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Ian Healy Says Pat Cummins And Team Could Be Sledged In Perth Test

2022-12-16T14:01:05Z

AidanSowerby43: Created page with "Australian cricket legend Ian Healy believes Pat Cummings and his teammates could be brutally sledged in as locals defend their 'golden haired boy' Justin Langer. The firs..."

Australian cricket legend Ian Healy believes Pat Cummings and his teammates could be brutally sledged in as locals defend their 'golden haired boy' Justin Langer. The first test against the West Indies starts on Wednesday at Optus Stadium, and given Langer believes he was forced out as head coach by a disgruntled playing group for being 'too intense', the tension is set to be obvious. 'Justin is a golden-haired boy in Perth so I would expect something for sure,' Healy said. 'I think there will probably be a bit of angst there.' Healy himself was subjected to boos from locals in Western Australia back in 1992 after replacing local gloveman Tim Zoehrer in the Australian XI. Perth cricket fans love their own and decorated former batsman and coach Justin Langer is at the top of the tree Wicketkeeping great Ian Healy said he won't be surprised if Perth fans turn on Pat Cummings and his Aussie teammates Cummins reportedly felt Langer's coaching style was 'too intense' and pushed behind the scenes for Andrew McDonald to replace him He was followed down the players' race by an angry fan who then chucked a rolled-up ball of newspaper into his face. Pandemonium followed, with the overzealous supporter arrested and ejected from the WACA. 'The guy was a country cricketer and I think he was down for their country week,' Healy told . 'A few of us were copping it over there. I remember Mike Whitney was copping it as well. 'I copped it because of the Tim Zoehrer thing but it was broader than that and quite widespread.' In February, Langer announced his resignation as head coach of the Australia men's team. His contract was set to expire in June, but he turned down a six-month extension offered by Cricket Australia. Healy himself was booed at the WACA in 1992 after replacing local Tim Zoehrer as Australia's first choice wicketkeeper Langer didn't mince his words on the 'coward' Aussie cricket team on former AFL player Will Schofield's Backchat Podcast Cummins (pictured, with partner Becky Boston) reportedly told Langer the feedback from disgruntled players was going to be 'brutally honest' RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share Langer recently called out Cummins and other 'coward' members of the Australian team on former AFL player Will Schofield's Backchat Podcast. He spoke of his controversial departure as Australia coach and how the relationship between him and the players fell apart in his eyes. 'I spoke to Pat Cummins. He said to me about five times, "This might be brutally honest",' Langer said. 'I said, "Pat, there is nothing brutal about your feedback. What is brutal is I'm hearing it behind my back through the media or through sources." 'No one's telling me. Tell me. People say that I'm very intense, but they are mistaking intensity with honesty.' Langer wasn't finished, [https://storage.googleapis.com/best-blogs/Shikhar-Dhawan-Defined-True-Love-As-He-Married-Ayesha-Huge-Age-Gap-2-Kids-A-Broken-Marriage.html storage.googleapis.com] adding: 'I've never said this publicly, the hardest thing for me was the feedback. 'We won the T20 World Cup, we won the Ashes, we were the No.1 (team) in the world and I still got sacked. 'That's the hardest thing.' adverts.addToArray({"pos":"inread_player"})Advertisement data-track-module="am-external-links^external-links"> Read more: DM.later('bundle', function() DM.has('external-source-links', 'externalLinkTracker'); );

No Cowards In Australian Team: Cummins

2022-12-16T13:56:13Z

AidanSowerby43: Created page with "Pat Cummins has emphatically declared there are no cowards in the Australian cricket team, admitting his disappointment over the Justin Langer podcast saga that is overshadowi..."

