‘I wish I could pick up the phone and give him a call now’, says Ricky Ponting

Ponting captained Hughes when he made history by becoming the youngest player to score a century in each innings of a Test match

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In his tribute to batsman Phillip Hughes, former Australia captain Ricky Ponting stated “I wish I could pick up the phone and give him a call now”.

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‘We feel we are in much better shape’, says Richie Richardson

"We feel we are in much better shape, much better prepared to take on the Indians and we are just looking forward to a very serious challenge"

“We are just looking forward to a very serious challenge”

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West Indies team manager Richie Richardson believes that the national team “are in much better shape” for this tour of India in comparison to previous ones since they have arrived early and had time to get accustomed to the conditions.

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Being labelled the favourites has no effect on me, says Alastair Cook

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Cook acknowledged Clarke and his men would fight to the end to bring the coveted urn back to Australia

While Alastair Cook admits that he still has “a few nerves” ahead of the second Investec Ashes Test at Lord’s, he also revealed that being branded the favourites to win the historic series has had no effect on him since “we have been favourites in series before”.

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: ICC to review policy on government interference

 

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Isaac is hoping to see all cricket boards elect their presidents sooner rather than later

The International Cricket Council (ICC) president Alan Isaac has announced that he will be reviewing whether government involvement in cricketing matters should be allowed to continue or banned for all member nations.

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: Australia using Pakistani asylum-seeker to prepare for Test series against South Africa

The Australian batsmen are looking to play against Ahmed as much as possible before the start of the Test series on Friday

With their Test series against South Africa scheduled to begin on Friday in Brisbane, Australia are looking for all the help they can get, but no one would have ever believed it if they said that they were using a Pakistani asylum-seeker to assist with their preparation against Proteas leg-spin bowler Imran Tahir.

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