“I feel it’s something of the past”
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South Africa have lost seven players to Kolpak deals over the last few months, including pace bowler Kyle Abbott, batsman Rilee Rossouw and wicketkeeper-batsman Stiaan van Zyl. Despite this, ODI captain AB de Villiers feels that the Proteas have nothing to worry about.
“If he continues to develop at the same rate in all formats he could become the complete bowler for South Africa”
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Former South Africa pace bowler Shaun Pollock is confident that seamer Kagiso Rabada will have a strong showing during South Africa’s tour of England and the Champions Trophy.
The Pakistan team gave Misbah (left) and Younis the perfect send-off following their nail-biting win
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Pakistan spinner Yasir Shah took five wickets, the last of which came in the penultimate over of the day, to lead his side to a 101-run win over the West Indies in Dominica.
“I see myself heading towards the 2019 World Cup playing all formats of the game and then calling time on my career”
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South Africa’s Test and Twenty20 captain Faf du Plessis has hinted that he will walk away from international cricket after the 2019 World Cup.
“We’ve still got plenty of time to wreak havoc on batsmen around the world”
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Australia left-arm seamer Mitchell Starc has said that he, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and James Pattinson are ready to establish themselves as the pace quartet to be feared in international cricket.
Younis recently became just the 13th player in history to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket
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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan has revealed that Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq and veteran batsman Younis Khan will be offered top roles in the board once they retire.
Cook is one of the players that received a central contract for the first time
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Several players received central contracts for the first time after Cricket South Africa revealed their list of contracted players for the 2017/18 season.
“He told me that he has not given signing a Kolpak contract much thought”
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On Monday, there was speculation that South Africa pace bowler Marchant de Lange could be next in line to sign a Kolpak deal, but Johan van Heerden, the CEO of Knights, which is the domestic franchise De Lange plays for, has indicated that may no longer be the case.
Amir is set to be the first player to benefit from the changes in the anti-corruption code
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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has approved amendments to its anti-corruption code which will now allow banned players to play domestic cricket before their penalty ends.
“All four will reach peak form in a few years’ time, and then the real battle will commence as to who will be the No. 1 batsman in the world”
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Former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe has announced that he believes four players have the potential to become “the No.1 Test batsman”.
