Malcolm Speed,ICC cricket CEO,Good Riddance

Malcolm Speed speaks to Guyana media
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Malcolm Speed , good riddance

Andrew Miller,writes in Cricinfo magazine that the ousting of Malcolm Speed as ICC CEO is an admission of the factionalism in the ICC

I am glad to see Malcolm Speed go as ICC CEO

Malcolm Speed has often be seen to be partisan and has made almost as many gaffes as Ray Mali.

Malcolm Speed may have had issues with the BCCI, but that didnt mean that he could make nasty , gloating comments about India and the inability for a country with a population of 1 billion to win the cricket World cup..

I may not be a great fan of the BCCI, but Malcolm Speed, as ICC CEO, was far worse- Malcolm Speed 's nasty comments don't exactly inspire any confidence about his leadership skills and people from the subcontinent are bound to view Malcolm Speed , as more of a representative of England & Australia cricket boards

A CEO needs to be at least seen to be bi-partisan, but Malcolm Speed 's nasty comments about India did let the cat out of the bag about his biased views

Goodbye and good riddance to Malcolm Speed, his seven years as ICC CEO, have resulted in the ICC organization being reduced to a toothless organization, viewed with suspicion by every cricket playing country of the cricket world

Malcolm Speed,ICC cricket,Mickey Arthur so hypocritical!

Malcolm Speed speaks to Guyana media
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Malcolm Speed and Mickey Arthur shoot themselves in the foot

Malcolm Speed , the ICC and the South Africa cricket coach Mickey Arthur are incredibly hypocritical.

Reports suggest that on the basis of Mickey Arthur's protest, the ICC, led by Malcolm Speed, has asked the BCCI for an explanation for the spinning track prepared for the Kanpur cricket test match , which ended in three days

Mickey Arthur, the South African cricket coach, is simply not grateful for the "South African cricket pitch" provided at Ahmedabad

Why is Mickey Arthur, the South African cricket coach and the ICC not asking for an explanation for the pitch for the Ahmedabad test match which also ended in three days

The fast and green Ahmedabad cricket match was simply a gift given by the pitch curators to the South African cricket team, but Mickey Arthur is simple not grateful

No country will be as stupid as to provide a cricket pitch that is favorable to the opposing cricket team, but the pitch curators at Ahmedabad managed to do just that

The Ahmedabad cricket pitch was tailor made for the South African cricket team's fast bowlers and not surprisingly, the South African cricket easily won the Ahmedabad cricket test

Is the ICC ask forl a spinning track to be prepared at the Centurion Park or at Perth?

The ICC's comments on the pitch for the Kanpur cricket test sparks of such hypocricy- has Malcolm Speed's ICC or Mickey Arthur ever asked the Australian cricket board for an explanation for the fast cricket pitch at Perth or Centurion Park?

Why should a spinning track be unfriendly, but a green top like Perth be fair?The ICC, led by Malcolm Speed,is plain stupid and biased

The ICC should be dismantled as soon as possible- the ICC 's decisions are really biased against the subcontinent

The Oval fiasco and the reinstatement of Darrell Hair is another slap in the face for the subcontinent, and it is high time the Asian cricket boards support each other in the face of such blatant bias against them

Malcolm Speed, the ICC and Mickey Arthur should refrain from stupid statements that display jealousy about the BCCI 's monetary influence over world cricket

Harbhajan Singh appeal to be tried by controversial judge of New Zealand, John Hansen- a ploy by the ICC

Harbhajan Singh 's appeal to be judged by John Hansen, the controversial judge of the New Zealand High court- another sinister ploy in this critical cricket incident?

Harbhajan Singh's appeal will be judged by John Hansen, a really controversial judge who is known to give rather "blinkered" decisions.

According to Kiwifirst, John Hansen, the New Zealand high court judge is known to make rather controversial judgements.

