“I never thought the time would come when we, as a West Indies team, would miss a Champions Trophy”
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Legendary West Indies pace bowler Sir Curtley Ambrose has admitted that he is gutted that the national team will not be competing at the Champions Trophy in England next month.
“I see myself heading towards the 2019 World Cup playing all formats of the game and then calling time on my career”
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South Africa’s Test and Twenty20 captain Faf du Plessis has hinted that he will walk away from international cricket after the 2019 World Cup.
India won the last edition of the Champions Trophy in 2013
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have confirmed that the national team will be present at the Champions Trophy in England next month.
“To get the call telling me you are not in the squad for a tournament such as this was disappointing”
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England pace bowler Steven Finn has admitted that he was disappointed to be overlooked for the Champions Trophy in June.
The BCCI declined Manohar’s offer of an extra $100 million
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Amitabh Choudhary, the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) acting secretary, has said that the board should receive a larger portion of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) revenue.
“Our aim is to win the Champions Trophy”
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England wicketkeeper-batsman Sam Billings sees no reason why his side cannot win the Champions Trophy for the first time in June.
Marsh was not given a central contract for the 2017/18 season
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Australia batsman Shaun Marsh and all-rounder James Faulkner were not among the list the centrally contracted players for the 2017/18 season.
“It’s definitely an overdose of cricket for both the cricketers and the audience”
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Former India team director Ravi Shastri believes that the Champions Trophy is a waste of time and should not exist.
“I don’t care about that at all”
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South Africa batsman AB de Villiers may be less than 2,000 runs away from joining the elite 10,000-run club in Test cricket, but he insisted that reaching the milestone would mean “absolutely zero to me”.
“The main aim is to qualify for the next World Cup”
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West Indies head coach Stuart Law has insisted that his main goal is to see the national team automatically qualify for the 2019 World Cup.
