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“The opinions that matter to me are the opinions of the players”
South Africa head coach Russell Domingo has lashed out at his critics following South Africa’s World Twenty20 campaign, which came to an end after they were beaten by India in the semi-finals.
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“I have to prove to myself that I have it in me”
After being bought for a record $2.33 million by the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, India all-rounder Yuvraj Singh believes that “I just feel that I am going to a place where I can express myself”.
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“I will try not to get out freakishly again”
South Africa batsman Hashim Amla has announced that he refuses to be unperturbed ahead of the national team’s three-Test series against Australia, which gets underway on February 12 in Centurion.
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“We have kept losing and I haven’t been able to turn it around”
Alastair Cook has hinted that he may step down as England’s ODI captain after Australia took an unassailable 3-0 lead in the ongoing five-match series.
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“Obviously they’re hugely talented but it’s a very different line-up to the one I’ve become accustomed to playing against”
South Africa captain Graeme Smith has issued a warning to India ahead of the first Test in Johannesburg, saying that they will feel the heat and experience firsthand why the Proteas are the number one Test team in the world.
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“It’s always been the way with bowlers and some teams down the years to try to intimidate batsmen”
England batting coach Graham Gooch has announced that sledging has become a “part of the game” and batsmen simply “have to accept that”.
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“I was not in a very good place whenever I toured, but there were probably two occasions when I thought I was going to have to make the decision Trotty has made”
Former England pace bowler Stephen Harmison has announced that he can relate to what batsman Jonathan Trott is going through as he revealed that “I thought I was going to have to make the decision Trotty has made” on two separate occasions in his international career.
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“Australia have a very good record in Brisbane, it’s our job to try and change that”
England captain Alastair Cook has announced that his side have “no reason to feel intimidated” by the fact that Australia haven’t lost at the Gabba in Brisbane for 25 years.
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“He has nothing to prove to anyone”
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has revealed that if he were Sachin Tendulkar, he would have “gone a year earlier” since the ‘Little Master’ has failed to muster any magical innings since scoring his 100th hundred against Bangladesh in March 2012.
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“You’ve played cricket with some great guys, some not that great, but that doesn’t mean that you come out into the open and wash your laundry”
Legendary West Indies pace bowler Michael Holding has lashed out at former Australia captain Ricky Ponting over the controversial claims he made in his autobiography, At The Close Of Play, about his successor Michael Clarke not being fully committed to helping the baggy greens succeed during his days as the country’s vice-captain.
