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“He is contributing nothing to our cricket”
Former Pakistan chief selector Iqbal Qasim has become the latest person lash out at head coach Dav Whatmore for having “no interest in the future or well being of Pakistan cricket”.
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“Now, you think of our spinners when you think of West Indies”
West Indies head coach Ottis Gibson has announced that the spinners have to take full advantage of the spin-friendly conditions in India if the national team are to stand any chance of winning the upcoming two-Test series.
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“They chopped and changed batsmen and it was all over the place, whereas we were always quite a settled team”
Legendary Australia opening batsman Justin Langer has announced that after having been beaten three times in a row, “England are probably laughing at Australia”.
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“It was not easy because we were playing Test cricket after five, six months and we could not avail the opportunity to play the longer version, so it was definitely a challenge”
Following a 0-0 draw against New Zealand, Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim has called on “whoever is in charge to give us the opportunity to play more Tests”.
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“I’m very excited, it is my fifth trip here and it is always an awesome country to tour so it is great to be here”
England pace bowler Stuart Broad has announced that he expects a “lively” welcome from Australian fans after head coach Darren Lehmann called on them to “get stuck into Broad”.
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“I would love to see the graph going on an upward curve in this Test”
After losing the first Test to Pakistan by seven wickets, South Africa captain Graeme Smith has called on his team to “maintain” a certain “standard” throughout the second Test in Dubai, which gets underway tomorrow.
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“We have to go in with the attitude that we are not going to lose this series”
South Africa vice-captain AB de Villiers has admitted that the Proteas “dipped big time” in their first Test against Pakistan in Abu Dhabi.
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“I think that’s a role everyone in the team has: to look after each other and make sure we don’t leave anyone alone”
Former England captain Andrew Strauss has called on the national team to look after each other during their tour of Australia next month and to ensure that no one feels home-sick or depressed.
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“Australia in general can be quite an intimidating place”
England pace bowler James Anderson has come up with a simple, yet effective, plan to silence the Australians during the national team’s upcoming tour of the Land Down Under next month.
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“The disappointing thing for us is that Cricket Australia didn’t engage at all with us to try and come on board and help with this situation”
The Hot Spot technology will not be available during the second leg of the Ashes series in Australia after Channel Nine decided against using it.