John Hansen's appointment is probably a bad choice in this most important judgement for world cricket, the ICC and the BCCI

John Hanson has been described by this Kiwifirst website as someone who is "unable to apparently separate his personal bias and interests from his arbiter's job" and someone who is "Prone to take a blinkered approach in proceedings and in his written accounts of proceedings and rulings, providing inordinate focus on the arguments of the litigant (or counsel) he personally fancies"

In the context of the Oval cricket test controversy, the ICC and world cricket authorities are often seen as being against the teams of the subcontinent and appointing this "blinkered" judge for such this important Harbhajan Singh - Andrew Symonds cricket controversy smacks of really poor taste and a touch of the sinister

Gary Kirsten as Indian cricket coach- insult for Indian cricket coaches

Gary Kirsten 's selection as Indian cricket coach is an insult to indigenous Indian cricket coaches

Gary Kirsten has been selected as the Indian cricket coach. This is nothing short of an open insult to all the coaches of Indian cricket

There is incredible coaching talent in India and it is a sad mockery of Indian cricket that people like Gary Kirsten are selected and great coaches like Sandeep Patil and Achrekar are in the wilderness

Gary Kirsten has no cricket coaching experience

Gary Kirsten has no cricket coaching experience and has been selected as the Indian cricket coach but renowned coaches like Sandeep Patil who successfully coached the Kenyan cricket team to the World cup cricket semifinals are repeatedly ignored

The BCCI obviously likes Gary Kirsten for his "lack of experience"!

Gary Kirsten has made a lot of derogatory remarks about India and its culture

Gary Kirsten 's remarks indicate that he will never integrate into the Indian cricket team or understand the Indian cricket culture. Gary Kirsten has subjected the Indian secondary towns to great criticism and this will obviously not go well with most of the Indian cricket team , who come from small Indian towns

I can bet that Gary Kirsten 's tenure will be short and will do as much damage to Indian cricket as Greg Chappell 's tenure as Indian cricket coach

Greg Chappell 's big mouth blabbers more

Greg Chappell continues with his hypocritical ways and his ability to talk crap

Greg Chappell has an expert ability to be political and hypocritical

In a recent outburst, Greg Chappell spewed more venom on his latest victims , the Indian "senior" players. Greg Chappell blamed the BCCI's selection of the "senior" players the main cause of India's defeat at the World cup cricket tournament 2007

In fact, Greg Chappell says he was sure that the Indian cricket team would lose even before the team left for the cricket World cup.So much for Greg Chappell's man management skills!

Greg Chappell also poured more venom on the "Indian cultural mindset" by saying that Saurav Ganguly expected a lot in return for recommending a snake like Greg Chappell

Despite Saurav Ganguly great leadership capabilities and people management capabilities, Saurav Ganguly obviously had to pay the price for recommending a snake like Greg Chappell to be Indian cricket coach and doing the Indian cricket world such as disfavor

Greg Chappell is sure of one thing, it is never Greg Chappell 's fault

Greg Chappell is never at fault, it is always someone else's fault for this so-called "guru". Sometimes, Greg Chappell finds the BCCI as the villain, at times it is the Indian selection panel and nowadays the flavor of the month is the Indian senior cricket players

Greg Chappell is so un-Australian in nature

Its absolutely wrong to classify Greg Chappell as personifying the "Australian way of playing cricket". The Australian way of playing cricket is to be open, honest and blunt in all talk and taking every decision.

"Blaming others all the time" is only the Chappell way, not the Australian way!

Greg Chappell (Coach)
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Rahul Dravid destined for cricket oblivion?Was Rahul Dravid treatedwell by Indian cricket board?

Rahul Dravid has been dropped from the Indian cricket team for the first two matches of the India Vs Pakistan one day international cricket series

Rahul Dravid has been summarily "rested" by Dilip Vengsarkar 's Indian cricket selection board

Rahul Dravid 's dropping is a bizarre decision reeking of a witchhunt against the Indian cricketing legends in the search for "young" talent. Dilip Vengsarkar 's selection board committee has committed the mistake of a lifetime by dropping such as seasoned campaigner as Rahul Dravid in a crucial India Vs Pakistan cricket series

Rahul Dravid case suggests that in Indian cricket, "rested" usually means being dropped from the Indian cricket team indefinitely

