“This has been our vision for a long time and we wanted to give something back to the game”
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Irfan and Yusuf Pathan have launched their own cricket academy, which is called Cricket Academy of Pathans, in their home town of Baroda.
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“Katich would’ve been a valuable player”
Cricket Australia chairman Wally Edwards has admitted that the board made a huge mistake by dropping batsman Simon Katich from their list of contracted players in favour of younger talents.
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“It should be the topping on the cake after your career, after you’ve fought your guts out for your country, after you’ve given everything to the real form of the game”
Following former England captain Mike Brearley’s speech at the 2013 Bradman Oration, legendary Australia wicketkeeper Rod Marsh made an interesting proposition, stating that “you shouldn’t be allowed to play Twenty20 cricket until you’re 30”.
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“Graham works very hard with each and every player on their game, and we need someone with exactly that kind of commitment”
Former Sri Lanka captain and current head selector Sanath Jayasuriya has announced that head coach Graham Ford’s successor must have the same type of tenacity he did in order for the national team to continue their winning ways.
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Chappell used to be India’s head coach
Former Australia captain Greg Chappell is the front-runner to become Sri Lanka’s new head coach after Graham Ford recently signed a three-year deal with Surrey.
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“He had a calmness and an inner strength which wasn’t something I had seen a lot of in other cricketers”
Former India coach Greg Chappell believes captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become a lot more confident compared to when he first met him and has also become a fan favourite since he is a one-of-a-kind cricketer.
Healy wants the selectors to have more confidence in the players they choose
Former Australia wicketkeeper Ian Healy has called on Cricket Australia to stop “treating the Australian Test team like a club side” after they decided drop players who were experiencing a tough time during the recently concluded four-Test series against India.
Clarke has been unstoppable over the past year
Former Australia captain Greg Chappell has announced that skipper Michael Clarke should have no problems joining the 13,000-run club in Test cricket if he continues scoring at the rate he currently is.
Chappell is extremely concerned about Test cricket’s future
Former India head coach Greg Chappell has announced that he is still worried about the country’s Test future, despite the fact that they have an excellent team with a bright future ahead of them.
McGrath and Turner dominated world cricket despite being born in different eras
Legendary Australia bowlers Glenn McGrath and Charlie Turner, who represented the country more than a century apart, have both been inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame, bringing the total number of inductees to 37.
