Salman Butt: “Someone tell me if these stats have been beaten by any single player in Pakistan in the last 20 years”
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Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt has thrown his support behind batsman Babar Azam, asking whether the country has produced any cricketer with better statistics than the 30-year-old in the last 20 years.
Ian Bishop: “If he is fit for the next ten years, he will go past that”
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Well-known cricket commentator Ian Bishop has backed left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi to do something no Pakistan fast bowler has done over the last 20 years.
Azhar Ali: “In my books, he is one of the best non-England batsmen to perform consistently and score heavily in English conditions in the past two decades”
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Pakistan captain Azhar Ali believes that legendary batsman Younis Khan is “one of the best non-England batsmen to perform consistently and score heavily in English conditions in the past two decades”.
Javed Miandad: “You [Ahmed Shehzad] can play for 20 years rather than just 12, I guarantee you that but you need to perform. If you perform daily nobody will drop you from the side”
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Legendary Pakistan batsman Javed Miandad believes batsman Ahmed Shehzad can play for 20 years, but only if he performs on a consistent basis.
“They made Australia look an ordinary team”
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Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Wasim Akram has lauded the national team after they whitewashed Australia 2-0 in the recently concluded Test series in the United Arab Emirates.
“I can’t help feeling that we have already reached the tipping point as far as Test cricket is concerned”
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Former England captain Andrew Strauss has admitted that he is concerned about the future of Test cricket and believes that Twenty20 cricket will dominate the sport within the next 20 years.
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Bradman’s bat sold for well above its estimated price of AUD $20,000
A bat signed by the one and only Sir Donald Bradman and the rest of his “Invincible” team-mates has sold for AUD $61,000 (USD $65,000) at an auction in Melbourne.
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There is no doubt in Lee’s mind that Tendulkar will be drafted into the Hall of Fame almost immediately after he retires
Former Australia pace bowler Brett Lee has announced that Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar deserves to play 200 Test matches after having dedicated more than 20 years of his life to the game.
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Has Sehwag reached the end of the line?
Legendary England batsman Geoffrey Boycott believes India opener Virender Sehwag will never don the national team colours again, especially after the success Murali Vijay and Shikhar Dhawan had during the four-Test series against Australia.
Gayle will be one of the ‘franchise players’ in the CPL
The inaugural Caribbean Premier League (CPL), which is scheduled to begin on July 29, is set to feature six franchises with 90 signed players in total.