De Villiers was fined 20 per cent of his match fee
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South Africa captain AB de Villiers was docked 20 per cent of his match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate during the first ODI against England at Headingley on Wednesday.
“Morne is in the final phase of rehab…there are two more weeks to go”
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South Africa pace bowler Morne Morkel is on the verge of making a full recovery from a back injury, according to Proteas media manager Lerato Malekutu.
“Losing James probably means one of the all-rounders has to bowl a few more overs, so I’m hoping that’s me”
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Australia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh has announced that he is confident he can take over fellow all-rounder James Faulkner’s role.
Senanayake was found to be flexing his elbow up to 43 degrees
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Sri Lanka spinner Sachithra Senanayake has returned home after completing a 10-day remedial course to fix his bowling action, which was deemed illegal last month.
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It is still unclear whether Watson will be able to bowl
Australia all-rounder Shane Watson sustained a right groin injury while bowling on the opening day of the Boxing Day Test against England in Melbourne.
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Du Plessis and de Villiers both scored centuries
South Africa fell just eight runs short of completing the highest run chase in Test cricket history as the first Test between them and India in Johannesburg ended as a draw.
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Both players were cleared of all charges
Australia left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Johnson and England all-rounder Ben Stokes have been found not guilty of breaching the International Cricket Council (ICC) Code of Conduct after they were reported for colliding into each other during day four of the second Ashes Test in Adelaide.
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“In fact the rest of my body feels worse than the leg which has had so much TLC over the last few days”
England vice-captain and wicketkeeper Matt Prior is likely to play in the first Ashes Test in Brisbane after coming through unscathed in his second intense workout in two days.
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“I’ll probably look back on it when I’ve finished my career and see it as something quite special”
Despite admitting that it was “surreal” to be on the verge of completing his 100th Test match, England batsman Kevin Pietersen has conceded that “talking about 100 Test matches is a weird feeling for me personally”.
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Shastri hopes to see Tendulkar playing against England at Lord’s next June
With speculation growing over whether legendary India batsman Sachin Tendulkar will retire after completing his 200th Test, his one-time team-mate Ravi Shastri has voiced his opinion on the matter, stating that the ‘Little Master’ “will not quit the game so soon”.
