Mohammad Yousuf: “It’s hard to take a gamble now when the World Cup is so close”
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Pakistan batting coach Mohammad Yousuf said the team can’t afford to gamble now by switching captain Babar Azam and wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan around.
Pakistan big-hitter Asif Ali: “People should understand that these players’ role is like playing a gamble and you have to play such players”
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Pakistan batsman Asif Ali said big-hitting risk-takers like him have to be included in the team as they can win matches.
“The workload won’t be overly excessive for him”
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New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has defended the national selectors’ decision to include veteran all-rounder Daniel Vettori in the squad for the third Test against Pakistan in Sharjah.
Kerrigan is likely to be picked for the second Test at Lord’s
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England spinner Simon Kerrigan has been recalled into the Test team for the second Test against India, which gets underway on July 17 at Lord’s.
Kolkata celebrate after being crowned champions of the 2014 IPL
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The Kolkata Knight Riders were crowned IPL champions behind batsman Manish Pandey’s sparkling knock of 94.
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“We should take pride in the way he has built this team and the legacy he leaves behind”
Cricket South Africa chief executive Haroon Lorgat has announced that the board is in no hurry to name captain Graeme Smith’s successor.
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England registered a crushing 3-0 series win over Australia
England were denied the opportunity of humiliating their rivals even further after bad light stopped play on the final day at The Oval with the home team needing just 21 more runs to register a 4-0 thrashing of Australia.
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England’s celebration carried on late into the night
With the crowd cheering and the champagne bottles popping, England had once again asserted themselves as the dominant side in their battle against Australia for the coveted Ashes urn.
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Sangakkara’s triumphant knock cut England down to their knees
Kumar Sangakkara singlehandedly put Sri Lanka on his back and carried them across the finish line against England in what many cricket pundits would have arguably called his best ODI innings to date.
Warner and Watson have established themselves as one of the most dangerous opening pairs in Twenty20 history
Whenever David Warner and Shane Watson have come out guns blazing it seems as if Australia, who were astoundingly ranked 10th on the International Cricket Council (ICC) Twenty20 team rankings before the start of the World Twenty20, are unstoppable and coach Mickey Arthur believes strong starts to the Australian innings will be key throughout the World Twenty20.
