Birmingham, June 19 (Ians) Legendary Australia wicketkeeper Ian Healy believes England pacer Ollie Robinson should have been punished with a fine as he was trying to incite a reaction from left-handed batter Usman Khawaja through a fiery send-off on day three of first Ashes Test at Edgbaston.
Robinson removed Khawaja for 141 on day three’s play on Sunday, knocking back his off stump as he came down the pitch looking to force the ball through the off side. The pacer appeared to swear towards a departing Khawaja during his wicket-taking celebrations.
“It is a lack of class like he’s been criticised for, but that’s ok, it happens in the heat of the moment. I think he should have been punished because it was shown so closely on TV and it does incite retaliation.
If Khawaja retaliated to that and said something back to him, he’d probably get in trouble.
Robinson removed Khawaja for 141 on day three’s play on Sunday, knocking back his off stump as he came down the pitch looking to force the ball through the off side. The pacer appeared to swear towards a departing Khawaja during his wicket-taking celebrations.
“It is a lack of class like he’s been criticised for, but that’s ok, it happens in the heat of the moment. I think he should have been punished because it was shown so closely on TV and it does incite retaliation.
If Khawaja retaliated to that and said something back to him, he’d probably get in trouble.
- 6/19/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
New Delhi, Feb 24 (Ians) Former Australia wicketkeeping great Ian Healy has urged Pat Cummins to leave Test captaincy in order to avoid ‘captaincy burnout’ and focus solely on his fast-bowling skills.
Cummins was appointed as Australia’s Test captain in November of 2021 and was made Odi skipper late last year when Aaron Finch retired. The 29-year old was also the best red ball bowler in the Test rankings till England’s James Anderson dethroned him from the top spot recently.
With him now not available for the third Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test against India at the Holkar Stadium in Indore due to a serious family illness, Australia’s prospect of fighting back in the series, where they are currently 2-0 behind, takes a serious beating.
“I don’t want him carrying the burden of so much captaincy for too long. I want him to finish (as just a bowler). The captaincy...
Cummins was appointed as Australia’s Test captain in November of 2021 and was made Odi skipper late last year when Aaron Finch retired. The 29-year old was also the best red ball bowler in the Test rankings till England’s James Anderson dethroned him from the top spot recently.
With him now not available for the third Border-Gavaskar Trophy Test against India at the Holkar Stadium in Indore due to a serious family illness, Australia’s prospect of fighting back in the series, where they are currently 2-0 behind, takes a serious beating.
“I don’t want him carrying the burden of so much captaincy for too long. I want him to finish (as just a bowler). The captaincy...
- 2/24/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
New Delhi, Feb 21 (Ians) Australia’s cricket team landed in India at the start of February 2023 with optimism and confidence of winning their first Test series in the sub-continent. But, as of now, they are headed to the third match in Indore, starting from March 1, with a 2-0 deficit and their chances of winning the Border-Gavaskar Trophy up in smoke.
Australia’s tour of India has been nothing short of a disaster, with injuries to key players, baffling selection calls and usual batting capitulation in the face of quality spin bowling making headlines back home. All of this comes especially after opting not to play a single tour match.
When Australia were skittled for 91 in the second innings of the first Test in Nagpur, it happened because the batters failed in trying to defend off the trinity of Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel.
In the second Test in New Delhi,...
Australia’s tour of India has been nothing short of a disaster, with injuries to key players, baffling selection calls and usual batting capitulation in the face of quality spin bowling making headlines back home. All of this comes especially after opting not to play a single tour match.
When Australia were skittled for 91 in the second innings of the first Test in Nagpur, it happened because the batters failed in trying to defend off the trinity of Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel.
In the second Test in New Delhi,...
- 2/21/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Mumbai, Feb 4 (Ians) With only a few days left before the start of the India versus Australia Test series next week, there is a lot of focus on the pitches that the four-match series will be played on with the Australians raising concerns on rank turners that their teams will have to play on.
Former Australia wicket-keeper Ian Healy has accused the Board of Control for Cricket in India (Bcci) will provide square-turners and termed such tactics “unfair”. However, former India coach John Wright has hit back at Healy claiming that teams playing at home are entitled to produce pitches to suit their own team.
Healy, the cricketer-turned-commentator, started the debate by claiming that India could win the series only by producing “unreasonable wickets”, adding that it only benefits Indian cricketers and should not be promoted again.
“They (India) have got a good team but I’m not too scared...
