Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad chief coach Tom Moody has said reaching play-offs of the Indian Premier League (IPL) was rewarding and satisfying for the team.
"Lot of people at the beginning of the tournament gave us no hope whatsoever. So it is very rewarding and satisfying that we managed to work well as a team and jell well as a team and surprised few people," the Australian said after Sunrisers beat Kolkata Knight Riders by five wickets here on Sunday to storm into play-offs.
Moody believes the challenge ahead for the team was exciting.
"This is only one step. We had set the goal to qualify. We have reached that and achieved that. Now we need to gather ourselves and plan and prepare appropriately. We got a few days to do that," he said....
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12:13 PM, May 20, 2013
Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody says that beating Kolkata Knight Riders would not be a cakewalk when they clash with them to snatch the last-available play-offs berth on Sunday. Hyderabad must beat KKR to make it to the knockout stage. "We got a day to rest and recover. KKR are not going come here and lie down. We know that. They are a proud team. Obviously, running champions. They...
01:13 PM, May 18, 2013
Hyderabad: Sunrisers Hyderabad chief coach Tom Moody said the team was constantly looking to improve in all three departments of the game. He feels it is continuing process and doesn't stop with the team qualifying for semi-finals or finals. "We can always improve with bat, ball or fielding. I constantly said to the team that they should look to develop skills individually and also as a team," he said after...
11:42 AM, May 18, 2013
Mohali: After having virtually brought Kings XI Punjab's campaign to an abrupt end in IPL 6 inflicting a 30-run defeat on them, Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody on Saturday heaped praise on his opener Parthiv Patel, saying he played a very mature innings. He said the team which had improved their chances of reaching the play-off stage by virtue of the win was not looking at the net run rate....
08:35 AM, May 12, 2013
Hyderabad: On the eve of their match against defenders Chennai Super Kings, Sunrisers Hyderabad's chief coach Tom Moody says the track at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium here looked challenging but wasn't as bad as it looked statistically. "I am sure tomorrow (Wednesday) it is going to be on a new wicket again. I am sure it will be a good contest between bat and ball," Moody said. Sunrisers,...
09:06 PM, May 07, 2013
Chennai: Awestruck by MS Dhoni's swashbuckling knock against his side, former Australia all-rounder and Sunrisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody says India is "very lucky" to have the 31-year-old "special" cricketer as captain. "Dhoni is special. It is as simple as that. In any form of the game he performs remarkably. He is a very special cricketer and a very special leader. Chennai and India are very lucky to have him,"...
12:35 PM, Apr 26, 2013
Kolkata: Surisers Hyderabad coach Tom Moody on Sunday backed his non-performing young lot, saying sooner than later they will deliver. Hyderbad surrendered meekly against a clinical Kolkata Knight Riders as the visitors' batsmen never looked like chasing a challenging target of 181. "We have some young faces. They are learning. We got to trust them. Overtime, they will deliver. We just got to keep the faith on the younger guys....
08:57 AM, Apr 15, 2013
Hyderabad: Retired Indian Test batsman VVS Laxman says mentoring IPL team Sunrisers Hyderabad and doing commentary are his ways of giving something back to the game of cricket which gave him everything. "I am experiencing various things. It is great to be contributing back to the game. Because, cricket gave me everything. With the wealth of experience I have got, I want to share with the concerned people, Laxman said....
11:12 AM, Apr 05, 2013
Helmot began his coaching career at the age of 25 and also coached the Australia 'A' side which toured India in 2008. ...
09:00 PM, Mar 25, 2013
GV Prakash to compose an anthem for 'Sunrisers Hyderabad', the replaced name for Sunrisers Hyderabad. ...
01:03 PM, Mar 01, 2013
Former Deccan Chargers' skipper VVS Laxman and former chief BCCI selector Kri Srikkanth will the team's mentors. ...
04:47 PM, Dec 20, 2012
Waqar is on the coaches panel signed on for the event to start from August 10. ...
12:56 PM, Jul 08, 2012
Sydney: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni conceded that the confidence of his side has taken a hit after five successive Test losses on foreign soil but insisted that the team would bounce back in the second Test against Australia starting on Tuesday. After the 0-4 whitewash at the hands of England last year, India lost the series-opener against Australia in Melbourne last week. It does affect it (team confidence) a...
03:11 AM, Apr 06, 2008
London: Former England cricket captain Andrew Flintoff feels that the current side led by Andrew Strauss is even better than the 2005 team, and said they can dominate world cricket like West Indies and Australia did in the past. This is a better side than the one we had in 2005, the strength of it and the depth of it is incredible. In 2005, we had 11 players who had...
12:13 PM, Feb 18, 2008
London: England's Jonathan Trott and James Anderson have risen to second place in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test rankings respectively after their side's 196-run win over India at Lord's. Trott has climbed two places, above India's Sachin Tendulkar and Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara, to second spot in the batting rankings, after innings of 70 and 22 during the 2000th Test in history, which was also the opening game of...
04:20 PM, Feb 15, 2008
Tom Moody, the 'local man' of Sri Lanka, took some time off to chat with CNN-IBN's Nishant Arora. ...
09:14 PM, Aug 19, 2006
After the Test series win over the Proteas, Sri Lankan coach is confident that his team can win against India. ...
10:23 AM, Aug 18, 2006
