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“I’m actually feeling in pretty good nick, so I’ll just be getting out there and doing my best”
England off-spinner James Tredwell is determined to become the national team’s new frontline spinner following the retirement of Graeme Swann.
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“I’m coming over here after a great series being the intimidator against England”
Australia left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Johnson has announced that he is “happy to be the intimidator” for the upcoming Test series against South Africa, which gets underway on February 12 in Centurion.
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“It won’t give a new guy the ideal time to play at least 70-80-90 games [before] the World Cup”
India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has announced that he is not in favour of inaugurating a new captain before the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand as “it won’t give a new guy the ideal time to play at least 70-80-90 games”.
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“It’s a start, but we need to celebrate tonight because it has been a while”
Australia left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Johnson has announced that he will continue targeting England’s batsmen with short-pitched deliveries throughout the Ashes series after “it worked very well” in the first Test in Brisbane, which the baggy greens won by 381 runs.
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Gambhir was the top-ranked Test batsman in 2009
India opening batsman Gautam Gambhir has not given up on making his international comeback and stated that he will only retire if he feels that he “can’t play international cricket anymore”.
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“The boys are all extremely excited, there’s been a lot of talk since we’ve returned home from England about this series and I think all the boys are looking forward to finally getting out there tomorrow”
Australia captain Michael Clarke has acknowledged that the upcoming Ashes series will be “a tough battle” as England are just as determined as the baggy greens to win the Ashes.
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“I’m not worried about the speed gun anymore”
Despite the media claiming that Mitchell Johnson is going to attack the English batsmen with a barrage of bouncers, the Australia left-arm pace bowler has revealed that “it’s not going to be all-out bouncers, it’s picking the right times and being smart”.
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“I believe if they are going to pick 12 players, I think 11 of them are no brainers”
Australia captain Michael Clarke has announced that he believes there will be no surprises when the Ashes squad for the first Test in Brisbane is announced tomorrow since a “majority of the players have picked themselves”.
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“Hopefully it won’t be too bad at all, and won’t put me out for too long”
Just a day after he succumbed to a hamstring injury during Australia’s 57-run loss to India in the seventh ODI in Bangalore, baggy greens all-rounder Shane Watson has revealed that his injury is “not too bad”.
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“I’ve said what I had to say on that issue”
Australia captain Michael Clarke has announced that if his predecessor, Ricky Ponting, has any problems with him, then all he has to do is pick up the phone since he “has my number”.