Rahul Dravid has lived in the system of Indian cricket long enough to know that "rested" is a euphemism for being summarily dropped from the Indian cricket team for an indefinite period of time

Rahul Dravid 's case illustrates how Indian cricket continuously dishonours and denigrates its cricketing legends without even a proper sendoff, but employs euphemisms to prevent public indignation for the brutal dropping from the Indian national cricket team

Rahul Dravid may be in bad form but he is desperately needed in a crunch India Vs Pakistan cricket series

Rahul Dravid is a cool calculated cricketer who plays cricket using his determination and mental strength. Dropping a player like Rahul Dravid from the Indian cricket team for the India Vs Pakistan cricket series is nothing but hara-kiri

It was a crime and an insult to Indian cricket to "rest" Rahul Dravid from the Indian cricket team

The question on everyone's mind after Rahul Dravid was "rested"- Who will be rested next, Sachin Tendulkar or Saurav Ganguly?

Rahul Dravid
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Why Graham Ford refused to be Indian cricket coach?

Graham Ford has refused BCCI's offer to be Indian cricket coach

Graham Ford is definitely one of the world's most intelligent cricket coaches. In fact, by refusing BCCI's offer to become the Indian cricket coach, Graham Ford has reaffirmed his stature as one of cricket's best thinkers

The Indian cricket team coach's position is an invitation to a cesspool

Graham Ford obviously realized that the Indian cricket coach's positions is a dangerous one, with the pressures of the Indian media, the huge expectations from the Indian cricket loving public and the interference from the cricket board, the BCCI

Even Greg Chappell was successful in the position of Indian cricket coach for some time, despite his obvious shortcomings,but soon sunk deep inside the quagmire

The Indian cricket team needs a cricket manager, not a cricket coach

As Kapil Dev pointed out many times, the Indian cricket team needs a cricket manager and not a cricket coach. Ye, BCCI gurus, at least now, heed the words of Kapil Dev, India's most astute cricket hand, and appoint a cricket manager who will only motivate but not attempt to coach

Graham Ford has smartly evaded the offer to be Indian cricket coach, but who will be the next victim of the BCCI?

3 Secret reasons why Ford was selected as Indian cricket coach

Why Ford was selected as Indian cricket coach

The secret is out, Ford has been selected as the Indian cricket coach. Have you wondered why Ford was selected as Indian cricket coach?

Here are some of Ford's qualifications which made him the best candidate for the post of Indian cricket coach

Ford's candidature for Indian cricket coach

Ford is not a citizen of India. This is the most important criterion to select Ford as the Indian cricket coach

Ford has good experience of match fixing. I will not say more, but the Indian cricket board, BCCI,obviously thinks that Ford's experience in match fixing in Cronjegate will help his tenure in the Indian cricket team

Ford has not played test or one day international cricket.This is another important criteria which has resulted in Ford being selected as Indian cricket coach. The Indian cricket board is cunning enough to realize that a person like Ford who has not played International cricket has not had the opportunity made any major blunders in his cricketing career

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The Indian cricket board has thus made an intelligent decision by selecting Ford as the Indian cricket coach since Ford met all the preconditions needed to be the Indian cricket coach

Greg Chappell has fooled the Indian cricket board,BCCI

Greg Chappell seems to have completely fooled the Indian cricket board-the BCCI

Greg Chappell is now looked upon as a sincere "Guru" whose professionalism is worth appreciating. The only thing professional about Greg Chappell is his professional bungling of his job as coach of the Indian cricket team.

Mr. Pawar, are you aware that Greg Chappell insulted the Indian cricket spectators

Greg Chappell actually openly insulted the Indian cricket spectators by using an abusive gesture. If Greg Chappell had done this to an Australian cricket crowd, the Australian cricket crowd would have lynched Greg Chappell and the Australian cricket media would have ensured that Greg Chappell was permanently out of a job

Mr. Pawar, would you have censured Greg Chappell if he had insulted Indian cricket crowds in Maharashtra?

Greg Chappell has taken Indian cricket for a ride for the last two years, and sadly,the BCCI is still encouraging Greg Chappell