Sri Lanka have failed to win a single series under Atapattu’s reign this year
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Sri Lanka head coach Marvan Atapattu has resigned with immediate effect following the national team’s 2-1 loss to India in the three-Test series.
“I believe he’ll be the next coach of Australia”
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Given the amount of success that Justin Langer has had while coaching Western Australia, Australia head coach Darren Lehmann believes that the 44-year-old is the right person to succeed him.
“I have huge gratitude to the board and the people who make those decisions”
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Darren Lehmann has signed a contract extension that will see him continue coaching Australia until June 2017.
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“His role’s going to be [to] go out [and] just bowl quick”
Former Australia spin king Shane Warne has announced that left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Johnson is “going to shake the English side up” during the first Ashes Test in Brisbane since he is bowling with “some serious pace”.
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“We relied on the fact that the greats like Viv Richards and Joel Garner came from nowhere”
Legendary West Indies batsman Brian Lara has announced that he is concerned about the direction in which the national team are headed, stating that “unless we make some firm decision and sort out at grass levels, we’re going to be in quagmire”.
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“Sachin Tendulkar was the best batsman of my generation”
Former Australia spin king Shane Warne has become the latest cricketer to pay tribute to veteran India batsman Sachin Tendulkar, stating that the ‘Little Master’ was “the best batsman of my generation”.
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Rhodes sees Dhoni and Kohli as the biggest threat to South Africa
Former South Africa ace fielder Jonty Rhodes has announced that he believes India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his right-hand man Virat Kohli will cause the Proteas a lot of trouble when the two sides clash towards the end of the year in a three-Test series.
