“A coach’s role, effectively speaking, is to stay in the background and let the onus be on the players”
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India head coach Ravi Shastri has made it clear that captain Virat Kohli will be the authoritative figure of the national team.
“You have to acknowledge and respect the status of Test match cricket”
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Given the meteoric rise of Twenty20 cricket, former Pakistan captain Rameez Raja believes that the International Cricket Council (ICC) have to seriously consider implementing a Test window in order to ensure the format’s popularity doesn’t continue its downward slide.
“Everything will depend on how much I can continue contributing to the team as a senior player”
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Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik has insisted that he has no intentions of announcing his retirement from international cricket in the foreseeable future.
“They should express their talent and play a really positive brand of cricket”
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Kumar Sangakkara has admitted that Sri Lanka have to play with “arrogance” if they want to have a chance of beating India in their Champions Trophy match on Thursday.
“We have to beat England and I think then we’re through”
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Australia captain Steve Smith admitted that his side face two situations when they go up against England in the Champions Trophy on Saturday. Either they win and keep their hopes of reaching the semi-finals alive or they lose and be eliminated from the tournament.
“If we are unemployed we have no contracts, we can’t play”
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Australia opener and Test vice-captain David Warner has once again warned Cricket Australia that the national team will boycott the Ashes if the ongoing pay dispute continues.
“Australia and as much as I hate to say it, England”
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Michael Hussey believes that the Champions Trophy final will be a showdown between Australia and England.
“If we win it will certainly be really good for the playing group”
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Australia captain Steve Smith has admitted that winning the Champions Trophy could give the players a boost in helping resolve their ongoing pay dispute with Cricket Australia.
Australia have not played a Test match in Bangladesh since 2006
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The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) have said that they will provide Australia with the same level of security as the country’s head of state should they tour the nation later this year.
“We are hopeful he will be ready some time during the home series”
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South Africa team manager Mohammed Moosajee has said that there is no date being specifically targeted for pace bowler Dale Steyn’s comeback.
