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Asia have won the bid to host the 2011 World Cup by beating a joint bid by Australia and New Zealand by ten votes to three. The ICC’s executive committee met in Dubai on Sunday, and made series of decisions regarding the future hosting of events. After missing out on 2011, Australia and New Zealand have the 2015 World Cup and England the 2019 event.”We did a great job, the four countries put together an impressive presentation and we got 10 out of 13 votes,” Lalit Modi, BCCI vice-president told the Press Trust of India. “We are looking forward to it. A lot of work has to go in. The four countries will jointly sit down along with ICC to chalk out plans for hosting the 2011 World Cup. A lot of infrastructure needs to be put in place. We are mentally geared up for it. We will do the task at hand.”Reflecting on the decision over the 2011 tournament, Ehsan Mani, the ICC President, said: “On behalf of the ICC I congratulate the four Asian members on earning the right to host the World Cup 2011.”Since turning up at the ICC board meeting in March with an unviable submission they have worked hard to satisfy the strict hosting criteria set by the ICC. That a compliant submission was produced ahead of the final deadline earlier this month is testament to the capacity of these four countries to work together.”We can now prepare with confidence for what promises to be the biggest occasion that cricket fans in Asia and around the world will ever have seen. This is the first time that members interested in hosting ICC events have been required to produce submissions that fulfil strict hosting criteria and we have been delighted with the process.Pakistan had reasons for a double celebration when not only did they win a joint bid with India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to host the 2011 World Cup but they were also awarded the 2008 Champions Trophy.The delegates representing the Asian bid at the meeting also expressed their joy at securing the right to host the 2011 tournament.”We are delighted to have been asked to host the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, it is a tremendous honour,” said Shaharyar Khan, the chairman of the PCB. “The submissions process has been eye-opening for all of us. I don’t think we fully appreciated the volume of work that was required to produce a compliant submission and we are grateful to the ICC Board for allowing us extra time to complete this process.”IS Bindra, who attended the meeting on behalf of the BCCI, said: “I was fortunate enough to be associated with Asia’s previous successful bids for the 1987 and 1996 tournaments. Both of those were great successes and we hope 2011 will represent a new landmark as a cricketing and sporting milestone.”We can promise that the 2011 Cricket World Cup will be as big as the football World Cup. In Asia you will see traffic stop, and massive television audiences and crowds for all the matches played.”The BCCI secretary, Naranjan Shah, who was in Dubai to help deliver the Asian presentation, added: “We worked hard as a group and we were all determined to get the World Cup. It has been a joint effort and this result is the fruits of those efforts.”The Bangladesh representative, Mohammad Ali Asghar MP, said: “This is fantastic news and is a big progression for Bangladesh, especially as we have also secured an ICC Event in 2014. The matches in our country will definitely keep up Bangladesh’s development in world cricket and we congratulate the ICC for giving us this chance. We will ensure we have all the support necessary from our Government to make these events successful.”Jayantha Dharmadasa, the chairman of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), added: “It is difficult to find the words to express how delighted I am with this news. All of Sri Lanka, from the President down, will be thrilled with what has happened and with the problems in the country at the moment this is a very positive thing.”We have also been awarded an ICC Event in 2012, and whether it will be a Twenty20 World Championship or a Champions Trophy we are so happy to be hosting it. The events in 2011 and 2012 mean that we will have hosted five ICC tournaments in 12 years and that speaks very highly of Sri Lanka, SLC and the present administration.”We will have two new grounds by then with one near Kandy and the newly renovated stadium in Galle and that means we would have a total of seven excellent world-class venues to use.”The result is a boost for the Asian group whose bid had been weakened by a late submission. India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh had made a bid and were allowed an extension until April 21 to set out their proposal after they had difficulty hitting the first deadline in March. In the end, when it came down to voting, the Asian group came through with a big majority.

