, the board was against it.

    "When I was the president of Western Australian Cricket Association, we organised the first ever Twenty20 tournament between Victoria and

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  • Legendary West Indies cricket captain Brian Lara who bid adieu to international cricket last year amidst speculations of being left out by selectors from the England tour, said that he left on his own terms.

    Port of Spain: Legendary West Indies cricket captain Brian Lara who bid adieu to international cricket last year amidst speculations of being left out by selectors from the England tour, has said that he left on his own terms.

    'I left on my own volition. I've enjoyed playing (cricket) for the West Indies and I just thought it was time the West Indies team move on under a new leader,' Lara said at a function hosted by the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) on Sunday night.

     

    'Records don't mean anything to me. (I had) one more match to 300, forty something more runs to 12,000. Tendulkar was just around the corner in hundreds. I was lucky to have achieved so much individually and very unlucky not to achieve much as a team,' he added.

     

    Lara also said that he was elated to get

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  • In an interview with The Indian Express, Sehwag speaks about the excessive demands of T20 on his batting, on how Ganguly was an example to follow during his comeback and how that gap from international cricket was a blessing in disguise. Excerpts from the chat...

    It's been a hectic evening for Virender Sehwag. Wearing the red and black Delhi Daredevils uniform, with the legend 'Viru' inscribed on the back, the Indian opener has just rehearsed all the shots in his armoury for the camera. This is a vital part of the cricket entertainment unfolding that is the IPL. In an interview with The Indian Express, Sehwag speaks about the excessive demands of T20 on his batting, on how Ganguly was an example to follow during his comeback and how that gap from international cricket was a blessing in disguise. Excerpts from the chat...

    Everyone says T20 is cut out for your brand of cricket. Do you enjoy the format?

    Actually, I love playing ODIs and Test cricket more than anything. I have not done

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