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Morkel used to be one of the best all-rounders in the cricketing world
In his heyday, South Africa’s Albie Morkel was being praised as one of the greatest all-rounders the country has ever produced and pundits were even comparing his batting abilities to that of India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, but in a rather unfortunate turn of events, Morkel has now found himself on the sidelines for far too long and he admitted that “I won’t play for South Africa again”.
Williams admitted to lying about the testimony he gave during the trial in 2000
When the match-fixing case against the late South African captain Hansie Cronje first emerged, it took the cricketing world by storm and rocked the sport to its core, but more than a decade later, details about the events are still being revealed, as former Proteas bowler Henry Williams recently admitted that Cronje never offered him US$ 15,000 to concede more than 50 runs during the fifth ODI against India in Nagpur in 2000.
Hassan vows that the tour will take place in the near future
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan has announced that the country never backed out of their promise to tour Pakistan and added that he has already sent a security team to see if the security arrangements are up to par.
South Africa players and officials feel as if Alfred has stabbed the country in the back
The entire South African camp was fuming after a one of their media consultants branded the national team as losers and chokers.
The West Indies were given the majority of the fund
The International Cricket Council (ICC) have announced that they will be funding Zimbabwe and the West Indies a total of $4.5 million as part of its Targeted Assistance and Performance Programme (TAPP), which mainly looks at developing a country’s national team till they become more competitive.