Former Australia wicket-keeper Ian Healy has accused the Board of Control for Cricket in India (Bcci) will provide square-turners and termed such tactics “unfair”. However, former India coach John Wright has hit back at Healy claiming that teams playing at home are entitled to produce pitches to suit their own team.
Healy, the cricketer-turned-commentator, started the debate by claiming that India could win the series only by producing “unreasonable wickets”, adding that it only benefits Indian cricketers and should not be promoted again.
“They (India) have got a good team but I’m not too scared...
- 2/4/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
New Delhi, Jan 30 (Ians) Australia’s wicketkeeping great Ian Healy believes it is disappointing to see the dismantling of trust between nations that he thinks has caused the Test side to not have a tour game ahead of their four-match series against India, starting from February 9 in Nagpur.
Australia have adopted a no tour match policy since their tour of Pakistan last year, and is being continued for their all-important Test tour to India, played for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
They have also been practising with the players not involved in the Big Bash League (Bbl) by replicating pitches which are roughed up and have cracks at the North Sydney Oval over the weekend before a five-day training camp takes place in Bengaluru ahead of the first Test, as Australia aim to win a series in India, something which hasn’t happened after 2004.
“We’ve gathered our spinners in Sydney for...
Australia have adopted a no tour match policy since their tour of Pakistan last year, and is being continued for their all-important Test tour to India, played for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
They have also been practising with the players not involved in the Big Bash League (Bbl) by replicating pitches which are roughed up and have cracks at the North Sydney Oval over the weekend before a five-day training camp takes place in Bengaluru ahead of the first Test, as Australia aim to win a series in India, something which hasn’t happened after 2004.
“We’ve gathered our spinners in Sydney for...
- 1/30/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
New Delhi, Jan 19 (Ians) Former Australia wicketkeeper-batter Ian Healy has admitted to being a little worried over Australia not playing any tour games ahead of their four-match Test series against India starting from February 9 in Nagpur.
In 2017, Australia prepared for the India Test tour with a ten-day stint on specifically prepared pitches at the Icc Academy in Dubai. Before playing in the first Test at Pune, which they won by 333 runs, they also played a three-day tour match against the Hardik Pandya-led India ‘A’ at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.
But, India, then led by Virat Kohli, bounced back from the loss in Pune to win the series 2-1, thanks to victories in Bengaluru and Dharamshala apart from a draw in Ranchi. But ahead of the series in 2023, Australia will enter without playing a tour game, something which they did when touring Pakistan last year.
Healy was speaking in response to...
In 2017, Australia prepared for the India Test tour with a ten-day stint on specifically prepared pitches at the Icc Academy in Dubai. Before playing in the first Test at Pune, which they won by 333 runs, they also played a three-day tour match against the Hardik Pandya-led India ‘A’ at Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.
But, India, then led by Virat Kohli, bounced back from the loss in Pune to win the series 2-1, thanks to victories in Bengaluru and Dharamshala apart from a draw in Ranchi. But ahead of the series in 2023, Australia will enter without playing a tour game, something which they did when touring Pakistan last year.
Healy was speaking in response to...
- 1/19/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
New Delhi, Jan 16 (Ians) Former Australia wicketkeeper-batter Ian Healy has predicted a 2-1 series win for India in the four-Test series against Australia starting from Nagpur on February 9. Healy added that his prediction can come true if the hosts aren’t preparing “unreasonable wickets”.
India and Australia will play four Tests in Nagpur, New Delhi, Dharamsala and Ahmedabad to decide the winner of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The series is of extreme importance for India, as a spot in the final of the World Test Championship (Wtc), to be held in June 2023, is at stake.
“They’ve got a good team but I’m not too scared of their spinners unless they produce unreasonable wickets. If they produce unreasonable wickets like they did half the series last time (we won’t win), two wickets were just terrible, unfair, spinners jumping over your head on day one.”
“So that type of thing...
India and Australia will play four Tests in Nagpur, New Delhi, Dharamsala and Ahmedabad to decide the winner of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The series is of extreme importance for India, as a spot in the final of the World Test Championship (Wtc), to be held in June 2023, is at stake.
“They’ve got a good team but I’m not too scared of their spinners unless they produce unreasonable wickets. If they produce unreasonable wickets like they did half the series last time (we won’t win), two wickets were just terrible, unfair, spinners jumping over your head on day one.”
“So that type of thing...
