“I must reiterate we were very serious about the boycott”
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Legendary India batsman Sachin Tendulkar has revealed that the national team almost abandoned their tour of Australia in 2007-08 after spinner Harbhajan Singh was banned for three games by match referee Mike Procter.
Doherty’s last ODI for Australia came against England in January 2014
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Australia have called up spinner Xavier Doherty for the ongoing ODI series against Pakistan as a replacement for all-rounder Mitchell Marsh, who was ruled out due to a hamstring injury.
“We are just looking forward to a very serious challenge”
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West Indies team manager Richie Richardson believes that the national team “are in much better shape” for this tour of India in comparison to previous ones since they have arrived early and had time to get accustomed to the conditions.
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“Matt helped to pull him down off the edge of the bridge and sat with him until the police arrived”
England wicketkeeper Matt Prior and pace bowler Stuart Broad stopped an Englishman from jumping off the Pyrmot Bridge in Sydney in an attempt to kill himself.
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“I didn’t see many of our guys walking off the field with bloody fingers or ice packs on ribs, so it definitely was a wake-up call for the Indians”
South Africa pace spearhead Dale Steyn has announced that the Proteas definitely left India shaking in their boots after thrashing them by 141 runs in the first ODI in Johannesburg.
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“I believe that the series can still be played in a good spirit – and let the best team win”
After having denounced Australia opening batsman David Warner for calling England batsman Jonathan Trott “pretty poor and pretty weak”, Andy Flower is hoping that both teams “know where to draw the line” when it comes to sledging.
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Broad registered his 11th five-wicket haul
England pace bowler Stuart Broad gave Australia five more reasons to despise him even more as he recorded a magnificent five-wicket haul to leave the baggy greens reeling at the end of the first day of the first Ashes Test in Brisbane.
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McCullum is now in a race against time to become fully fit and regain some form
New Zealand captain and wicketkeeper Brendon McCullum will return home from Bangladesh immediately after sustaining a recurrence of a back injury.
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England have only lost one Test match since the May Tests began in 2000
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has abandoned its traditional May Test matches, which has been going on since 2000, after deciding to move the national team’s two-Test series against Sri Lanka to June 2014 instead.
Hussey told nobody about his decision in order to keep hold of his spot in the Test team
Australia batsman Michael Hussey had revealed that he did not notify anyone of his plans to retire from international cricket until a week before playing his last Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground since he feared that he would have been dropped from the squad.
