Mohammad Hafeez will be sidelined for the one-off Twenty20 International and first two ODIs against England
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Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez will miss the one-off Twenty20 International and first two ODIs against England as he is still recovering from undergoing surgery on his thumb.
Sarfraz Ahmed: “We have done our preparations and we will have time to finalise our plans when we go to England”
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Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed may not be playing in the ongoing ODI series against Australia, but insisted that there is nothing to worry about after the national team lost the first two matches.
McNamara believes Bailey could be doing a dead-end job if not for Channel Nine
Channel Nine executive producer of cricket Brad McNamara believes Australia Twenty20 captain George Bailey could be “working in a coal mine or flipping burgers at McDonald’s” if not for all the money pumped into the sport by the network.
Clarke does not want to see any of his players succumb to long-term injuries
Australia captain Michael Clarke has defended his decision to rest key players at certain points during a series, stating that all of them complained of minor niggles and as skipper, his responsibility was to ensure that those minor aches and pains heal as soon as possible instead of letting them get even more aggravated by allowing those players to play through it.
Arthur is sick and tired of all the abuse targeted towards the rotation policy
Australia’s newly implemented rotation policy is no stranger to criticism, but coach Mickey Arthur seems to have had enough and launched a scathing attack against all the critics, stating that they only know how to berate everything without having full knowledge of the reasoning behind it.
Ponting is convinced that there will be a sharp drop in the number of ODIs played after the 2015 World Cup
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has announced that he believes there will be a significant drop in the number of ODI matches played after the 2015 International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup due to the tremendous workload players are currently enduring.
Nixon truly believes there was something suspicious about the match
First it was the India Pakistan semi-final match during the 2011 International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup and now it is the third ODI between the two arch-rivals that has got former England wicketkeeper Paul Nixon suspicious about whether the match was fixed or not.