Pat Cummins has emphatically declared there are no cowards in the Australian cricket team, admitting his disappointment over the Justin Langer podcast saga that is overshadowing the start of the Test summer. Speaking for the first time since Langer attracted front-and-back-page headlines last week, Cummins also made clear he would never air the details of private conversations in public. The Australia captain's comments come just one day out from the first Test against West Indies, with below-average crowds expected in Langer's home town of Perth on Wednesday. Australia will field their regular home line up, with Josh Hazlewood the only man to come in from the team that faced Sri Lanka in Galle in July. The hosts will also start the battle for the Frank Worrell Trophy as hot favourites, with West Indies having not won a Test in Australia since 1996-97. But with little fanfare or promotion around Perth, much of the focus remains around what reception Australia receive in what is likely to be a largely empty Optus Stadium. Cummins on Tuesday made a point to acknowledge Langer had clarified several of his comments, including claiming he was not referring to players when he said those who leaked to media were "cowards". "There's no cowards in the Australian cricket team, not ever," Cummins said. "I thank Justin for clarifying his remarks afterwards. "He had a think about it and clarified it, so I thank him for that. "But we're really proud of the last 12 months, how we've fronted up, the way we've played, the way we've conducted ourselves. "Players can certainly hold their heads high." Cummins also said he did not believe the team were on the nose with the Australian public, pointing to crowds throughout the recent Twenty20 World Cup. But there is little question that there is strong support for Langer in Perth. In his podcast interview released last week, the former national coach also lamented a lack of direct feedback from players including Cummins and Aaron Finch late during his tenure. Those comments, in particular, drew the ire of Cricket Australia CEO Nick Hockley, who issued a statement standing by the players. "I'd probably never disclose private conversations, but you'd have to ask Justin," Cummins said. "There's no ill will to what he was trying to do and he clarified afterwards. "I feel like there's so many good things going on at the moment, especially this Test team (being) No.1 in the world. "It's disappointing sometimes the focus gets drawn to off-field issues but it hasn't really affected our team." Meanwhile, Cummins also defended his own image - including claims he had become "too woke" as Australia captain. The skipper created headlines earlier this summer when he pulled out of appearing in ads for Alinta Energy given the team sponsor's carbon footprint. Australia will also take a knee in this series alongside the West Indies in a push to highlight racial inequalities, an act adopted when the team played in the Caribbean last year. "In this position, [https://storage.googleapis.com/best-blogs/Sachin-Tendulkars-Daughter-Sara-Tendulkar-Looks-Like-Papa-Ki-Pari-In-Unseen-Childhood-Picture.html storage.googleapis.com] you're always going to upset people," he said. "We're cricket players, but you can't leave your values at the door. People stand for different things. "Taking a knee this week, we're doing it out of respect for the West Indies, in support of equality. "Anyone who says that's a bad thing, I'm not too bothered about." adverts.addToArray({"pos":"inread_player"})Advertisement

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Jim Carter In Bitter Battle With Girls apos; School

