Cricket this week

This week has seen a break from most of the major action that has been taking place on the cricket field this week with the exception of Australia wrapping up a 5-0 win over Pakistan in their One Day International Series, however there have been plenty of stories off the pitch that have been just as important.

Firstly Ottis Gibson has left the England coaching set up (he was their bowling coach) and has taken the head coach job for the West Indies. It was quite a shock when the news was first announced, as just a few years ago he was still a player with Hampshire and he hasn't had much experience with coaching especially when it comes to being the head coach.

Elsewhere the series between Australia and Pakistan ended on a bit of a sour note when Shahid Afridi was given a 2 game ban for biting the ball, which was a bit pointless as they were already 4-0 down in the series and its not as if he could make the ball that different just by biting on it although maybe he just thought it tasted good.

Elsewhere there were wins for Kenya over Scotland and Ireland over Afghanistan in a 20/20 Quadrangular Series. That is all for this week but there is more cricket coming up soon.