“He singled out that I should be able to play all around the wicket”
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West Indies batsman Darren Bravo has announced that the national team have to bat well during both innings of the upcoming Test series against New Zealand if they want to have any chance of defeating them.
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“We will play with four bowlers and out of them you have to have two who can get 10 wickets in a match, and I don’t see anyone [capable of] doing it”
Former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar has announced that he is not optimistic about the national team’s chances of defeating England when they tour the country later this month.
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“Hughesy was in pretty good form in the trial game the other day but Shaun was picked on the original tour”
Australia wicketkeeper and vice-captain Brad Haddin has revealed that batsman Shaun Marsh is likely to get picked over Phillip Hughes for the first Test against South Africa in Centurion since he was part of the original squad.
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“We know what awaits us, but we are confident of doing well”
India opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan is brimming with confidence ahead of the national team’s tour of South Africa, which gets underway on December 5.
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“Now we are playing a team where we are evenly matched”
West Indies captain Darren Sammy has admitted that the 2-0 whitewashing his team suffered at the hands of India proved to be a real eye-opener and was also just the type of wake-up call they needed.
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“They chopped and changed batsmen and it was all over the place, whereas we were always quite a settled team”
Legendary Australia opening batsman Justin Langer has announced that after having been beaten three times in a row, “England are probably laughing at Australia”.
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“We are playing them (New Zealand) after three years, but it will be in their minds”
After defeating New Zealand 4-0 in their ODI series in 2010, Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim is hoping to repeat history once again.
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Steyn complained of tightness in his hamstring
South Africa’s chances of defeating Pakistan in the second Test in Dubai just got grimmer after pace spearhead Dale Steyn cut his training short on Sunday due to tightness in his right hamstring.
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Dravid noted that many of the youngsters have made promising starts to their careers
Legendary India batsman Rahul Dravid has announced that the national team’s recent triumph at the Champions Trophy has somewhat numbed all the grief and pain caused by the Indian Premier League (IPL) match-fixing scandal.
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The Champions Trophy was Gower’s “favourite 50-over competition”
Former England captain David Gower has called on the International Cricket Council (ICC) not to abandon the Champions Trophy as he remains unconvinced “by the plans for a World Test Championship”.
