“It was a shock, I can tell you”
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Australia Twenty20 captain Aaron Finch got the shock of his life when he was nearly burnt by the boundary pyrotechnics during the national team’s seven-wicket loss to South Africa in the first Twenty20 International in Adelaide.
“I hope the damage is not irreparable”
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West Indies chief selector Clive Lloyd has apologised after the national team pulled out of their tour of India following the fourth ODI in Dharamsala.
“Sean is not in the team because he was not there when his team-mates were putting a lot of hours and days to prepare for the tour”
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Zimbabwe all-rounder Sean Williams was not considered for selection for the tour of Bangladesh after he allegedly got involved in a heated dispute with head coach Stephen Mangongo.
“I am not a racist, and that tag was what hurt me most throughout the whole process”
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Yorkshire captain Andrew Gale has revealed that he felt extremely hurt when people started calling him a racist after he verbally abused Lancashire batsman Ashwell Prince last month.
Maxwell pleaded guilty to breaching Article 1.2 of the CLT20 Code of Behaviour
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Kings XI Punjab all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has been reprimanded for hitting a trash can with his bat after he was clean bowled by Cape Cobras all-rounder Sybrand Engelbrecht for 23.
Vithanage failed to inform anyone before he left the team hotel for the entire night
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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have placed batsman Kithuruwan Vithanage on probation for one year after he left the team hotel overnight without informing anyone.
“What I was trying to do by my earlier comments is calm a situation and I realise that they had completely the opposite effect”
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Angus Porter, who is the chief executive of the Professional Cricketers’ Association, has apologised for his earlier comments about England all-rounder Moeen Ali.
“I don’t take many things personally, but what he did say to me I did take personally”
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South Africa pace maestro Dale Steyn has revealed that he still hasn’t forgiven Australia captain Michael Clarke for his alleged personal sledge during the third Test in Cape Town in March this year.
Al Hasan will be able to represent Bangladesh from September 15 onwards
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The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) have decided to reduce all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan’s six-month ban by three-and-a-half months, which means that he will be available to represent the national team from September 15 onwards.
“I’m expecting to see more of that in this series”
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South Africa ODI captain AB de Villiers has announced that he expects the hostilities and sledging between the Proteas and Australia to resume during their tri-series match, which gets underway today in Harare.