- 1/16/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Perth, Dec 5 (Ians) Australia’s legendary wicketkeeper-batter Ian Healy has sounded an ominous warning for the touring West Indies Test side, saying they might simply collapse in the second and final Test at Adelaide beginning on December 8.
The West Indies top order put up a dogged fight in both innings of the first Test they lost by 164 runs at Perth. But Healy believes they will not be able to withstand the Australian onslaught at Adelaide and are likely to crumble as they lack “sharpness” and “fitness”.
Though the Kraigg Brathwaite-led side’s top order did well, their bowler were off-colour, managing just six wickets in the opening Test, with Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith in particular punishing the attack.
“They’re saying it was a dogged performance by the West Indies…I’d agree with that, their top order was quite dogged against our bowling onslaughts, but...
The West Indies top order put up a dogged fight in both innings of the first Test they lost by 164 runs at Perth. But Healy believes they will not be able to withstand the Australian onslaught at Adelaide and are likely to crumble as they lack “sharpness” and “fitness”.
Though the Kraigg Brathwaite-led side’s top order did well, their bowler were off-colour, managing just six wickets in the opening Test, with Australia’s Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith in particular punishing the attack.
“They’re saying it was a dogged performance by the West Indies…I’d agree with that, their top order was quite dogged against our bowling onslaughts, but...
- 12/5/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Melbourne, Nov 19 (Ians) Legendary Australian wicketkeeper-batter Ian Healy has attributed the country’s reported disconnect with its star cricketers to the fact that they are not fighting enough “when the chips are down” and their “earnings”.
The 58-year-old great said it’s time for Australian cricketers to improve their public image and engage with the masses.
Crowds were negligible for Australia’s matches during the Icc T20 World Cup at home and the trend continued during the home team’s big win against England in the opening One-day International at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday, which raked in only 15,000-odd spectators.
Brand Australia has taken a beating after the home team missed the knockouts in their bid to defend the T20 World Cup title they won last year in the UAE, with the below-par performance also being attributed to Justin Langer’s resignation from the national setup earlier this year.
The 58-year-old great said it’s time for Australian cricketers to improve their public image and engage with the masses.
Crowds were negligible for Australia’s matches during the Icc T20 World Cup at home and the trend continued during the home team’s big win against England in the opening One-day International at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday, which raked in only 15,000-odd spectators.
Brand Australia has taken a beating after the home team missed the knockouts in their bid to defend the T20 World Cup title they won last year in the UAE, with the below-par performance also being attributed to Justin Langer’s resignation from the national setup earlier this year.
- 11/19/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Brisbane, Nov 1 (Ians) Legendary Australian wicketkeeper-batter Ian Healy is not enthused by the performance of his country’s bowlers in the Icc T20 World Cup match against Ireland here on Monday, with the 58-year-old saying they didn’t bowl well enough in the 42-run victory.
Australia scored 179/5 in the allotted 20 overs of their Super-12 Group 1 game against the European side and were fortunate Ireland’s Lorcan Tucker didn’t get a stable partner in the chase, otherwise things could have become difficult for the defending champions.
Tucker scored an unbeaten 71 off 48 deliveries, while the next-best score for Ireland — who shocked England by five runs (Dls method) in an earlier Super 12 game — was 14, clearly indicating that one more productive innings had the potential to rattle Australia.
“Yeah, I don’t think they (Australia) bowled well enough,” the former wicketkeeper said on Senq Breakfast on Tuesday.
“Lorcan Tucker… he decided, ‘I’m coming at these Aussies,...
Australia scored 179/5 in the allotted 20 overs of their Super-12 Group 1 game against the European side and were fortunate Ireland’s Lorcan Tucker didn’t get a stable partner in the chase, otherwise things could have become difficult for the defending champions.
Tucker scored an unbeaten 71 off 48 deliveries, while the next-best score for Ireland — who shocked England by five runs (Dls method) in an earlier Super 12 game — was 14, clearly indicating that one more productive innings had the potential to rattle Australia.
“Yeah, I don’t think they (Australia) bowled well enough,” the former wicketkeeper said on Senq Breakfast on Tuesday.
“Lorcan Tucker… he decided, ‘I’m coming at these Aussies,...
- 11/1/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Melbourne, Oct 20 (Ians) Alyssa Healy will be vice-captain of the Australian Women’s Team in place of the retired Rachael Haynes, the Cricket Australia has confirmed.
Healy, 32, was endorsed by the Cricket Australia board following the retirement of Rachael Haynes last month. Dan Marsh and Scott Prestwidge have been confirmed as assistant coaches.
