After falling to old rivals India in the World Cup semifinal last month, Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has set his sights on the ICC World Twenty20 Championship to be played in Sri Lanka next year.
“The only way I can really
overcome the disappointment of our defeat against India is by winning the Twenty20 World Cup,” Afridi told The News in an interview.
Afridi said that he is focusing on the 2012 World Twenty20 Championship because he doesn’t know whether he will be playing international cricket in 2015 when the next edition of the World Cup takes place in Australia and New Zealand.
“I would love to be around for the 2015 World Cup but that’s like four years away.
That’s why I’m just focusing on the Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka and want us to take the right steps to ensure that we raise a team that is good enough to win that tournament,” he said.
Cricket S.Africa president ousting unlawful: court
South Africa: A South African High Court yesterday ordered Cricket South Africa (CSA) to re-instate its president Mtutuzeli Nyoka, who was fired following a public feud with the organisation’s chief executive.
Nyoka took CSA to court after the organisation’s members’ forum, comprising provincial presidents, passed a vote of no confidence in Nyoka at a special meeting in February. The court found that Nyoka’s sacking was unlawful and should be set aside, Sapa news agency reported. CSA said it would appeal the judgment. “Cricket South Africa will file notice of appeal in due course,” it said in a statement.
A dispute between Nyoka and CSA chief executive Gerald Majola had been simmering since Nyoka challenged the payment of a 1.7 million rand ($248,000, 172,000-euro) bonus to Majola following the staging of the Indian Premier League in South Africa in 2009.
Other key staff also received bonuses, which were awarded without the approval of CSA’s remuneration committee.
