Mohammad Amir: “I made a big mistake by playing all three formats after making a comeback in the national side”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir has revealed that he should have never played all three formats after returning from his match-fixing ban in 2016.
Abid Ali: “I am interested in playing cricket and will play any format that I am asked to play in”
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Pakistan opener Abid Ali has made it clear that he doesn’t want to be a Test specialist and is eager to represent his country in all formats.
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Morkel has been a crucial part of the South African pace attack
South Africa’s Champions Trophy campaign suffered another serious blow after lanky pace bowler Morne Morkel was ruled out for the rest of the tournament with a left quad injury.
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Holding believes pace bowlers nowadays spend too much time in the gym
Legendary West Indian pace bowler Michael Holding has announced that India’s current bowling attack is nothing more than “ordinary” and added that many of the fast bowlers, like Ishant Sharma, were in fact losing pace than gaining it.
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Muralitharan has taken more wickets than any other bowler in the history of the game
Former Sri Lanka spin maestro Muttiah Muralitharan has become the sixth international powerhouse to sign up for the inaugural Caribbean Premier League (CPL) and will join other superstars such as ex-Australia captain Ricky Ponting and his long-time teammate Adam Gilchrist, New Zealand’s Ross Taylor, South Africa’s Herschelle Gibbs and Pakistan Twenty20 skipper Mohammad Hafeez.
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Khan welcomes the increase in expectations and pressure
Pakistan seamer Junaid Khan has announced that he feels extremely honoured to have been given the opportunity to lead the national team’s pace attack during the Champions Trophy after regular fast bowler Umar Gul was ruled out of the tournament with a knee injury.
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Australia have widely been regarded as the underdogs heading into this year’s Ashes series
Australia national selector John Buchanan has admitted that England hold the edge going into the first leg of the back-to-back Ashes series later on this year since the national team has been deeply scarred by the numerous controversies they have been involved in lately.
Latif was livid with the performance of the Pakistani batsmen
Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has slammed current head coach Dav Whatmore after the national team’s embarrassing 3-0 whitewashing at the hands of South Africa.
Ponting will captain Surrey in Smith’s absence
Surrey may have considered themselves lucky after South African captain Graeme Smith agreed to sign a three-year deal with the club, but they may now be seen as real contenders to win the county league this year after reaching an agreement with former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting.
Taylor has been full of smiles since ending his exile from the national team
New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has denied having any issues with his predecessor Ross Taylor as the former skipper made his return for the ongoing England series.