A veteran of the Australia side having played 232 matches for her country — second only to all-rounder Ellyse Perry — Healy has previously served as vice-captain in a temporary capacity, most recently during Australia’s multi-format series against India in 2021.
Healy, who is the niece of former Australia men’s team wicketkeeper Ian Healy, has captained the Nsw Breakers in the Women’s National Cricket League since 2018 and was Sydney Sixer’ vice-captain in the first seven editions of the Women’s Big Bash League.
Speaking in Healy’s appointment, Shawn Flegler, Head of Performance, Women’s Cricket and National Selector said,...
Healy, 32, was endorsed by the Cricket Australia board following the retirement of Rachael Haynes last month. Dan Marsh and Scott Prestwidge have been confirmed as assistant coaches.
A veteran of the Australia side having played 232 matches for her country — second only to all-rounder Ellyse Perry — Healy has previously served as vice-captain in a temporary capacity, most recently during Australia’s multi-format series against India in 2021.
Healy, who is the niece of former Australia men’s team wicketkeeper Ian Healy, has captained the Nsw Breakers in the Women’s National Cricket League since 2018 and was Sydney Sixer’ vice-captain in the first seven editions of the Women’s Big Bash League.
Speaking in Healy’s appointment, Shawn Flegler, Head of Performance, Women’s Cricket and National Selector said,...
- 10/20/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Melbourne, Feb 21 (Ians) Australian great Ian Healy has questioned white-ball skipper Aaron Finch’s place in the side following the 35-year-old cricketer’s barren run in the five-match T20I series against Sri Lanka, which concluded on Sunday. Finch could manage just 78 runs from five innings during Australia’s 4-1 T20I series win against the Islanders, with […]...
- 2/21/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Melbourne, Dec 27 (Ians) Australia captain Tim Paine on Sunday became the fastest wicketkeeper to reach 150 Test dismissals. Paine completed a catch in the 60th over to send back his India counterpart Rishabh Pant off the bowling of fast bowler Mitchell Starc to reach the milestone.
Paine, 36, has reached 150 dismissals in just 33 innings, thus putting him ahead of South Africa's Quinton de Kock, who took 34 innings to reach the number. The closest among Australians is wicketkeeping great Adam Gilchrist, who reached the landmark in 36 innings.
Paine, however, remains a long way off Gilchrist's career record of 416 dismissals, which is the second highest of all time in Test cricket behind former South African wicketkeeper Mark Boucher's 555. Ian Healy (395) and Rod Marsh (355) are the other two Australians in the top five of the list which is rounded off by former India captain M.S. Dhoni (294).
Pant's dismissal on the second day of...
Paine, 36, has reached 150 dismissals in just 33 innings, thus putting him ahead of South Africa's Quinton de Kock, who took 34 innings to reach the number. The closest among Australians is wicketkeeping great Adam Gilchrist, who reached the landmark in 36 innings.
Paine, however, remains a long way off Gilchrist's career record of 416 dismissals, which is the second highest of all time in Test cricket behind former South African wicketkeeper Mark Boucher's 555. Ian Healy (395) and Rod Marsh (355) are the other two Australians in the top five of the list which is rounded off by former India captain M.S. Dhoni (294).
Pant's dismissal on the second day of...
- 12/27/2020
- by IANS
- GlamSham
Canberra, Dec 2 (Ians) Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell, whose use of switch-hit and reverse sweep has been criticised by Ian Chappell as unfair and illegal, said that the improvised strokes are within the laws of the game. He added that these strokes are part of the evolution of the limited-overs game that has also seen bowlers use variations like knuckle-ball and wide yorkers.
"Definitely it is within the laws of the game and batting has evolved over the years which is why we see these massive scores getting chased down and the scores are going up. I suppose it is up to the bowlers to combat that. I suppose the skills of the bowlers are being tested every day with bowlers having to come up with different ways to sort that -- the way they shut down one side of the ground and what not," said Maxwell while speaking to the media.
"Definitely it is within the laws of the game and batting has evolved over the years which is why we see these massive scores getting chased down and the scores are going up. I suppose it is up to the bowlers to combat that. I suppose the skills of the bowlers are being tested every day with bowlers having to come up with different ways to sort that -- the way they shut down one side of the ground and what not," said Maxwell while speaking to the media.
- 12/2/2020
- by IANS
- GlamSham
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