Haroon Rasheed: “Unfortunately, pitches in Pakistan, the soil, grounds, and the groundstaff and curators are not very educated”
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Former Pakistan batsman Haroon Rasheed said the groundstaff and pitch curators “are not very educated” when it comes to preparing proper wickets.
“Sri Lanka Cricket wishes to apologise to those subjected to this ignominy”
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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has confirmed that they will launch a probe after a decision was taken to strip the Hambantota groundstaff of the pants they had been wearing during the fifth ODI between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe on Monday.
The entire first day was abandoned since the rain refused to relent
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Persistent rain led to the opening day of the first Test between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Galle being abandoned.
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“From our end it’s going to take us time to get it exactly where we want it”
Damien Hough, who is the Adelaide Oval curator, has announced that he and his groundstaff are simply “trying to produce a typical Adelaide Oval pitch”, whereby it will be a batsman’s dream and spin later on into the match.
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“It looks like I’m going to be able to bowl a few overs here and I’m looking forward to that challenge [of] bowling to their batsmen”
Australia off-spinner Nathan Lyon has admitted that the second Test in Adelaide is “going to be a good challenge for me” after he was absolutely dominated by England batsman Kevin Pietersen at the same venue in the 2010-11 Ashes series.
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India were crowned the winners of the last ever Champions Trophy
England players and fans were left heart-broken as India lifted the coveted Champions Trophy after beating their arch-rivals in a Twenty20 sprint.
The Royals are pleased to be playing in front of their loyal Jaipur fans once again
Just weeks after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced that all of the Rajasthan Royals’ home games would be moved from Jaipur to Ahmedabad and Rajkot, the board have revealed that the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise have been allowed to continue playing in their original city after a deal was struck.
Jayawardene is unconcerned about SLC’s investigation into his comments
Sri Lanka batsman Mahela Jayawardene has defended his actions of sending a letter to the Daily Mirror after the UK-based newspaper published a story detailing Jayawardene’s ongoing dispute with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) over sharing the guarantee fee the country received for hosting the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20 in September.
Jayawardene has “lost all confidence in dealing with SLC”
Sri Lanka Cricket’s (SLC) Executive Committee have announced that they will be looking into veteran batsman Mahela Jayawardene’s comments to UK-based newspaper the Daily Mirror.
