“The first thing we need to do is set a standard in the dressing room”
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West Indies Test captain Jason Holder believes that he has to lead by example in order to set the standard for the rest of his team-mates during their upcoming tour of Sri Lanka.
“I don’t think Shivnarine Chanderpaul has proven in recent times that he is still a good enough player to be playing for West Indies”
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Legendary West Indies pace bowler Michael Holding has supported chief selector Clive Lloyd’s decision to drop veteran batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul for the upcoming Test series against Australia.
“Filtering the news of Cook’s demotion through to the Twitterspehere and other unofficial channels smacks of clumsy subterfuge or incompetence or both”
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Former England captain Andrew Strauss believes that the England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) decision to sack Alastair Cook as ODI captain was “hugely disrespectful”.
“Wavell Hinds, the president, basically messed up everything”
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West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels has announced that he did not “stand by any decision” the national team made during their tour of India.
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“We aren’t responsible for what happened”
Sri Lanka wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara and veteran batsman Mahela Jayawardene have slammed Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) secretary Nishantha Ranatunga over his handling of their decision to retire from Twenty20 Internationals.
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“We were actually questioning whether or not AB de Villiers would get the ball in his hand and with his glove wipe the rough side every ball”
Australia opening batsman David Warner has questioned the way South Africa wicketkeeper AB de Villiers was handling the ball during the second Test in Port Elizabeth.
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Cook is currently on track to conquer Tendulkar’s fortress of runs
Legendary India batsman Sachin Tendulkar has long been known as the ‘Master Blaster’ or ‘Little Master’ of international cricket, but all that may soon change after flamboyant England batsman Kevin Pietersen issued a warning to the 40-year-old, stating that his Test records are in danger of being toppled by captain Alastair Cook.
Buttler is constantly receiving pointers from Kieswetter on how to improve his game
England batsman Jos Buttler has announced that he is still on good terms with his Somerset team-mate Craig Kieswetter after replacing him as the national team’s wicketkeeper in ODIs.
Buchanan is committed to smoothing out his relationship with White
New Zealand have been the centre of attention in the cricketing world for the past number of weeks, most notably for New Zealand Cricket’s (NZC) dispute with former skipper Ross Taylor over the decision to implement a split captaincy, and while things looked as if it could not get any worse, fresh confrontations have occurred within the board as director of cricket John Buchanan admitted that his relationship with chief executive David White has reached an all-time low.
Crowe heavily criticised NZC’s handling of the whole situation
Former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe has allegedly burnt his black blazer in protest of New Zealand Cricket’s (NZC) maltreatment of Ross Taylor during the recent captaincy row.
