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“England have become a strong side under Alastair Cook and they know how to win Test matches”
Legendary England captain David Gower is confident the national team will break their 25-year losing streak at the Gabba and hand Australia their first loss in Brisbane since November 1988.
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“To have come back and scored a double hundred in these conditions – almost sub-continental and with the heat – is something I will never forget”
South Africa captain Graeme Smith has praised his team for beating Pakistan by an innings and 92 runs in the second Test in Dubai as it ensured the Proteas remained unbeaten away from home since Sri Lanka defeated them in 2006.
Clarke still believes Howard should be the high performance chief
Australia captain Michael Clarke has expressed interest in former leg-spinner Shane Warne’s proposition of a new ‘dream team’ coaching line-up, which includes people such as former New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming taking on the role of head coach and ex-Australian player Ian Chappell being the mentor of the national team.
Lehmann would be the assistant coach in Warne’s dream team
Almost all people associate the word dream team with a star group of players that would be invincible against any opposition, but former Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne has taken the term to a whole new level after revealing his candidates for Cricket Australia’s dream team.
The West Indies were a dominant force throughout the 1980s
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Since Sir Vivian Richards, one of the West Indies all time cricketing legends, turned 60 four days ago, many people look back, full of nostalgia, and wonder whether the West Indies will ever be as formidable and dominant as they were throughout the 1980s.
