I can contribute with ball in England: Ganguly
NEW DELHI, June 13 (Agencies): Recalled to the Indian one-day side, Sourav Ganguly says that apart from his regular role with the bat, he could also be useful as a bowler in the favourable conditions of England and Ireland.
"I think I can contribute with the ball.
It (conditions) will definitely help the ball to move around in England.
We are going in the second half (of the summer) and I hope everyone lifts their game," Ganguly told 'CNN-IBN'.
Ganguly felt England would miss Andrew Flintoff in the ODI and Test series if the talismanic all-rounder fails to recover from the ankle injury.
"Obviously they'll miss Flintoff, who is not a part of their team.
Flintoff makes a lot of difference to their squad.
But it will be a good series," he added.
Ganguly, along with Sachin Tendulkar, was included in the ODI squad that will play threa matches against South Africa in Ireland (June 26-July 1) and another against Pakistan in Glasgow, Scotland (July 3).
The two were rested for the one-day series in Bangladesh last month.
They, however, were part of the Test squad that beat Bangladesh 1-0 and are among the 16 that is to play three Tests in England in July-September.
Lara set for cricket u-turn: Report LONDON, June 13(Agencies): West Indies legend Brian Lara has hinted at a return to cricket only months after announcing his retirement from the international game.
Lara announced his West Indies retirement following his country's failure to qualify for the semi-finals at the World Cup in the Caribbean.
He had initially planned only to retire from One-Day Internationals at the end of the tournament but was expected to be part of the ongoing tour of England.
According to The Wisden Cricketer magazine, Lara - Test cricket's leading all-time run scorer - wants to return to the game, although it remains unclear for who, and at what level, he intends to play.
"I think I am going to play cricket again.
If I go six or eight months without cricket I would lose it and I don't want to lose it yet," said Lara.
Asked if that meant paying for celebrity team Lashings, he replied "No, no," leaving County cricket or the proposed new Indian breakaway 20-over league as intriguing possibilities.
Lara expected and hoped to be playing Test cricket in England this summer but claims he left West Indies cricket on his own terms, when he retired so suddenly after the World Cup.
"We needed a new direction, someone who was willing to see some sort of change" he said.
"I was willing to do that.
I wanted to come to England but I had also said I wanted to finish with One-dayers." "It's not ideal but then how many things in life are?" Despite the recent second innings heroics against England at Old Trafford, the decline in West Indies cricket has been laid bare so far this summer.
Lara insists that West Indies' problems run very deep.
"It's that we don't have a good infrastructure for young guys to develop.
West Indies have a great under-15 side.
I know a 16-year-old guy in Trinidad who's awesome but I worry for him because of the facilities." "A mediocre Australian cricketer at 17 or 18 will be slapping everyone all over the world five years later.
If you don't have facilities and you don't have employment then you have a negative atmosphere." Lara feels that he fulfilled personal goals, but regrets not seeing the West Indies reach their full potential.
"I've done what I could do so I'm happy with me.
As a team, we've not been able to climb out of the doldrums so that will remain on my mind.
That does not rest well with me.
I leave West Indies cricket with my head held high." "I've tried my best and I've worked my arse off.
May be I could have done things differently but I've done things my way - that's the most important thing." BCCI announces tour itineraries for home series against Aus, Pak NEW DELHI, June 13(Agencies) Board Of Control for Cricket in India has announced the itinerary for the home series against Australia and Pakistan.
The Schedule is as follows: Against Australia: September 25 - Arrival of Australian team.
September 29 - First ODI at Bangalore (D/N).
October 02 - Second ODI at Kochi (Day).
October 05 - Third ODI at Hyderabad (Day).
October 08 - Fourth ODI at Guwahati (Day).
October 11 - Fifth ODI at Baroda (Day).
October 14 - Sixth ODI at Nagpur (Day).
October 17 - Seventh ODI at Mumbai (D/N).
Against Pakistan: November 02 - Arrival of Pakistan Team.
November 06 - Ist ODI at Faridabad(Day).
November 09 - Second ODI at Mohali(Day).
November 12 - Third ODI at Kanpur(Day).
November 15 - Fourth ODI at Gwalior(Day).
November 18 - Fifth ODI at Jaipur(Day).
Three match day series against pakistan.
First Test match at Delhi: November 22-26.
Second Test match at Kolkata: November 30- December 4.
Third Test match at Banglore: December 8-12.
Jayasuriya to turn up for a short stint at Lancashire LONDON, June 13 (UNI): Veteran Lanka opener Sanath Jayasuriya will have a short stint with English county side Lancashire, filling in for off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, who was today named in the Test side for the three-match series against Bangladesh later this month.
Jayasuriya will be available for the Twenty20 Cup group matches and then the County Championship match against Yorkshire at Old Trafford, Lancashire cricket manager Mike Watkinson announced today.
He will have to return home ahead of the three match ODI series as he has been named in the Lankan one-day squad.
"I'm extremely happy to have been called by Lancashire County Cricket Club to participate in the forthcoming season," 37-year-old Jayasuriya was quoted as saying by Lancashire club website from his home in Colombo.
"It is a privilege to be associated with Lancashire after having played almost two decades of cricket all around the world, and I look forward very much to be playing for Lancashire CCC," he added.
Watkinson said, "Sanath and Twenty20 cricket is an exciting prospect.
He has a tremendous record in one-day cricket, and we are delighted he will be joining us." This will be Jayasuriya's second stint at an English county after representing English county Somerset in 2005.
Valley based footballer in vigilance net SRINAGAR, June 13 (UNI): The Jammu and Kashmir Vigilance Organisation today registered a case against a former joint Managing Director (MD) of the State Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) and a renowned soccer player of the Valley for possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
A vigilance spokesman said the case was registered against Mohammad Yousuf Dar after it was revealed that during his service he had acquired movable and immovable assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
Dar had recently constructed a four-storied hotel 'Marhabba' after dismantling an old structure at the Old Secretariat Road here.
The spokesman said Dar had spent huge amount on the massive repairs of his four-storied residence at Buchwara here and also built another house for his daughter and son-in-law.
Dar also purchased 15 marlas of land at Munwarabad main road near a petrol pump and 2.10 kanals of land at Harwan and acquired landed property at various places, he added.
Dar has several bank accounts in his name and in the name of his family members, the spokesman said, adding the accused retired from the government service only last month.
The vigilance officials conducted search at residential and business premises of the accused and came across dozens of bank accounts and documents related to the purchase of the landed property at various places, the spokesman said.
He said the investigations in the case were in progress.
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