A new world record has been set for highest-ever cricket match
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A group of cricketers, including former England spinner Ashley Giles, England women’s vice-captain Heather Knight and ex-South Africa pace bowler Makhaya Nitini have set a new world record for the highest-ever cricket match by playing near the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.
The West Indies celebrate after whitewashing Bangladesh 2-0
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The West Indies’ 500th Test ended on a high as they completed their 2-0 whitewash of Bangladesh with a convincing 296-run win on the fourth day of the second Test in St Lucia.
“They just never learn and it upsets me to see them making the same mistakes time and time again”
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Legendary England all-rounder Sir Ian Botham and former off-spinner Graeme Swann have both announced that the national team’s performance in the ongoing ODI series against India has been a “total embarrassment”.
“There’s still not a lot of clarity on whether this is a long term appointment”
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Legendary India batsman Rahul Dravid believes that the national team’s support staff changes should have come after their ongoing tour of England since it is “tough on everyone concerned”.
“Things are pretty bad”
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Legendary Australia pace bowler Glenn McGrath has announced that India “must get back to the basics” after their nightmarish 3-1 defeat to England.
Narine sealed the deal for Guyana with a spectacular wicket-maiden Super Over
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The Guyana Amazon Warriors walked away with a win over the Red Steel thanks to spinner Sunil Narine’s wicket-maiden Super Over.
“If we get to the World Cup and we have an incident, we need to make sure Kane’s up to speed”
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New Zealand head coach Mike Hesson has announced that he decided to make batsman Kane Williamson captain during the second Twenty20 International against the West Indies in preparation for the 2015 World Cup.
“It’s (more) important what I think of my performances and what I expect from myself”
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India batsman Virat Kohli has announced that he doesn’t “feel the need to prove anything to people” following his successful cricketing career thus far.
“Even now we are trying to convince them they can come and play safely in Karachi”
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Former South Africa batsman Herschelle Gibbs and New Zealand pace bowler Jacob Oram have pulled out of a Twenty20 tournament being held in Karachi after terrorists attacked the city’s airport, leaving 29 people dead.
“We’ve all been aware of a certain amount of corruption in the game for a long time now and there’s always just been a bit of smoke, there hasn’t been much fire around it”
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Legendary Australia captain Ricky Ponting has announced that he wants the sport’s governing bodies to tackle corruption hard and fast in order for it to be expelled from the game once and for all.
