Words of Warneing for Strauss

Posted on 09/02/2010

Steve Harmison had his say on Andrew Strauss’ decision not to go to Bangladesh on Monday and the Australian legend Shane Warne has waded in by telling the Times the England skipper is disrespecting the game by opting not to tour.

There is something about it that does not sit right with me. I just do not think that the England captain should be resting from a Test series. I hope they are not taking Bangladesh too lightly.

If somebody told Allan Border [the former Australia captain] that they were going to rest him from a Test series to make sure he was all right for nine months’ time, he would have ripped their head off. I do not know the pressure of Strauss’s schedules, but there are ways you can rest.

Richest man in India eyes Reds
Liverpool have had a disappointing campaign on the field and their owners are struggling to renegotiate loans that could cripple the club. But there could be light at the end of the tunnel, as a report by Helen Power in the Times suggests they could soon be awash with Indian rupees.

Liverpool emerged as a takeover target for the seventh-richest man in the world last night as the pressure mounted on Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr to cut a deal to sell Anfield.
Mukesh Ambani, the wealthiest man in India, is one of two tycoons from the sub-continent competing to buy a stake in the Merseyside club. The Sahara Group’s chairman, Subrata Roy, and Ambani’s Reliance Industries have each tendered similar bids to pay off Liverpool’s £237 million debt in return for a 51 per cent stake in the club.

Hurricane No. 1
Alex Higgins is plotting a return to snooker in the Jimmy White-inspired Legends Tour, but the Hurricane claims that given the right conditions he could still be a match for the best in the world. The body may have been ravaged by cancer and alcohol, but the confidence remains as he revealed to Jim White in the Telegraph.

The cancer robbed me of my teeth. I would need to have proper teeth, then I could eat properly, I need to gain 2½ stone in weight, get that power back in my arm. And I would need to play with fellow professionals I like and get on with, people who enjoy playing. But given the right conditions, I could be at least as good as anybody in the top 32.