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Steyn claimed three wickets in one over to extinguish Pakistan’s hopes of levelling the series
South Africa opening batsman Quinton de Kock smashed a spectacular maiden century and pace spearhead Dale Steyn registered his second five-wicket haul as the Proteas beat Pakistan by 28 runs in the fourth ODI in Abu Dhabi to take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five-match series.
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Mushtaq has been working very closely with Gazi
Former Pakistan off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq has announced that he will be rejoining Bangladesh as their spin bowling consultant when they host New Zealand next month.
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Chandila is still “in a state of shock” of the charges against him
With the Indian Premier League (IPL) match-fixing hype having slightly died down over the past few weeks, Rajasthan Royals spinner Ajit Chandila brought it back into the media spotlight after claiming that he had “no clue about the spot-fixing controversy”.
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Some of the players are believed to have been involved in match-fixing
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have announced that they are “extremely concerned” over a report published in the Mail on Sunday, claiming that the recently concluded ODI series between Pakistan and the West Indies is being investigated for players being involved in corrupt activities.
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The court will hold a meeting on June 13 to discuss Ashraf’s fate
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Zaka Ashraf has been suspended indefinitely by the Islamabad High Court after they claimed the process to elect him was “dubious” and “polluted”.
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Anderson is only the fourth English bowler to take 300 Test wickets
In a rather bold statement, England bowling coach David Saker believes veteran pace bowler James Anderson is the “most skilful fast bowler in the world”, even more so than South African seamer Dale Steyn, who is currently ranked first on the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Test bowler rankings.
Clarke has grown increasingly frustrated with the constant failures of his batsmen
Coming off an embarrassing 4-0 whitewashing at the hands of India, Australia captain Michael Clarke lashed out at his batsmen for not being able to capitalise on the good starts they made.
Chingoka believes the growing problem of racism must be tackled immediately
Long-standing Zimbabwe Cricket chairman Peter Chingoka believes racism still remains a major problem in international cricket today and added that in some cases it has actually become worse.
Ponting is still convinced that his decision to retire was the right one
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has announced that he truly believes he made the right decision about his retirement, despite some people claiming that it came prematurely.
Gavaskar was shocked that Trott had lied to umpires during the match
India batting legend Sunil Gavaskar has revealed that he felt extremely disappointed when South Africa-born England batsman Jonathan Trott breached the “spirit of cricket” by claiming to have taken a catch when in actual fact he had dropped it.
