No plans to retire: Anderson
MANCHESTER:ENGLAND’S most successful bowler James Anderson says he is not pondering his Test retirement but conceded the decision to step away could be taken out of his hands if he continues to underwhelm.
The 38-year-old has endured afrustrating summer, managing just six wickets in his last three Tests, fuelling speculation that his 17-year test career could be drawing to a close.
“I want to play as long as I possibly can. If I keep bowling the way I did this week, the opportunity to retire will be taken out of my hands. It will be a selection issue. But, for me, I’m still hungry,” Anderson said.
GOT GOVERNMENT NOD FOR IPL IN UAE: PATEL NEWDELHI:THE BCCI has received the central government’s formal approval to conduct this year’s
Indian Premier League in the UAE, IPL chairman Brijesh Patel revealed on Monday.
“Yes, we have received all the written approvals,” Patel told PTI when asked whether the permission has come in writing from both the Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of External Affairs. The government had last week given an “in principle” go-ahead to the BCCI.
STARC SETTLES INSURANCE TUSSLE MELBOURNE:AUSTRALIA’S Mitchell Starc has reached a settlement in his fight for an insurance payout of $1.53 million for losing his IPL deal with Kolkata Knight Riders due to an injury in 2018.
According to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald, “The settlement came on Monday, just two days before the case was due to be heard in the Victorian County Court.”
PCB TO CONTEST AKMAL BAN REDUCTION IN CAS LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday announced it will file an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) against the reduction of ban on batsman Umar Akmal for breaching its Anticorruption Code.
Last month, the three-year suspension initially handed to Akmal for failing to report corrupt approaches was reduced to 18 months on “compassionate” grounds by independent adjudicator Faqir Mohammad Khokhar.