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“Difficult situations bring out the best in him”
Australia national selector John Inverarity has announced that stand-in ODI captain George Bailey is highly likely to be included in the Ashes squad after his spectacular performances with the bat in the national team’s ongoing limited overs tour of India.
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“The 3-4 years I opened for my country I played with a lot of pride because I was able to give my team a lot of opportunities to win matches”
Sri Lanka batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan, who recently announced his retirement from Test cricket, has revealed that he “benefited” from becoming an opening batsman.
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Hesson and Taylor’s relationship is still on the mend
The Ross Taylor captaincy controversy made headlines all over the cricketing world and could easily be viewed as one of the most tense moments in the New Zealand cricket camp this year by far, but after sitting down and solving all their problems, head coach Mike Hesson believes the incident has actually benefited him, whereby he feels as if he has become a better coach altogether.
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Tait blames Warne and Hayden’s early retirement for Australia’s struggles
Former Australia pace bowler Shaun Tait believes that Australia are experiencing a rough transition period right now due to the fact that senior players like Shane Warne and Matthew Hayden retired too early.
Jones believes the sport would be nowhere near as popular as it is today without the BCCI
Former Australia batsman Dean Jones believes the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the main reason why international cricket is so popular all over the world since it generates “80 per cent” of the total revenue made in the sport.
Dhoni is glad Sehwag’s move to become an opening batsman has paid off
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has admitted that opening batsman Virender Sehwag’s ability to constantly stay positive is truly inspiring.
Flower admitted that Panesar should have been in the side for the first Test
England head coach Andy Flower had admitted that he and the rest of the selection committee made some fatal errors when picking the team for the first Test against India at Ahmedabad, hence the reason why they lost the match by nine wickets.
Cowan was ecstatic after scoring his maiden Test century
Fresh off scoring his maiden century in the first Test against South Africa, Australia opening batsman Ed Cowan has revealed that he plans to continue playing his natural game during the last two Test matches as well.
Amla was glad to get some practice before the start of the Test series
South Africa batsman Hashim Amla has revealed that the team’s warm up match against Australia A was ideal since it allowed him to get some much-needed practice before the start of the Test series.
South Africa will still tour Sri Lanka for a limited overs series next year
Cricket South Africa (CSA) have agreed to postpone a Test series against Sri Lanka, which was scheduled to be played next year, until the middle of 2015 following a request from Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC).
