“First he’s got to get selected in the XI and then the captain will tell him where he’s going to bat”
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Chris Lynn took the Big Bash League (BBL) by storm in December to January and has continued to showcase his destructive form with the bat at the Indian Premier League (IPL). But, will that be enough to see him open the batting for Australia at the Champions Trophy in England next month?
“I am really focused on getting my batting ability much higher”
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Fresh off winning five prizes at Cricket South Africa’s annual awards ceremony, wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock knows that he has to maintain a level of consistency and become more mature.
“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.
“We have faith that Neil will do the job at No. 4”
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New Zealand have opted against chopping and changing their squad after losing to South Africa by eight wickets in the second Test in Wellington.
“If you look at my numbers, I think I deserve to be in the Pakistan team”
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Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez admitted that he was nowhere near his best in the recent ODI series in Australia, but despite this, the 36-year-old firmly believes that he deserves to be in the national team.
“I am not afraid to lose it”
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Angelo Mathews has made it clear that he is not frightened by the prospect of losing the captaincy following the team’s disastrous performance in the recent Test series against South Africa.
“He is strong willed and can lead by example in the mega event”
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Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik has announced that he believes Shahid Afridi is the best candidate to captain the national team during the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
“I don’t think over the winter that senior players helped as much as they could with taking pressure off Cooky”
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England pace bowler James Anderson has announced that the senior players in the national team have to start lending more support to captain Alastair Cook.
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“I have to prove to myself that I have it in me”
After being bought for a record $2.33 million by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh believes that “I just feel that I am going to a place where I can express myself”.
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“You have to have a passion for pace, to want to bowl fast in the first place”
Ian Pont is known throughout the cricketing world as one of the most prominent and accomplished fast bowling coaches and he recently spoke to me about the secrets behind becoming a pace legend, the art of reverse swing and his new coaching clinic, the Ultimate Pace Foundation.
