Faf du Plessis: “The IPL plays a big part in all of our lives”
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South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has admitted that the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction could distract the Proteas during the third Test against India in Johannesburg.
“It’s great to have us all here together and bowling well”
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Australia pace bowler Josh Hazlewood has said that he is excited about the prospect of bowling alongside fellow seamers Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins and James Pattinson at the Champions Trophy next month.
“Paul Downton and the ECB both apologise to Kevin Pietersen for those comments made that were in breach of the settlement agreement”
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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) were forced to apologise to former batsman Kevin Pietersen following managing director Paul Downton’s comments on the BBC’s Test Match Special programme.
“I feel it’s only reasonable to remind Mr Downton that this method has brought me over 13,500 runs for England”
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Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has announced that the comments made by England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) managing director Paul Downton about him were “wholly untrue”.
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“A lot of things happen around cricket but you have to be focused when you are representing your country”
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has announced that his side will not be distracted by all the ongoing off-field issues ahead of their highly-anticipated match against Australia.
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Salpietro was trying to stop people moving around behind the sightscreen
Australia opening batsman Chris Rogers has revealed that he actually knows the man who distracted him before he was dismissed lbw for 84 in the first innings of the third Ashes Test at Old Trafford, Manchester.
Up until now the law stated that a dead-ball had to be called every time this problem occurred
Steven Finn has already garnered a reputation of being one of the best pace bowlers in international cricket today, however, his rather unorthodox habit of knocking down the stumps with his knee has been a major flaw in his game and has even cost him wickets on two separate occasions.
Taylor has been full of smiles since ending his exile from the national team
New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has denied having any issues with his predecessor Ross Taylor as the former skipper made his return for the ongoing England series.
Jayawardene is unconcerned about SLC’s investigation into his comments
Sri Lanka batsman Mahela Jayawardene has defended his actions of sending a letter to the Daily Mirror after the UK-based newspaper published a story detailing Jayawardene’s ongoing dispute with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) over sharing the guarantee fee the country received for hosting the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20 in September.
Morgan stated that he and Pietersen never had any personal problems
England batsman Eoin Morgan believes that the ongoing Kevin Pietersen saga should stopped being talked about everywhere in order to ensure that none of the England team members get distracted by it.
