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“It’s another chance to sweep England in another series, so we’re not going to be letting off”
Australia left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Starc has announced that the baggy greens have to do everything in their power to ensure England don’t “leave the country with a win”.
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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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“We need to be on the money from Wednesday itself, otherwise they can score quickly and at [the] Wanderers”
South Africa pace bowler Morne Morkel has announced that India will sorely miss their iconic batsman Sachin Tendulkar during the upcoming two-Test series, which gets underway on December 18 in Johannesburg.
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“We are not looking too far ahead”
Australia head coach Darren Lehmann has announced that he will not allow his side to get carried away with their dominating 381-run win over England in the first Ashes Test in Brisbane.
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De Villiers’ century led South Africa to a convincing 4-1 series win
South Africa captain AB de Villiers led by example in the final ODI in Sharjah as he smashed a spectacular century to annihilate Pakistan by 117 runs and give the Proteas a convincing 4-1 series win.
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England registered a crushing 3-0 series win over Australia
England were denied the opportunity of humiliating their rivals even further after bad light stopped play on the final day at The Oval with the home team needing just 21 more runs to register a 4-0 thrashing of Australia.
Gayle surprised many people with his dismal performance during the ODI series
After having made a dream start in his return to the West Indies squad, flamboyant opening batsman Chris Gayle seems to be cooling down as he could not even get out of the starting blocks during the national team’s embarrassing 3-2 loss to Bangladesh during their ODI series.
The smile may be back on Pietersen’s face for now but will it still be there at the end of the India series?
The Kevin Pietersen saga caught everyone’s attention when he was initially accused of sending derogatory text messages about former Test captain Andrew Strauss to South African players during England’s Test series against the Proteas this summer.
Jayasuriya absolutely demolished any bowling attack if he was in excellent form
Former Sri Lanka opening batsman Sanath Jayasuriya, who revolutionised ODI cricket with his flamboyant style, admitted that he loved to be the intimidating batsman that all bowlers dreaded bowling to.
Dhoni expects his spinners to absolutely dominate if the pitches are made to turn more
Even though India have a rather respectable home record in Test cricket, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni believes that the pitches are not helping his spin attack enough.
