Shoaib Akhtar: “If you lose the Test match because of wrong selection, then there will be strong criticism”
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Legendary Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar believes that head coach and chief selector Misbah-ul-Haq will be blamed if the national team lose the first Test against England.
“I would like to maybe see results in every single Test match”
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Legendary West Indies batsman Brian Lara believes that eliminating draws from Test matches could be a way to revive the format.
Shastri (pictured above) allegedly told Naik “great wicket” in a sarcastic tone
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Wankhede Stadium curator Sudhir Naik has lodged a complaint with the Mumbai Cricket Association after claiming that India team director Ravi Shastri and bowling coach B Arun both launched a verbal tirade against him.
“I didn’t think I was doing anything wrong”
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Australia opener Chris Rogers has admitted that he was naive, but had no idea he was doing anything wrong after his company was banned from selling hospitality packages for the second Ashes Test at Lord’s.
The blast, which killed two people, occurred very close to Gaddafi Stadium
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The third and final ODI between Pakistan and Zimbabwe in Lahore will go ahead as scheduled despite a suicide attack near Gaddafi Stadium during the second match.
“We have a fantastic dressing room, and there have been no issues”
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India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has rubbished reports that opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli were involved in a verbal spat on the fourth day of the second Test against Australia in Brisbane.
“Afghanistan’s cricket board does not support cricket for women, even though I have 3,700 girl cricketers across Afghanistan”
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Just four years after it was formed, the Afghanistan women’s cricket team has been dissolved due to Taliban threats, insecurity and conservative beliefs.
“Wavell Hinds, the president, basically messed up everything”
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West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels has announced that he did not “stand by any decision” the national team made during their tour of India.
Ryder has excelled with both the bat and ball in this year’s County season
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New Zealand opening batsman Jesse Ryder has signed a new two-year deal with Essex, which will keep him with the club until 2016.
“Send players away to spend time in county cricket or the southern hemisphere”
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Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has announced that “it is a cheap shot to blame the IPL” for India’s horrendous performance against England in the recently concluded five-Test series.
