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There are doubts about whether Steyn will be able to bowl for the rest of the match
South Africa pace spearhead Dale Steyn is unlikely to bowl for the remainder of Australia’s first innings after he sustained a hamstring injury on the first day of the third Test in Cape Town.
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The Zimbabwean players are still on strike
Cricket South Africa have proposed holding a one-off Test match between the national team and Zimbabwe before the Proteas host Australia for a three-Test series from February 12 onwards.
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“I’m very motivated to contribute to English cricket and that’s what I’m going to do”
England head coach Andy Flower has announced that he still remains committed to helping the national team even though he is set to meet the incoming managing director of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), Paul Downton, in Sydney over the coming days.
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“His performance in international one-day cricket has been quite extraordinary and he’s very deserving of his opportunity”
Australia Twenty20 captain George Bailey is set to become the country’s 435th Test cricketer after being included in the Ashes squad for the first Test in Brisbane.
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“This South African unit is quite resilient”
Despite being ecstatic with Pakistan’s seven-wicket win in the first Test against South Africa in Abu Dhabi, head coach Dav Whatmore has acknowledged that the Proteas will not go down without a fight in the second Test in Dubai.
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“We wondered if he’d lost a little of his sense of team”
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has revealed that he had a lot of doubts about his successor Michael Clarke as he seemed to be living “in a different world to the rest of us” at times.
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Pakistan triumphed in last year’s Asia Cup
The Asia Cup has been scheduled to run from February 24 to March 7 in Bangladesh, pending the authorisation of Nimbus, who own the broadcasting rights for the event.
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Amla became the first South African batsman to record a triple century
South Africa opening batsman Hashim Amla bagged four awards, including Cricketer of the Year, at the recent Cricket South Africa award ceremony in Sandton.
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Taufel used the ongoing Ashes series as an example where technology was being overused
Umpires are often criticised for making the wrong decisions during matches, but former international umpire Simon Taufel believes that they should be confident in the decisions they give and take a more “pragmatic” approach when it comes to the use of technology.
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Clarke has even started questioning his own captaincy abilities
Australia captain Michael Clarke has lashed out at all the batsmen in the squad after they yet again failed to put up an impressive performance during the second Ashes Test, which cost Australia the match by an embarrassing 347 runs and handed England a 2-0 lead heading into the third Test at Old Trafford, Manchester.