ICC events2007 Twenty20 World Championships – South Africa
2008 Champions Trophy – Pakistan
2009 Twenty20 World Championships – England
2009 Women’s World Cup – Australia
2010 Champions Trophy – West Indies
2011 World Cup – Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
2012 Twenty20 World Championships or Champions Trophy – Sri Lanka
2013 Women’s World Cup – India
2014 Twenty20 World Championships or Champions Trophy – Bangladesh
2015 World Cup – Australia and New Zealand
2019 World Cup – England

Denesh Ramdin, the 19-year-old wicketkeeper from Trinidad, is the only new face in the West Indian squad that was chosen for the Sri Lankan tour, starting on July 15.Ramdin has played only 13 first-class matches and managed one hundred and two fifties. Ramdin’s inclusion meant that Courtney Browne, who kept wicket in the recent series against South Africa and Pakistan, was left out of the squad and was one of the two notable absentees along with Reon King, the fast bowler.The West Indies board also said that two more players will be added from the West Indies A squad which left for Sri Lanka on Friday. The 13-member West Indian squad is scheduled to leave on July 1 and will play two Tests and a triangular one-day tournament involving Sri Lanka and India.The West Indies board has also issued the invitations as well as match/tour contracts to the players and asked the players to indicate their agreement by June 21.Squad
Ian Bradshaw, Dwayne Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul (capt), Pedro Collins, Corey Collymore, Fidel Edwards, Chris Gayle, Wavell Hinds, Brian Lara, Darren Powell, Denesh Ramdin (wkt), Ramnaresh Sarwan, Devon Smith, plus two players from West Indies A.

The Pakistan side returned to Karachi from their New Zealand tour yesterday, but all the questions from the media were about the forthcoming series against India.”I have never seen the Indian team playing with such strength or confidence … our strength is that we have never been so united and played with so much spirit as we are doing at the moment,” Javed Miandad, Pakistan’s coach, admitted. “We are going to face a very tough series against them. It’s going to be an emotionally charged series because of the little cricket we have had against each other in the recent years.”Inzamam-ul-Haq, Pakistan’s captain, was a little more upbeat, while acknowledging that it would be tough. “We are ready for the series. Our young team played well in New Zealand and with a superior bowling attack we think we can stop the Indian batting which has been performing very well in Australia.”We will rely on our pacers and with Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Sami we have two match winners,” he continued, while dismissing reports that he had fallen out with Shoaib in New Zealand. “We lost the one-day series and that allowed baseless rumours to float and once we start winning, all this will die down.”Some local newspapers have been calling for changes to the side following the heavy defeat in the one-day series, but Inzamam said that the same side was more than capable of beating India. “It needs no changes,” he insisted. “It has been shaping up well since we won a Test series against South Africa last year.”

As a batsman, it’s never advisable to have a predilection for one stroke.The fielding team will set the trap, the bowler will produce the bait andthe batsman’s eyes will light up only to be dismissed.Pavlov’s Dog never had it this bad.There have been celebrated cases such as current Australian selector, AndrewHilditch who was known as the ‘Happy Hooker’ because of his indulgence forthe notorious stroke which often caused his downfall.If the fielding side does their homework they can turn the oppositionbatsman’s strengths into weaknesses. Stephen Fleming displayed that lastyear with much success against the Australians when he had a different fieldfor every batsman.So what about Nasser Hussain and the sweep? It seems as though this is theonly shot he can play when he is facing the spinners.In the first VB Series game against Australia at the SCG, Hussain was doinghis best to allow the sweep to get him out; either via lbw, bowled, topedging one or being caught on the fence.It is a low percentage shot for just one run. With there being only four men inthe circle, singles are on offer everywhere. He would be better advised topush through the vacant mid-on, mid-off area for the easiest of singles thantrying to be too clever by half.Hussain scored 52 from 81 balls. Against Shane Warne he scored 13 runs from 23balls. From Darren Lehmann, 11 runs from 29 balls. The spinners had him boggeddown, or rather is it that he had himself bogged down?Against the bowling of Warne and Lehmann, his highest single scoring shotoff either was two runs, which he managed once off each.Fifteen times he played the sweep for a return of five singles. He playedthe dreaded reverse sweep three times to Lehmann. He did not score a runfrom the stroke and twice had to survive vociferous appeals for lbw.The sweep is an interesting stroke. Many a batsman has had a fondness forit and it has been the downfall of as many.Jonty Rhodes utilised it to geat effect in 1994 at the SCG when it was theone and only plan he could muster to escape the clutches of Shane Warne.Steve Waugh has his ‘slog-sweep’, but the major difference between the shothe is employing and the one Hussain is doing, is that Waugh is hitting theball in front of square. By not having to turn his wrists with the stroke,he is able to gain maximum power and uses the shot for scoring boundariesand sixes.Hussain is scoring singles with the shot. Is it worth getting out for onerun?Then there is the reverse sweep……..Australian cricket has never looked kindly on the shot because basically itshould never be played. It is one of the lowest percentage strokes thereis, with the batsman able to get out in far more many ways then he can scoreruns from the shot.It was the shot which caused Mike Gatting’s infamous demise in the 1987World Cup final and a day doesn’t go by when he is not reminded of this.There is no way John Buchanan, Ricky Ponting, Shane Warne and theAustralian cricket brains trust are unaware of Hussain’s love of the shot.Warne and Lehmann will be bowling many balls to be swept and it will be upto Hussain to play the shot without getting out or devise an alternate wayof run scoring.If the batsman are going to improvise against spinners, it should be withtheir feet and not with the bat. Use of their feet allows them to turn theball into the type of delivery they wish to face. This also createsuncertainty in the mind of the bowler because they are now unsure as towhich length to bowl.Time will tell if Hussain is one of those who can “resist everything buttemptation”.

