Cook is one big score away from silencing his critics, says Stuart Broad

"When you’re not scoring your runs or taking your wickets you expect a certain amount of flak and that won’t change until he scores a hundred, and Cooky knows that"

“When you’re not scoring your runs or taking your wickets you expect a certain amount of flak and that won’t change until he scores a hundred, and Cooky knows that”

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England pace bowler Stuart Broad has announced that captain Alastair Cook is just one big score away from silencing his critics.

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‘I’m not enjoying playing for Pakistan’, admits Shoaib Malik

"Wherever I play cricket I get the opportunity to bowl apart from when I am playing for Pakistan"

“Wherever I play cricket I get the opportunity to bowl apart from when I am playing for Pakistan”

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Pakistan all-rounder Shoaib Malik has admitted that he is “not enjoying playing” for the national team since he is not “getting the opportunities to play Test cricket or one day internationals”.

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Southee fined after on-field confrontation with Edwards

"Southee neither showed respect to his opponent nor to the umpires, something which has no place in our sport"

“Southee neither showed respect to his opponent nor to the umpires, something which has no place in our sport”

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New Zealand pace bowler Tim Southee has been fined 30 per cent of his match fee after getting into an on-field confrontation with West Indies batsman Kirk Edwards on the second day of the second Test in Trinidad.

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‘Getting the call was a pretty big surprise’, admits James Tredwell

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“I think I’ve shown over the last few months in the one-day game that I can compete at the top level”

England off-spinner James Tredwell has admitted that getting called up to the Test squad for the last two Ashes Tests was a “pretty big surprise”, especially since he didn’t see Graeme Swann’s retirement coming.

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