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NEW BOWLING COACH

The former fast bowler of Tasmania, Allister De Winter, has been appointed as the new bowling coach of Australia. He will replace Creig McDermott who resigned from his post. McDermott said that he has not been able to give proper time to his family due to his coaching duties. So, he is resigning from his post to spend some time with his family.

The general manager of Cricket Australia, Pat Howard, said that there were quite a few candidates for this post including the former Pakistani fast bowler, Waqar Younis, but De Winter won the race eventually. De Winter is currently the assistant coach of Tasmania. After being appointed as the bowling coach, De Winter said that he is very excited to work with the Australian bowlers. As per De Winter, Australia has a very good bunch of fast bowlers at the moment. It would be wonderful to work with these aggressive fast bowlers.

De Winter also coaches the Hobart Hurricanes in the Big bash League (BBL). De Winter didn’t represent Australia in the international cricket. He played first class cricket for Tasmania. He played 21 first class matches for Tasmania and took 35 wickets. De Winter said that the bowlers at the international level should not be taught how to bowl. They already know how to bowl. All they need is a bit of guidance about their bowling and that’s what the role of a bowling coach is all about. As per De Winter, sometimes the bowlers need a minor adjustment in their action or in their bowling stride and suddenly they start picking wickets. So, a bowling coach should tell a bowler where he is getting wrong and what should he do to overcome his problem.

De Winter would take the charge of the Australian team from the UAE tour where Australia will play ODI and T20 matches against Pakistan.

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Australia move up

After giving some consistent performances in test match cricket, Australian cricket team has moved up in the official test rankings of International Cricket Council (ICC). Australia is now at no. 2. England is still the number 1 side while South Africa has moved down to no. 3. The Australian cricketers have performed brilliantly in the last two test series that they have played. At first, they whitewashed Team India by a margin of 4-0 in the home series and then they visited West Indies and beat them by a margin of 2-0 in the 3 match test series. In the last 7 test matches that Australia has played, it has won 6 of them.

After the appointment of Michael Clarke as captain, the Australian test team has shown gradual improvements. The team is looking stabilized and every member of the team has a fixed role. Australia has a young brigade of fast bowlers who can bowl pretty quickly. Also, it has a very good spinner in the form of Nathan Lyon. He is an old fashioned orthodox off spinner who likes to flight the ball. The opening slot is also looking quite stabilized. David Warner is relishing the opportunity of playing test cricket. He makes a lethal combination with Shane Watson at the top of the order. Australia has also found a fabulous wicket keeper in the form of Matthew Wade. He is quite capable with the bat. Ian Chappell, former Australian Captain, has said during a television show that Wade is good enough to play as a specialist batsman in the Australian team. Also, he doesn’t do a bad job behind the stumps.

Australia has to play an important test series against South Africa in the later part of the year. If Australia wins that series, it might become the No. 1 test team in the world again.

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Sachin given award by Wisden India

There is absolutely no need of explaining the credibility of Sachin Tendulkar and another feather was added on his hat by felicitating him with Wisden India Outstanding achievement award. This award ceremony was organized in Dubai. The place where this award ceremony was organized was not too far from the stadium where he made the excellent pacer Shane Warne literally spellbound in the year 1998. The trophy was a crystal one with a highly stylish look and was of high prestige.

According the cricket maestro Sachin Tendulkar, he had a spent a memorable night of his life on that day as the ceremony was full of life with a plotted comedy, a trophy and of course which ended with dinner. He has received a number of trophies but this trophy was unparallel according to him. Sachin was honestly best part of the evening as it was made more wonderful by the questions asked by Alan Wilkins. Alan was a bowler from Glamorgan and no is a well known face in the Star Sports- ESPN in the Asian branch. His tricky questions were beautifully handled by master blaster who answered all the questions with a sixer.

This celebration includes a total of six dinners one of which was on this day and five will be celebrated later in the span of three years. This will help both the master cricketer and his fans to interact with each other. Sachin Tendulkar came closer to the fans as he answered questions based on his successful life. He talked, he smiled, he answered and he made the evening a memorable one to everyone who witnessed it.  The master blaster with 49 ODI 100s and 51 Test 100s showed his skill in this award ceremony with a usual attitude.