Herath has taken 60 wickets at an average of 27.45 in Test matches this year
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Sri Lanka spinner Rangana Herath will miss the first Test against New Zealand after tearing his hamstring during a training session.
“I think this is going to be the best of my career”
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Australia opener David Warner believes that the spirit of Phillip Hughes was with him the entire time when he scored a superb 145 on the first day of the first Test against India in Adelaide.
“He’s a strong captain and we need him out there in this tough series”
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Australia captain Michael Clarke has been declared fit for the first Test against India, which gets underway on December 9 in Adelaide.
There are doubts about whether the first Test will go ahead as planned
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Former Australia captain Ian Chappell believes that “it’ll be best for the players if they play the first Test” against India in Brisbane on December 4.
“We’re going to focus on people first rather than the cricket”
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There are still doubts about whether the first Test between Australia and India at the Gabba in Brisbane will go ahead as planned since the country is still mourning about the loss of batsman Phillip Hughes.
“To ask guys like Haddin, Lyon and Watson, who were playing in the game and holding their dying friend on the SCG turf, to strap on their pads might be asking too much”
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Following the tragic death of Australia batsman Phillip Hughes, former England captain Nasser Hussain has announced that it will be hard to convince some of the Australian players to represent their country in the first Test against India in Brisbane.
“Steve was the highest wicket-taker in the Sheffield Shield last season and we are confident he can perform at the next level”
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Australia all-rounder Mitchell Marsh and New South Wales spinner Steven O’Keefe could both make their Test debuts against Pakistan after being included in the Test squad for the upcoming tour of the United Arab Emirates.
“I do expect him to be captaining in the next Test match”
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Former England captain Andrew Strauss has announced that he highly doubts his successor, Alastair Cook, will be sacked as skipper.
“The ECB and Alastair cannot be stubborn and just carry on because they fear giving in to his critics”
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Former England captain Michael Vaughan has revealed that he is starting to have doubts over whether Alastair Cook should continue leading the national team.
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