Somerset coach Kevin Shine confirmed that it was likely that he would take a squad of 12 to The Oval on Wednesday for the four day CricInfo Championship match against Surrey.The final selection would be down to Jamie Cox the captain, and would depend upon the fitness tests that Richard Johnson is undergoing over the next two days.It was likely to be a “different” selection from the Leicestershire game and the final team on the day could depend upon whether a new or used pitch was used for the match.Despite missing Saqlain Mushtaq and their England players Surrey are still able to field a strong side and will provide a stern test for the Cidermen.

Confusion continues to surround county players who have signed with the unauthorised Indian Cricket League. Last week the ECB made clear that overseas players who had signed would not be eligible to play this season, but the actual situation remains clouded.Yorkshire seem resigned to be without Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, who signed for the Pakistani Lahore Badshahs franchise, and Hampshire are still seeking clarification on the position relating to Shane Bond. Glamorgan are still hoping that Jason Gillespie will be joining them, and Sussex are pressing for a ruling on Mushtaq Ahmed.Cricinfo understands that almost all the England players who have signed with the ICL will not be returning to India for the 2008-09 events, although it is not clear if that also applies to Paul Nixon.Further confusion comes with Kolpak players. While overseas players need approval from their home boards to play county cricket, that does not apply to Kolpaks and so they are free to sign with the ICL and continue to play county cricket.Two county captains – Dale Benkenstein (Durham) and Nicky Boje (Northamptonshire) – have signed with the ICL but are expected to play, but Nic Pothas, who was expected to replace Shane Warne as Hampshire’s skipper, has been overlooked because of his ICL links. There is also confusion as to his status. While he was expected to be reclassified as an England-qualified player in 2008, the paperwork is not complete. Stuart Law, the Lancashire captain, is down to play in the ICL immediately before the county season starts.Surrey are confident that Saqlain Mushtaq, signed from Sussex in the close season and now an England-qualified player, will be free to play for them.

Rajesh Chauhan, the former Indian offspinner, has been injured in a road accident n Chhattisgarh, television reports claim. The accident took place at Gundardehi in Durg district when a speeding vehicle hit the car in which Chauhan was travelling.He was admitted to the Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital in Bhilai, in central India, and was being monitored in the ICU. His condition has been described as stable.”Chauhan is out of danger,” a Bhilai Steel Plant – Chauhan’s employers – official told IANS. “He probably has multiple fractures and has also received some serious bruises on his hand, leg, back and head. A team of doctors is examining his condition.”Chauhan, 40, played 21 Tests and 35 one-day internationals from 1993 to 1998. While his performances were far from head-turning, India lost none of the 21 Tests in which he played. He is perhaps remembered most for his last-over six off Saqlain Mushtaq at Karachi in 1997, which sealed a four-wicket win for India.

