“It’s difficult to take on the gloves, especially keeping in mind that I haven’t kept for six or seven months now”
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South Africa wicketkeeper-batsman AB de Villiers has revealed that he is considering not donning the keeping gloves any more in Test matches due to long-term back issues.
Sibanda only made four runs in the first ODI
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Zimbabwe batsman Vusi Sibanda has been dropped for the rest of the ODI series against Afghanistan and will be replaced by Richard Mutumbami.
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“West Indies had to bowl with a ball being like soap and [got] it changed two-three times”
New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor has admitted that it was easier to bat in the rainy conditions during the first Twenty20 International against the West Indies in Dominica.
“If you look at the Big Bash, the IPL, and even the CPL they keep on improving”
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Fresh off his stint with Glamorgan in the ongoing Natwest T20 Blast, West Indies Twenty20 captain Darren Sammy has announced that he thought there would be an “England Premier League” by now.
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Mortaza has only taken three wickets in the World Twenty20
Bangladesh pace bowler Mashrafe Mortaza has been ruled out of the national team’s World Twenty20 match against Australia after sustaining a knee injury.
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“It’s another good opportunity for me to play well and try to cement my place in the team”
Australia opening batsman Shaun Marsh has announced that he is “pretty flexible” with where he bats since he believes he can have the same impact at the top or lower down the order.
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“There will [be] no better or stiffer test of our skills than against India”
South Africa pace spearhead Dale Steyn has admitted that the Proteas will have to find out India’s weakness the hard way in their upcoming series since they are not “intimidated by the short ball”.
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“It would just be nice to see the old rule being brought back so that we get to see more reverse swing”
Former Australia pace bowler Shaun Tait has announced that the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) rule of using two new balls from both ends is utterly “ridiculous”.
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“The memory of taking his wicket will always remain”
Former Australia pace bowler Shaun Tait has ranked legendary India batsman Sachin Tendulkar “just above” former baggy greens captain Ricky Ponting and West Indies great Brian Lara.
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Amla became the first South African batsman to record a triple century
South Africa opening batsman Hashim Amla bagged four awards, including Cricketer of the Year, at the recent Cricket South Africa award ceremony in Sandton.