Shoaib Akhtar: “So, Sachin, being a nice, greatest guy on the planet Earth, greatest batsman… I went up to him, looked at him, checked him out and said ‘Brother, you have no chance against me'”
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Legendary Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar recalled telling iconic India batsman Sachin Tendulkar that he had “no chance” of surviving against his bowling.
Former Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq: “I belong to a family where children are taught honesty. We have always learned to earn and eat Halal. So, nobody can buy me”
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Former Pakistan all-rounder Abdul Razzaq said nobody can buy him after revealing that he was approached by Indian bookies.
Shoaib Akhtar: “I heard Sachin was the god. I said this is a god? Iss ki kheriyat nahi (he won’t get spared). He didn’t recognize me, and I didn’t recognize him. But I wanted to get him out on the first ball and that happened”
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Legendary Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has admitted that he had doubts about whether iconic India batsman Sachin Tendulkar was a “god” when he first laid eyes on him.
Pakistan have lost 14 consecutive Test matches in Australia, which is now the record for the most successive losses in one country in Test history
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Pakistan set a new world record after they were demolished by an innings and 48 runs in the second Test against Australia in Adelaide.
Shoaib Akhtar admitted that dismissing Sachin Tendulkar for a golden duck in the Kolkata Test match in 1999 was the most memorable wicket of his career
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Shoaib Akhtar is considered to be one of the best fast bowlers Pakistan ever produced, but which wicket in his illustrious career was the most memorable?
“I don’t think John knows a thing about the Baggy Green, having never worn one”
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Ex-Australia captain Michael Clarke has slammed former head coach John Buchanan for criticising him when he decided to retire after the recent Ashes series against England.
Iqbal hit 15 boundaries and three sixes during his innings of 132
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Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal scored 132 and wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim made 106 to not only help their side demolish Pakistan by 79 runs, but also beat them in an ODI for the first time since the 1999 World Cup.
“As a Warwickshire man through and through, I’m absolutely delighted to commit to this fantastic club for another three years”
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England batsman Ian Bell has signed a new three-year deal with Warwickshire, which will see him remain at the club until the end of the 2017 county season.
Kumble will become the 77th member of the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame
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Former India leg-spinner Anil Kumble will be inducted into the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket Hall of Fame during India’s World Cup match against South Africa on February 22 in Melbourne.
“We’ve either been beaten by a better team, haven’t had the conditions right or have just let ourselves down”
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Former South Africa captain Graeme Smith believes that the Proteas will continue to be known as ‘the chokers’ during World Cups until they win the tournament.
