Steve Smith: “Mohammad Amir, I think is the most skillful bowler I have faced”
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Australia batsman Steve Smith has admitted that Pakistan left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir is the “most skillful bowler I have faced”.
Shahid Afridi: “I was just nineteen, and not sixteen like they claim when I made my debut”
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Ex-Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi has revealed that he was actually 19 when he made his international debut in 1996.
“I’m going to be playing a lot of cricket in South Africa over the next two years, so we’ll see”
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Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has hinted that he is contemplating resurrecting his international career with his native South Africa.
Elgar will take over as captain if Du Plessis misses the first Test
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South Africa captain Faf du Plessis is still unlikely to feature in the first Test against England next week despite his first child having been born.
“It now becomes a race for the first Test match”
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South Africa captain Faf du Plessis faces the prospect of missing the first Test against England, which starts on July 6 at Lord’s, due to the birth of his first child.
“If I could play in the Ashes it would be fantastic”
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England opener Sam Robson is hoping to make his international return when the national team travel to Australia for the Ashes in November.
“Free State against Northerns – it used to be pretty feisty”
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Proteas opener Dean Elgar and New Zealand left-arm seamer Neil Wagner’s rivalry has been simmering since they were both in school in South Africa. But, they are now looking forward to resurrecting it in the three-Test series that starts on Wednesday.
“It’s all pretty surreal right now”
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Surrey pace bowler Tom Curran has been included in England’s squad for the ODI series against the West Indies as a cover for fellow seamer Jake Ball.
“I can see someone like him being like the rock of the English batting line-up for many years to come”
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England pace bowler Stuart Broad has backed batsman Gary Ballance to bounce back from his latest setback and return to the Test team with a bang.
Watson is set to play in the first Test, which gets underway on June 3 in Dominica
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Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has declared himself available for the first Test against the West Indies on June 3 following the birth of his second child in Sydney.
