Pakistan captain Babar Azam: “To be honest, he still scolds me if I don’t play well or get out by playing a rash shot and I listen to it as a source of blessing”
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Pakistan captain Babar Azam revealed that his father still scolds him if he performs badly in a match.
Babar Azam revealed that he watched PTV Sports when growing up
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Pakistan limited overs captain Babar Azam admitted that he loved watching PTV Sports when growing up.
Rashid Khan: “Since childhood, I was a big fan of Shahid Afridi and Anil Kumble. I loved watching their bowling and I learnt a lot by watching them”
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Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan has revealed that he has been a big fan of legendary Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi since childhood.
Inzamam-ul-Haq: “If Amir was saying that he was pressurised to play the longest format, he should not have played county cricket. Representing the national side should be the top priority of any cricketer”
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Former Pakistan captain and chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq has criticised left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir for retiring from Test cricket last year.
Javed Miandad: “Once a kid asked Viv Richards – who are you? He replied (don’t ask me) go to a library and find about me”
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Legendary Pakistan batsman Javed Miandad shared a hilarious story about a child who didn’t know who West Indies great Sir Viv Richards was.
“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.
“JP will be the first guy to say he knows he needs to score runs for this team”
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South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has conceded that all-rounder JP Duminy could lose his place in the Test side due to his poor run of form as of late.
England lead 1-0 going into the second Test
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England have opted not to make any changes to their squad for the second Test against South Africa, which begins on Friday in Nottingham.
“We haven’t really discarded a player after one Test match or two or three innings”
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South Africa head coach Russell Domingo has confirmed that Theunis de Bruyn will be selected ahead of uncapped batsman Aiden Markram for the first Test against England.
“Faf’s wife gave birth to their first child last week, but the difficult nature of the delivery has delayed his return to the UK”
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South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has been ruled out of the first Test against England at Lord’s as he wants to stay with his wife following the “difficult” birth of their first child.
