Anderson alleges 'northern bias' cost him vice-captaincy.Byline: ANI London, Oct. 25 (ANI): England pacer Jimmy Anderson
Jimmy Anderson (born January 22, 1976 in Portsmouth, Virginia) is a starting pitcher who plays for the Florida Marlins organization. has alleged that a bias against his northern roots was the reason why he was overlooked for the job of England vice-captain. "I am gutted I didn't get the vice-captaincy. Captaincy is something I'd like to do. But I'm a bowler and from the north as well so I am very unlikely to ever have had a look-in," News of the World quoted Anderson, as saying. Public school educated Essex batsman Alastair Cook
Alastair Nathan Cook (born 25 December, 1984 in Gloucester) is an England cricketer, a left-handed batsman, who currently plays county cricket for Essex and test was chosen as Andrew Strauss's deputy for England's tour of South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. . In South Africa, England will play two Twenty20 games, four one-day internationals and four Tests against the world's top-ranked team. Anderson is expecting a hostile reception in South Africa, as South African-raised stars Kevin Pietersen  This article is included in the list of featured articles.Kevin Peter Pietersen MBE (born 27 June 1980 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa) is an English cricketer. and Jonathan Trott Ian Jonathan Leonard Trott (born 22 April, 1981 in Cape Town) is a South African born English cricketer who has played domestic cricket in South Africa, England and New Zealand. He has represented South Africa at U19 level. are in the squad. "It's going to be very spicy and I'm sure it will be difficult for a couple of our guys who have had South African upbringings. They're going to have a lot of attention and get a lot of stick," he said. Although England is being considered to be the weaker team with Andrew Flintoff retired and Pietersen struggling with an achilles problem, Anderson says they have enough quality to pull off a shock. "Fred will be missed but we've won series in the past without him and we're confident we can do so again," he said. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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