surrey faces setback as chris is injured

Chris Jordan, Surrey`s highly-rated 21-year-old allrounder, could miss the first 10 weeks of the season due to a back problem.
He is two weeks into a six-week rehabilitation programme, after which he will be carefully guided back to match fitness. Surrey have said it could be up to a further six weeks before Jordan is fit enough for selection, but he may be available within a fortnight of the rehab programme ending.
Barbados-born Jordan was troubled by the back problem last season after suffering a stress fracture earlier in his career. Chris Adams, the Surrey coach, said they will be patient with his recovery. "We`re working towards his career and improving his career from this point in time. He carries the tag of great potential. It`s been a really frustrating time for him, frustrating for us as well. We certainly want that talent out on the field.
"But let`s hope that we`ve finally got to the bottom of something. His bulging disc through this period will have time to rest but I`m quietly confident that we are doing everything we possibly can now."

day/night test cricket favored by steve waugh

Former Australia captain Steve Waugh has backed day/night cricket Tests and suggested some unorthodox tweaks to revive interest in one-dayers.




“I would have loved to play day/night Test cricket,” the Australian legend said in an interview show on Monday. “I think it is exciting, brings another dimension to the game.



“People want a bit of change, they want that excitement. Why not bring that into Test cricket? We have got it in Twenty20s. Let’s get a pink ball in and play a day/night Test if it is possible.”

Waugh, 44, said the concept needed to be thought through, however, since it wouldn’t work everywhere.

“Obviously in England it is not really possible because it doesn’t get dark till 10 o’clock in summer. Maybe in the subcontinent the dew might make it impossible. So you’ve got to have common sense around it as well.”

Waugh was optimistic about the future of Test cricket.

“Quality always survives,” he said. “As a cricketer I think you’ve got to be true to yourself.”

Pakistani Cricker Nasir Jamshed Released by court

A Pakistan court has released cricketer Nasir Jamshed on a surety bond of 20,000 rupees after he was arrested for cheating during a school exam.

Jamshed's lawyer Sardar Mohammad Sabir said Tuesday that criminal court judge Mohammad Jawad Alam Qureshi has accepted the bail of his client on a surety bond.

Jamshed, 20, was arrested in Lahore on Monday after being caught allegedly cheating while taking a ninth-grade English exam to pass higher secondary school.

The left-handed opening batsman played 12 one-day internationals and scored 353 runs, but has not featured in the national team since his last ODI against Sri Lanka at Dambulla last year.



He was also ignored by the Pakistan Cricket Board when it awarded central contracts to 37 players last month.