Sachin Tendulkar: “First innings of my life, in Karachi, I thought it would be my first and last innings”
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Iconic India batsman Sachin Tendulkar has revealed that he believed his first Test innings, which came against Pakistan in Karachi, would be his last as he felt “completely out of place”.
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“As an England team we haven’t done anything close to what we are capable of doing”
England batsman Ian Bell has admitted that the “guys are hurting” after they were once again the victims of a brutal spell of bowling by Australia left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Johnson during the third day of the second Test in Adelaide.
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“His bowling is always getting better because he learns and when things are looking tough and hard he brings out something special”
Legendary England all-rounder Sir Ian Botham has announced that pace bowler Stuart Broad has left his critics with “egg on their faces” after he took a five-wicket haul on the first day of the first Ashes Test against arch-rivals Australia in Brisbane.
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Shami registered his maiden five-wicket haul on debut
Debutants Mohammed Shami, who took nine wickets, and Rohit Sharma, who smashed 177, helped India demolish the West Indies by an innings and 51 runs on the third day of the first Test in Kolkata.
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De Villiers received 27 ratings points for his spectacular knock of 164
South Africa wicketkeeper batsman AB de Villiers has overtaken team-mate Hashim Amla to become the number one Test batsman on the International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings.
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“Bowlers need to be offered a crumb in the shorter forms of the game otherwise they’ll revolt, as they have done in the past, using extreme methods like Bodyline and chucking”
Following the first three ODIs between India and Australia, former baggy greens captain Ian Chappell believes that “bowlers will become an endangered species” in the shorter formats of the game if batsmen continue giving themselves an advantage by using heavier bats.
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“We are preparing for every scenario”
New Zealand opening batsman Peter Fulton, who scored back-to-back half-centuries during the first Test against Bangladesh, has revealed that the pitch in Mirpur “may turn more than it did in Chittagong”.
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Amla is likely to miss the second Test against Pakistan
South Africa batsman Hashim Amla is set to miss the second Test against Pakistan in Dubai after flying home to be with his wife for the birth of their second child.
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Pakistan handed South Africa their first Test loss since December 2011
Pakistan stunned the top Test side in the world as they breezed their way to a seven-wicket win in the first Test match in Abu Dhabi.
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Pakistan are on the verge of upsetting the number one Test team in the world
Pakitan opening batsman Khurram Manzoor made the highest score by a Pakistani batsman against South Africa during the third day of the first Test in Abu Dhabi.
