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“It will be a great battle between good friends”
First it was the legendary Sachin Tendulkar, but now South African pace demon Dale Steyn has someone else on his radar, and that just so happens to be India opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan.
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Roy will reconsider sponsoring India if Srinivasan resigns
Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy has announced that his company, who currently are the main sponsors of the Indian national team, will withdraw their support when their contract ends in December if Narayanaswami Srinivasan is still the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
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Sutherland is taking all the necessary steps to ensure another incident like this never occurs again
Cricket Australia chief executive, James Sutherland, has finally broken his silence over the board’s highly controversial decision to axe four players midway through the recent four-Test series against India.
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Hesson and Taylor’s relationship is still on the mend
The Ross Taylor captaincy controversy made headlines all over the cricketing world and could easily be viewed as one of the most tense moments in the New Zealand cricket camp this year by far, but after sitting down and solving all their problems, head coach Mike Hesson believes the incident has actually benefited him, whereby he feels as if he has become a better coach altogether.
Taylor has been full of smiles since ending his exile from the national team
New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has denied having any issues with his predecessor Ross Taylor as the former skipper made his return for the ongoing England series.
Buchanan is committed to smoothing out his relationship with White
New Zealand have been the centre of attention in the cricketing world for the past number of weeks, most notably for New Zealand Cricket’s (NZC) dispute with former skipper Ross Taylor over the decision to implement a split captaincy, and while things looked as if it could not get any worse, fresh confrontations have occurred within the board as director of cricket John Buchanan admitted that his relationship with chief executive David White has reached an all-time low.
Singh had a lot of respect for Ponting even though the two were “never friends”
India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has announced that recently retired Australian batsman Ricky Ponting was “one of the top five” batsmen he ever bowled to.
Bopara and Morgan are willing to forgive Pietersen and move on
Ever since Kevin Pietersen was booted off the England team for sending derogatory text messages about former Test captain Andrew Strauss and current coach Andy Flower, many cricket pundits believed that his international career was all but over, but according to England batsmen Ravi Bopara and Eoin Morgan, there still may be hope for Pietersen since they believe he would be welcomed back into the team.
Strauss thought he and Pietersen always had a healthy relationship
England Test captain Andrew Strauss has revealed that he is shocked with the ongoing row between Kevin Pietersen and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) after Pietersen was dropped for the final Test against South Africa at Lord’s.
Pietersen’s text messages have further weakened his relationship amongst the team
England Test captain Andrew Strauss and coach Andy Flower are reportedly furious at batsman Kevin Pietersen after he sent text messages to South African players during the second Test match at Headingley.
