Javed Miandad: “No one is perfect, and Babar Azam has quality, but there’s no one to tell him about his flaws in the nets, therefore, he keeps repeating his mistakes. Building confidence comes from rectifying errors in the nets”
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Pakistan legend Javed Miandad believes no one tells Babar Azam about the mistakes he is making when batting.
Shoaib Akhtar: “He is ready to accept his mistakes and rectify them”
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Shoaib Akhtar, the Pakistan speedster who holds the record for the fastest ball bowled at 161.3 kph (100.2 mph), said one of the things that stand out about spinner Shadab Khan is the fact that he is always ready to accept his mistakes.
Aamer Sohail: “I cannot get myself to blame Misbah-ul-Haq for any mistakes he is making as to be honest, he has been given the role as head coach of Pakistan and he is learning his trade whilst on the job”
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Former captain Aamer Sohail has said that he cannot blame Misbah-ul-Haq for the mistakes he is making as Pakistan’s head coach.
Zimbabwe beat Australia for the first time in 31 years
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Australia head coach Darren Lehmann has announced that the national team ought to be extremely embarrassed after they were beaten by Zimbabwe for the first time in 31 years.
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“We’ve made too many basic errors”
England batting coach Graham Gooch has admitted that avoiding a 5-0 whitewash is going to be “really tough”, especially after the national team were bowled out for a dismal 155 by Australia on the second day of the fifth and final Test in Sydney.
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Teams will now receive two reviews, regardless of how many they have used, after 80 overs in an innings
The International Cricket Council (ICC) have announced that the number of reviews teams have will be topped back up to two after 80 overs of play in a Test match innings.
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Dharmasena’s decision against Khawaja is definitely the worse one of the Ashes
England coach Andy Flower has openly admitted that the Decision Review System (DRS) “hasn’t worked well at all” throughout the entire Ashes series, but, at the same time, he added that all the technology being used is still an asset to the game.
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Watson has been dismissed leg before in three out of his four Ashes innings
Former Australia captain Allan Border has announced that the top order batsmen ought to be ashamed of themselves as they have been completely outplayed by the tailenders in the first two Ashes Tests.
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Hesson and Taylor’s relationship is still on the mend
The Ross Taylor captaincy controversy made headlines all over the cricketing world and could easily be viewed as one of the most tense moments in the New Zealand cricket camp this year by far, but after sitting down and solving all their problems, head coach Mike Hesson believes the incident has actually benefited him, whereby he feels as if he has become a better coach altogether.
Swann is spurred on by the fact that he is England’s most successful off-spinner in history
England off-spinner Graeme Swann, who is now the country’s most successful spinner, has revealed that he is “more interested in history than stats”.
