Shahid Afridi: “I say to Babar Azam I want you to play long innings and you are not just a 50 runs type player, rather you are capable of scoring 100, 150 or 200”
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Legendary all-rounder Shahid Afridi has backed batsman Babar Azam to become the second Pakistan player to score a double century in an ODI.
Fakhar Zaman: “I never thought that I would achieve such a milestone in international cricket”
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Pakistan opener Fakhar Zaman admitted that he never thought he would have scored a double century in an ODI.
Sourav Ganguly: “The day is not far when we will see him scoring the first double century in T20s too”
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Former India captain Sourav Ganguly firmly believes that opening batsman Rohit Sharma is capable of scoring a double century in a Twenty20 match.
“With all his experience, there is a lot the batsmen can learn from him”
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Hashan Tillakaratne has been named Sri Lanka’s temporary batting coach and will be with the national team at least until the end of the upcoming Test series against India.
“He is becoming the new Jacques Kallis the way he is batting”
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South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has compared Vernon Philander to legendary all-rounder Jacques Kallis following his superb performance in the second Test against England.
“Had I been captain maybe I wouldn’t have scored all these runs”
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Looking back on his illustrious career, Pakistan batsman Younis Khan insisted that wherever he played and in whatever format, he always “gave 200%”.
“It’s always important to beat the Poms whenever we play them”
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The Ashes may be more than 200 days away, but Australia left-arm seamer Mitchell Starc is eager to get the upper hand going into the highly-anticipated series when his side take on England in the Champions Trophy.
Thompson “was most famous for his pace and outright aggression”
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Legendary Australia pace bowler Jeff Thompson and wicketkeeper-batsman Wally Grout will be inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame at the Allan Border Medal night in Melbourne on Wednesday.
“He’s got good know-how about Test cricket and we’ve got a lot of youngsters who can draw on that”
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Former South Africa captain Graeme Smith will work with the Proteas as a batting consultant for the remainder of the Test series against England.
Jadeja finished with figures of 5-21 off 11.5 overs
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India spinner Ravindra Jadeja claimed a five-wicket haul to lead his side to a comfortable 108-run win over South Africa on the third day of the first Test in Mohali.
