Hobart [Australia], November 25 (ANI): Hobart Hurricanes on Thursday announced the signing of Yorkshire batter Jordan Thompson ahead of the upcoming Big Bash League (BBL) season.
Melbourne [Australia], October 24 (ANI): Indian all-rounder Harmanpreet Kaur played a crucial knock of 35 runs, as Melbourne Renegades defeated Sydney Sixers by seven wickets in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) match in Launceston.
Hobart [Australia], October 23 (ANI): Hobart Hurricanes clash with Adelaide Strikers in the ongoing Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) was called off after 16 overs, due to rain in Launceston.
New Delhi Sep 26 PTI Bishan Singh Bedi once invited Pakistani cricketers Zaheer Abbas Javed Miandad Mudassar Nazar and others for dinner in Australia and cooked delectable food for the 25-odd guests says a new bookBedi turned 75 on Saturday and his former teammates friends and admirers from the cricket fraternity came together to pay unique tribute to him through a festschrift of sortsThe special book - The Sardar of Spin A Celebration of the Art and of Bishan Singh Bedi - has a foreword by Kapil Dev messages from Sunil Gavaskar E A S Prasanna and Farookh Engineer and contributions by Neha Bedi his daughter Sachin Tendulkar B S Chandrasekhar Venkat Sundaram Ramchandra Guha Anil Kumble Greg Chappell and many moreIn his piece Bish Taking us from Club Class to World Class former first-class cricketer Sundaram among other things mentions a culinary trait of BediIt was a bright sunny and warm afternoon in Burnie in Tasmania Australia when the phone rang Bishan Bedi was calling After the usual pleasantries he informed me that the visiting Pakistan team would be in Launceston to play a match against Tasmania and he would like to invite them for dinner Sundaram who was also team manager for India in the 1990s recallsHe told Bedi it was a very thoughtful idea and asked how he could helpHe said that he was about 70 kilometres away and we would meet at my friends place in Launceston and he would get the ingredients and some utensils We would all combine our cooking talents and toss up something palatable he writes in the book edited by Sachin Bajaj and published by Roli BooksBedi has always had more than a passing interest in cooking and I was confident having sampled his offerings that the food would be more in the realms of delectable than palatable he addsAnd it turned out to be a great experienceHere we were three families all hard at it - chopping washing marinating frying steaming blending - for more than five hours Often as the available pots and pans were not large enough to cook for the nearly 25 guests the same dish had to be prepared two or three times Sundaram saysThe cooking was complete around seven in the evening and left all of them exhaustedOkay now lets get the drinks table ready and clean all the glasses announced BediSundaram calls it an absolutely enjoyable do with the affable Pakistani players including several legends like Zaheer Abbas Javed Miandad Mudassar Nazar Shafqat Rana and Iqbal QasimAll were relaxed and at home millions of miles away in Australia There was laughter jokes toasts and stories Above all the quiet elegance and care of Bish was written all over he saysThis an effort to reach out to friends and fellow cricketers in a foreign land defying steep odds to create a culinary experience - in many ways these epitomise Bish Warm hearted brazen friendly but clear-thinking encapsulates the man Sundaram writesKapil Dev says there is no one like Bedi who was his first captain He was a cricketer who knew his rights well He stood up for the cricketers fighting for better match fees travel facilities and accommodation He took on the Delhi and District Cricket Association because he wanted the players to be treated with respect He did not hesitate to clash with the Board officials when he thought they were not being fair in their approach Dev saysBedis bowling partner Chandrasekhar describes him as an all-time great both as cricketer and as a manBishan is many people in one and I have been privileged to know all of them As a great bowler colleague captain a warrior against authoritarianism selector coach administrator commentator and columnist he was unique - bringing to each of his callings a singular perspective and honesty beyond compare he writes in his piece PTI ZMN RDS RDS
Melbourne [Australia], September 16 (ANI): The Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) will begin its seventh season in Tasmania, with the first 20 matches of the world's best cricket league for women to be held on the Apple Isle.
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