‘I guess that’s the most pleasing thing to have got out of that situation and be where we are now’, says Steven Smith

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“A lot of credit has got to go to Brad Haddin”

Fresh off his magnificent century on the opening day of the fifth and final Test against England in Sydney, Australia batsman Steven Smith has announced that “the most pleasing thing” was to have recovered from 97/5 to 326 all out.

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‘We have to keep them within a 160-run lead’, says Nasir Hossain

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“We have to bowl them out first”

Despite New Zealand holding on to a 137-run lead at the end of the third day of second Test in Mirpur, Bangladesh off-spinner Nasir Hossain believes that his team “have to keep them within a 160-run lead” and follow that up with a score of “300 or 350” in order to have any chance of winning the Test match.

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Zaheer Khan travels to Cape Town for three-week training clinic with Gary Kirsten

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Khan lost six kilograms while training in France

Fresh off a six-week training course in France, India left-arm pace bowler Zaheer Khan is now heading to Cape Town, South Africa, where he will train with former India coach Gary Kirsten for three weeks in a bid to regain his spot in the national team.

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‘We know we can go to Australia and play even better’, says James Anderson

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“We are going to cherish this moment because it doesn’t happen very often.”

Fresh off a 3-0 win against Australia in the first leg of the Ashes series, England pace bowler James Anderson believes the national team “can go to Australia and play even better” in the second leg of the Ashes series, which gets underway on November 21.

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