“It seems to be forgotten that this is a young man who has done some extraordinary things for himself and for his country”
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Former England head coach Andy Flower has announced that captain Alastair Cook should continue leading the national team, despite his recent struggles with the bat.
“A bad phase is something that everybody goes through”
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England captain Alastair Cook, who has been bombarded with criticisms during and after his team lost their two-Test series against Sri Lanka, has received support from two unlikely people, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and India head coach Duncan Fletcher.
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“Something needs to be done because in [the] three years I’ve been England captain I have just, in my eyes, been criticised for a hell of a lot of that”
England captain Alastair Cook has lashed out at legendary Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne after his captaincy style was criticised time and time again.
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“The opinions that matter to me are the opinions of the players”
South Africa head coach Russell Domingo has lashed out at his critics following South Africa’s World Twenty20 campaign, which came to an end after they were beaten by India in the semi-finals.
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“We’ve underperformed badly”
England team director Andy Flower has admitted that the national team’s 5-0 whitewashing in the Ashes series felt “like the end of an era” and ended the “chance of some sort of renewal for the England cricket team”.
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“I am available to serve my country in any capacity”
Pakistan team manager Moin Khan has announced that he is interested in becoming the country’s next head coach when Dav Whatmore’s contract expires in February 2014.
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“They are both imaginative, good readers of the game and take the aggressive option first – whereas Cook retreats too quickly”
Former Australia spin king Shane Warne has announced that England need to replace captain Alastair Cook immediately if they want to become a truly dominant side.
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Dravid believes Test matches are the “life source” of cricket
Legendary India batsman Rahul Dravid has always been a keen advocate of saving Test cricket, and once again, he has made a desperate plea for more Test matches to be played as he believes it provides players with a solid foundation, which helps them prosper in ODIs and Twenty20 Internationals.
Ambani hinted that Tendulkar and Ponting may become the franchises’ new openers
The Mumbai Indians have announced that former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting will captain the franchise during the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), which gets underway on April 3.
Swann is spurred on by the fact that he is England’s most successful off-spinner in history
England off-spinner Graeme Swann, who is now the country’s most successful spinner, has revealed that he is “more interested in history than stats”.
