“He’s not a banned player, just temporarily suspended”
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Despite being banned indefinitely by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) after admitting to being involved in corrupt activities during the 2013 Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), disgraced captain Mohammad Ashraful recently featured in a cricket tournament in the United States.
“These allegations against me are a complete lie”
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Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns has denied allegations that he is ‘Player X’ mentioned in the recent testimonies by both Lou Vincent and Brendon McCullum.
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“The position we got to, we’d have liked to win the game and be part of the best Test match ever”
South Africa batsman Faf du Plessis has revealed that he knew right from the get go that his match-saving innings of 134 in the first Test against India in Johannesburg would be much harder than his fabulous unbeaten knock of 110 against Australia in the second Test in Adelaide in November 2012.
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“At the end of the day, even if there is a small crack there and my symptoms aren’t painful, I see no reason why I can’t continue to play”
England pace bowler Stuart Broad is unlikely to play in the Boxing Day Test after being hit on the right foot by Australia left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Johnson during the third day of the third Test in Perth.
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“The path ahead is a challenging one but Insha-Allah we will reach our desired goals across all formats of the game”
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) have announced that wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim will continue captaining the national team until the 2015 International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
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“It’s the first Test of the summer, it’s always big”
Australia vice-captain and wicketkeeper Brad Haddin has announced that he is looking forward to the second round of the Ashes against arch-rivals England, which gets underway on November 21 in Brisbane.
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“I’ll probably look back on it when I’ve finished my career and see it as something quite special”
Despite admitting that it was “surreal” to be on the verge of completing his 100th Test match, England batsman Kevin Pietersen has conceded that “talking about 100 Test matches is a weird feeling for me personally”.
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“It hasn’t changed since the summer and we don’t expect it to change over the next couple of months”
England captain Alastair Cook has dismissed former Australia spin king Shane Warne’s comments about him being “negative, boring [and] not very imaginative” as “old news”, despite admitting that there are times when he could be more “imaginative”.
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“If this match doesn’t happen, then we have to win the remaining two matches”
With the fifth ODI between India and Australia in Cuttack more than likely to be called off due to heavy rain, India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja has announced that he and the rest of his team-mates “want the match to happen as we’re trailing 2-1”.
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Mortaza has not represented Bangladesh in an ODI since last year
Bangladesh have recalled pace bowler Mashrafe Mortaza for the three-match ODI series against New Zealand, which gets underway on October 29 in Mirpur.
