England batsmen Alastair Cook has been awarded the the Freedom of the City of London for his spectacular performance in England's historic Ashes triumph in Australia.
The England hero made 766 runs in five Tests against the arch-rivals in the recent Ashes test series.The figures was revealed out when he was named man of the series because of this achievement.
The awards are presented to those people who had an outstanding contribution to London life.
'I am greatly honoured and privileged to be given the Freedom of London for doing something I love ...beating the Aussies,' Cook was quoted as saying by The Guardian.
England captain Andrew Strauss has been bestowed with the honour earlier.
Friday 14 January 2011
Sunday 9 January 2011
IPL ignore England's Ashes superstars
England after winning The Ashes hasn't able to impressed the billionaires who runs the IPL.
Out of two day,first day IPL auction held in Bangalore,three of the England Ashes were not selected by any league.Graeme Swann, Jimmy Anderson and Matt Prior were all unsold as Indian star Gautam Gambhir went for a record £1.5m. Even Kevin Pietersen (above) saw his value plummet. After going for £1m last year, KP was sold this time to Deccan Chargers for £425,000.
Stuart Broad was bought by Kings XI Punjab for £265,000, Eoin Morgan to Kolkata Knight Riders for £240,000 and Paul Collingwood to Rajasthan Royals for £170,000.
At least England coach Andy Flower will be pleased that some of England's stars will not be playing in the IPL.
"The IPL is a tricky subject for us," said Flower. "I don't blame any of the players for wanting to go play. But it is tricky because the schedules are so heavy and rest is sometimes as important as the hard training we put them through."
Out of two day,first day IPL auction held in Bangalore,three of the England Ashes were not selected by any league.Graeme Swann, Jimmy Anderson and Matt Prior were all unsold as Indian star Gautam Gambhir went for a record £1.5m. Even Kevin Pietersen (above) saw his value plummet. After going for £1m last year, KP was sold this time to Deccan Chargers for £425,000.
Stuart Broad was bought by Kings XI Punjab for £265,000, Eoin Morgan to Kolkata Knight Riders for £240,000 and Paul Collingwood to Rajasthan Royals for £170,000.
At least England coach Andy Flower will be pleased that some of England's stars will not be playing in the IPL.
"The IPL is a tricky subject for us," said Flower. "I don't blame any of the players for wanting to go play. But it is tricky because the schedules are so heavy and rest is sometimes as important as the hard training we put them through."
Tuesday 4 January 2011
Alastair Cook is the main man this Ashes series.
Alastair Cook has been named the highest English runscorer in a single Ashes series for 40 years.
It was the fifth time when Cook has passed 50 this winter.At the finish of the second day of the fifth and final Test at the SCG, England closed on 167 for three, 113 runs behind Australia’s first-innings total.Cook was not out on 61.
It has been an outstanding series for the Essex left-hander. He has not looked back since he struck a barely-believable 235 not out during the first Test in Brisbane.
Four years ago his technique was picked apart by Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne but this time his average is a stunning 127.60.
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