2022-12-16T13:51:17Z

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His wife, Imelda Staunton, has been lavished with plaudits for her unerring portrayal of the Queen in the latest series of . But never assume that Jim Carter — best known as Carson the butler in — is content to remain meek, still less mute, when at the £3.25 million townhouse he and Staunton (pictured) share in genteel North-West London. Indeed, I can reveal that Carter, 74, has just launched an extraordinary attack against a proposal to facilitate what he demonises as 'an aggressive game with associated aggressive levels of sound from players and equipment' on a small patch of ground at nearby Hampstead Cricket Club. His wife, Imelda Staunton, has been lavished with plaudits for her unerring portrayal of the Queen in the latest series of The Crown. But never assume that Jim Carter — best known as Carson the butler in Downton Abbey — is content to remain meek RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share So what has prompted the outburst? A proposal to build a boxing ring, or a rugby club gym? No, It's a plea to the local council by the Girls' Day School Trust, which wants pupils at private South Hampstead High School to have the chance to play padel — a mixture of tennis and squash — on a new, purpose-built court. 'Noise level assessments for tennis bear little relationship to the explosive noise associated with padel,' Carter howls in an anguished letter to the council. 'A brief visit to the public padel courts at Regent's Park or Hyde Park reveals that the heavy sound of a padel ball on bat and ball on side panels drowns out the sounds of tennis.' Perhaps Carter is as hostile to change as Carson was at Downton? Or perhaps he has especially acute hearing? The proposed court is a hundred yards from his and Staunton's house — and screened from it by Hampstead Cricket club's clubhouse and its changing rooms. So what has prompted the outburst? A proposal to build a boxing ring, or a rugby club gym? No, It's a plea to the local council by the Girls' Day School Trust, which wants pupils at private South Hampstead High School to have the chance to play padel — a mixture of tennis and squash — on a new, purpose-built court Has David Walliams been 'cancelled' by the BBC? Speaking at the Beeb's Somerset House Christmas launch, TV boss Charlotte Moore reeled off a list of festive highlights, from Mrs Brown's Boys to the Strictly Christmas special. Sadly, Moore didn't include Gangsta Granny Strikes Again!, the new adaptation of Walliams's book, starring the comedian who was forced to apologise for making derogatory comments about Britain's Got Talent contestants. Perhaps Gangsta Granny has made her final strike for the BBC? Is that what not to wear, Trinny?While some of us are putting up Christmas decorations, Trinny Woodall seems to have used most of the glitter on her coat. 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'That is why comedy is very healthy for us, because it says what is actually there.' The 1979 film was made only because The Beatles star George Harrison remortgaged his London home and injected around $4 million [£3.3m] of his own money. 'We still wouldn't have been able to make it if it weren't for George Harrison,' Idle confirms. 'We couldn't sell it for love nor money.' Lady Vic wants Trump the Charmer electedSocialite Lady Victoria Hervey appears to have landed a major international scoop. The Marquess of Bristol's sister met Donald Trump at his golf club in Florida this week and tells me the former president would rock U.S. politics by standing as an independent if the Republicans don't choose him as their candidate again. 'He's a man who genuinely wants the best for his country,' Lady Victoria, 46, tells me. 'He has a great sense of humour, and is intelligent, funny and charming. 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Apos;No Reason apos; For Pakistan And India Not To Host Each Other Pakistan...

2022-12-16T13:46:43Z

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Dec 2 (Reuters) - Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Ramiz Raja said on Friday that he saw no reason for India and Pakistan not to host each other in Test and white-ball games. Bilateral cricket between the archrivals remains suspended, thanks to their soured political relation, [https://sports-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com/Who-is-Sanjana-Ganesan-Five-interesting-facts-about-cricketer-Jasprit-Bumrahs-wife.html sports-blogs.s3.amazonaws.com] and emotions run high on both sides of the border whenever they clash in multi-team tournaments. "There is no reason why India couldn't come to Pakistan and Pakistan go to India," Raja told Test Match Special. "Both boards need to come to terms with whether we want to play each other or not." Pakistan are to host the 2023 Asia Cup, but Secretary of the Indian board Jay Shah, who also heads the Asian Cricket Council (ACC), said on Oct. 19 India would not travel to Pakistan for the Asia Cup, and that the tournament itself would be shifted to a neutral venue. "India cannot come because the government will not allow them because that has been the stated position, but to take the Asia Cup away from us is just not right," Raja said. "Why give it to us in the first place and then make all those statements that India will not travel?" Raja added that the England and Wales Cricket Board and Cricket Australia need to do more to help the situation. "The neutral cricket boards that have held important positions, when they keep quiet, frustrates me completely," Raja said. "The International Cricket Council has to think out of the box and work better." Pakistan last played in India for the T20 World Cup in 2016, while India have not visited Pakistan since the 2008 Asia Cup. International teams have primarily avoided Pakistan since an attack by Islamist militants on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore in 2009 killed six policemen and two civilians. (Reporting by Tommy Lund in Gdansk Editing by Matthew Lewis) adverts.addToArray({"pos":"inread_player"})Advertisement

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