“It’s always important to start well and get the monkey off your back in terms of a big score early in your captaincy career”
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Alastair Cook has admitted that he was blown away by the impact Joe Root had in his first Test as captain.
Cook made his mind up during the Test series against India
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Alastair Cook has conceded he knew that that his tenure as captain was over during the Test series against India in November to December last year.
Shakib excelled with both the bat and ball
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Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza’s final Twenty20 International ended in triumph as all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan scored 38 and took three wickets to lead the team to a 45-run win over Sri Lanka.
Chanderpaul ends his career as the West Indies’ second-highest run-scorer in Test history
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Veteran West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
“We haven’t felt the need to talk about it at all”
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England captain Alastair Cook has announced that the Kevin Pietersen era is a thing of the past as his side prepare for their upcoming limited overs tour of Sri Lanka.
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“I woke up and said its time; I am 100% convinced that it is”
South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis started and ended his illustrious 18-year Test career in Durban, but the 38-year-old believes “nothing much has changed” since he made his debut at the tender age of 20.
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“We have rules and norms to follow so my emotions will not get in the way of my work”
Wankhede stadium curator Sudhir Naik has announced that he will not let himself get caught up in the Sachin Tendulkar fervour, stating that the ‘Little Master’ does not need a pitch tailored to his liking since he “is good enough to do it himself”.
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“He was very influential in me doing what I’ve done and getting the chance to play for England a few years on”
England batsman Michael Carberry has revealed that former Australia spin king “Shane Warne is basically the reason why I got a chance to play Test cricket”.
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“I believe Sachin has done a tremendous job, not just for Indian cricket but for world cricket”
In an emotional tribute to his long-time friend, legendary West Indies batsman Brian Lara has announced that “Sachin Tendulkar has definitely had the best cricket career out of any cricketer that I have known”.
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Rahim called on the media to divert their attention towards Bangladesh’s upcoming home series against New Zealand
For the past few weeks, all the news revolving around the Bangladesh team has been about Mohammad Ashraful and the match-fixing scandal that took place in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).
