Jayantha Dharmadasa has been named president of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC)
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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) president Jayantha Dharmadasa has been named president of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC).
“A bad phase is something that everybody goes through”
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England captain Alastair Cook, who has been bombarded with criticisms during and after his team lost their two-Test series against Sri Lanka, has received support from two unlikely people, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and India head coach Duncan Fletcher.
“I look around, as an off-spinner and batsman, I don’t see anybody who can do it the way I can”
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Surrey off-spinner Gareth Batty has announced that he believes he is “good enough” to be England’s lead spinner following Graeme Swann’s retirement midway through the recent Ashes series against Australia.
“Rod Marsh is the right man to take on this important role having been a key member of the panel since 2011”
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Former Australia wicketkeeper Rod Marsh has replaced John Inverarity as the country’s chairman of selectors in a major reshuffle.
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Horn has worked with cricket teams in the past
The Kolkata Knight Riders have hired renowned explorer Mike Horn for a short stint prior to the start of this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) season.
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“Obviously they’re hugely talented but it’s a very different line-up to the one I’ve become accustomed to playing against”
South Africa captain Graeme Smith has issued a warning to India ahead of the first Test in Johannesburg, saying that they will feel the heat and experience firsthand why the Proteas are the number one Test team in the world.
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“We need to be on the money from Wednesday itself, otherwise they can score quickly and at [the] Wanderers”
South Africa pace bowler Morne Morkel has announced that India will sorely miss their iconic batsman Sachin Tendulkar during the upcoming two-Test series, which gets underway on December 18 in Johannesburg.
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Gilchrist and Younis will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on December 13
Former Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist and Pakistan pace bowler Waqar Younis are set to be inducted into the International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall of Fame on the first day of the third Ashes Test in Perth, which gets underway on December 13.
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Johnson demolished England’s batting line-up with his seven wickets
Australia left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Johnson continued his red-hot streak with the ball as he ripped through England’s batting line-up with seven wickets on the third day of the second Test in Adelaide.
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De Kock hammered a career-best 135
After a war of words between India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and South Africa skipper AB de Villiers, it was the Proteas who emerged triumphant in the first ODI in Johannesburg as they absolutely annihilated the Indians, beating them by a massive margin of 141 runs.
