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“After the 13th over, the ball looked like it was 60 overs old”
Following a rather lacklustre first day, South Africa pace bowler Morne Morkel has hinted that India may have the upper hand throughout the second Test since the pitch at Durban “looks like a subcontinent wicket”.
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“I think we as a team have to support the decision Dale and Vernon made in the middle”
Even after his own team-mate, Faf du Plessis, stated that South Africa should have gone for the win during the first Test against India in Johannesburg, Proteas captain Graeme Smith noted that it “was in the best interest of the team” to save the Test match instead of looking to go down in history as the side who chased down the highest Test score.
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“It’s been very frustrating”
England pace bowler Steven Finn has announced that the entire team is “disappointed and gutted” after having lost the Ashes for the first time in five years.
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Lehmann guided Australia to their first Ashes victory in five years
A number of past and current cricketers have paid tribute to Australia head coach Darren Lehmann for helping the baggy greens retain the Ashes for the first time after five long years.
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None of the players will play any cricket until they are paid in full
Zimbabwe’s national and domestic cricketers have gone on strike after not being paid their salaries on time.
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Williamson is set to make his Test comeback
New Zealand batsman Kane Williamson is likely to be recalled for the second Test against the West Indies, which gets underway tomorrow in Wellington.
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“Cricket has a nasty habit of biting you back once you open your big mouth”
Former England pace bowler Bob Willis has announced that Australia opening batsman David Warner crossed the line by calling Jonathan Trott “weak”.
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“He has nothing to prove to anyone”
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has revealed that if he were Sachin Tendulkar, he would have “gone a year earlier” since the ‘Little Master’ has failed to muster any magical innings since scoring his 100th hundred against Bangladesh in March 2012.
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“You’ve played cricket with some great guys, some not that great, but that doesn’t mean that you come out into the open and wash your laundry”
Legendary West Indies pace bowler Michael Holding has lashed out at former Australia captain Ricky Ponting over the controversial claims he made in his autobiography, At The Close Of Play, about his successor Michael Clarke not being fully committed to helping the baggy greens succeed during his days as the country’s vice-captain.
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Sharma scored an unbeaten century in his debut Test match
India batsman Rohit Sharma’s unbeaten century on debut gave his side a solid 120-run lead over the West Indies at the end of the second day of the first Test in Kolkata.