Mark Cosgrove and Brett Dorey will replace Damien Martyn and Stuart Clark for the three-match one-day series in Bangladesh. Martyn played in the first Test but is returning home due to an elbow injury, while Clark is going back to Sydney to be with his wife for the birth of their child.Cosgrove, a 21-year-old left-hand batsman for South Australia, hasn’t yet played international cricket but has impressed in the first-class circuit, averaging 41 from 24 matches. Dorey, 28, played three matches in the VB Series last season, but managed only one wicket.Australia have already made one other change to their squad, replacing Shane Watson with James Hopes. Watson hasn’t yet recovered completely from a calf injury he picked up in the recent Pura Cup final.

On the importance of Younis and Malik
Malik has been performing for a while and Younis had a good time in theTests. They are good boys. Now they are seniors and it is theirresponsibility to perform.On the team being weak
The team was not weak, but young.The pitch?
The pitch was slow and low.On what he has learnt as captain
[Jocularly] I get more angry. The more you captain, the more you learn.About his bad back
There’s a bit of a problem, and the physio has advised three weeks’ rest.About the extensive travel
[Again jokes] Travel-travel karke meri kamar chali gayi hai [I’vetravelled so much my back has given way].About the amount of cricket played
There is so much cricket around the world, you just have to get used toit. If there is big gap between matches, that can also harm.On Afridi’s innings
Afridi’s 40 was important. He lifted the pace, and India became defensive.

Just like his batting, Akash Chopra has a confidence that is not demonstrative. His batting is a mixture of careful consideration, precise and unfussy footwork, and unostentatious execution. While his more illustrious colleagues have hogged the headlines so far this series, Chopra, in only his first tour abroad, has worked tirelessly, and succeeded, in the job assigned to him. Defying the new ball, laying the bricks and paving the way. He has been India’s quiet hero of the series so far.”I have been given a job,” Chopra says, “to play off the new ball and to occupy the crease.” He has complied in outstanding manner. In no first innings so far has Rahul Dravid, who was a virtual opener on India’s last tour to Australia, been dragged out of the dressing room before the tenth over, and thrice Chopra has blunted the Australians for more than three hours. He has been the anchor to Virender Sehwag’s buccaneering strokeplay. Together, they have driven the Australians to distraction.”They complement each other very well,” concedes John Buchanan. “Chopra is somewhat limited in his strokeplay, but he has played well within himself. Sehwag is limitless in his strokeplay and presents a different kind of challenge. We know exactly how to bowl to the two of them, and we have stuck to our plans. But they have come up with some good performances in crucial times.”Though Chopra and Sehwag have been team-mates in the Delhi Ranji teams, they have rarely batted together in domestic cricket. While Chopra has forever been an opener, Sehwag has only opened for India. But they have an intrinsic understanding which is evident from the way they trust each other for singles. “Singles are a part of our strategy in the opening overs, when boundaries haven’t been easy to come,” Chopra says. “I know Veeru very well, we are very close friends, so it’s easy to strike an understanding.”Chopra missed a good part of India’s domestic season last year owing to a fractured finger, but managed to secure a place in the Indian side by performing in two trial matches against New Zealand. He prepared for the Australian tour by seeking advice from Sunil Gavaskar, Geoff Boycott and Mohinder Amarnath. “They told me to give the first hour to the bowler because the Kookaburra balls move more than the balls used in India. I have tried to do that.”If there’s one worry about Chopra’s batting, it’s been his inability to build on his start and play an innings of substance. He was out to a brute of a delivery today, but his dismissal has often been caused by a lapse of concentration. Chopra isn’t unduly worried, though. “This is a new level of cricket for me,” he says, “the standard is much higher than what I have been used to. But I have coped quite well I think. I am sure that a big innings will come anytime now.””If I can stay there for three hours, I am good enough to stay in for three more.”