Shahid Afridi: “I told Malik (Shoaib Malik). ‘Mera dil chaah raha hai main idhar patch bana du. Ball toh turn ho! (I want to create a patch on this pitch so badly. I want the ball to turn!)”
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Legendary Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi admitted that he was guilty of pitch tampering during a Test match against England in Faisalabad in 2005.
Shoaib Akhtar: “I was accused of rape then. There was some other boy from the Pakistan team, who had a misunderstanding with a girl. Pakistan team management hid the boy’s doing”
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Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar has made it clear that he was wrongly accused of rape during the team’s tour of Australia in 2005.
“I feel in the last year I’ve been one of the better bowlers and one of the most consistent”
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England pace bowler Liam Plunkett believes that he has done enough to secure his place in the ODI squad.
“When I took the captaincy for that Ashes tour, there was something not quite right about it”
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In a startling revelation, former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has revealed that he made a mistake by accepting the Test captaincy prior to the 2006/07 Ashes series against Australia.
“No one has ever won six so there’s always that carrot for me”
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Veteran England batsman Ian Bell has revealed that he is determined to regain his spot in the Test team ahead of the Ashes in Australia later this year.
“I knew during the Big Bash that I was going to finish up”
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Former Australia pace bowler Shaun Tait has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket effective immediately.
Rabada finished with the second-best match figures by a South African bowler in Tests
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South Africa pace bowler Kagiso Rabada stole the spotlight once again as he ripped through England’s batting line-up with six wickets to power the Proteas to a 280-run win.
Tendulkar’s farewell Test jersey was bought for Rs 6 Lakhs
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The jersey worn by legendary India batsman Sachin Tendulkar in his 200th Test match has been bought by Shivraj Singh of Jodhpur for Rs 6 Lakhs at an auction hosted by Christie’s at the Umaid Bhawan Palace.
Tsotsobe’s last ODI for South Africa came against India in December 2013
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Out-of-favour South Africa left-arm pace bowler Lonwabo Tsotsobe has been included in South Africa’s 30-man preliminary World Cup squad.
Penney was Sri Lanka’s assistant coach from 2005 to 2007
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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have announced that they have appointed Trevor Penney as their new fielding coach until the end of the 2015 World Cup.
