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Hussain and Atherton back national selectors’ decision to sack Cook as ODI captain

Posted on December 20, 2014 by bimalmirwani
"What you can't survive as captain is scoring no runs when the team are losing and that's what's been happening for Alastair in one-day cricket"

“What you can’t survive as captain is scoring no runs when the team are losing and that’s what’s been happening for Alastair in one-day cricket”

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Former England captains Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton have backed the national selectors’ decision to sack Alastair Cook as ODI skipper.

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England selectors made the right decision to sack Cook as ODI captain, says Bob Willis

Posted on December 20, 2014 by bimalmirwani

“It has got more and more embarrassing for him, with failure after failure in Sri Lanka”

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Former England pace bowler Bob Willis believes that the national selectors made the right decision to strip Alastair Cook of the ODI captaincy.

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Smith should be Australia’s full-time Test captain, says Ian Chappell

Posted on December 19, 2014 by bimalmirwani

“If Smith is doing a good job you just say ‘right, we’ll stick with him and have Michael Clarke as a player'”

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Former Australia skipper Ian Chappell believes that Steven Smith should be the country’s full-time Test captain since Michael Clarke will be out of action for a while.

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McMillan becomes New Zealand’s full-time batting coach

Posted on September 5, 2014 by bimalmirwani

McMillan (left) was given a two-year contract following the success the national team had in the West Indies

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Former New Zealand batsman Craig McMillan has signed a two-year contract to become the national team’s full-time batting coach.

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My dad convinced me to pursue a career in athletics instead of cricket, reveals Usain Bolt

Posted on September 4, 2014 by bimalmirwani

“My dad said because of the system in Jamaica, it would be better to take up athletics”

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Jamaica sprint sensation Usain Bolt has revealed that his dad convinced him to pursue a career in athletics instead of cricket.

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De Villiers considering giving up wicketkeeping in Tests

Posted on July 23, 2014 by bimalmirwani

“It’s difficult to take on the gloves, especially keeping in mind that I haven’t kept for six or seven months now”

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South Africa wicketkeeper-batsman AB de Villiers has revealed that he is considering not donning the keeping gloves any more in Test matches due to long-term back issues.

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ICC set to give warnings to five Associate and Affiliate members

Posted on June 19, 2014 by bimalmirwani

Nepal have excelled on the field over the last year, but are currently having a lot of administration problems

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) are set to give five Associate and Affiliate members warnings about getting their affairs in order within the next year.

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‘I am not ready for Test match cricket’, says Jos Buttler

Posted on June 2, 2014 by bimalmirwani

“It is my hope and ambition to turn into someone who is talked about as a Test cricketer as quickly as I can”

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Following his superb maiden ODI century against Sri Lanka during the fourth ODI at Lord’s, England wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler has admitted that he is “not ready for Test match cricket”.

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BCB in talks with Hathurusingha for vacant head coach position

Posted on May 16, 2014 by bimalmirwani

“We are in talks with a few coaches and Hathurusingha is one of them”

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The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) have revealed that they are currently in talks with former Sri Lanka batsman Chandika Hathurusingha to take over as the country’s head coach.

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‘I would say the board needs to have a full-time batting coach’, says Dav Whatmore

Posted on January 31, 2014 by bimalmirwani

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The failure of the national team’s batting line-up has been a common theme for Pakistan over the past year

Outgoing Pakistan head coach Dav Whatmore has announced that the national team desperately need a full-time batting coach if they are going to start showing real signs of improvement.

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