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“As long as my performances on the county circuit are good then I’m a believer they can’t keep ignoring me”
We’ve heard it from pundits and former players time and time again, why don’t England select pace bowler Graham Onions for their tours?
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Stirling definitely had the luck of the Irish on his side
Everybody has heard about the luck of the Irish, but today it actually came true when Ireland walked away with a three-wicket victory on St Patrick’s Day by stealing a bye off the very last ball of their match against Zimbabwe in Sylhet.
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“Honestly, I’m as much in the dark as you are”
Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns has revealed that he hasn’t “heard from anyone from the ICC [International Cricket Council]” after having been accused of match-fixing.
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“You have to have a passion for pace, to want to bowl fast in the first place”
Ian Pont is known throughout the cricketing world as one of the most prominent and accomplished fast bowling coaches and he recently spoke to me about the secrets behind becoming a pace legend, the art of reverse swing and his new coaching clinic, the Ultimate Pace Foundation.
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Nixon allegedly mimicked an Indian accent when Panesar was coming on to bowl
The public address announcer at England’s two-day warm-up match against the Cricket Australia Chairman’s XI has been fired after making inappropriate comments about spinner Monty Panesar.
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Clarke told Anderson to “get ready for a broken f***ing arm”
Former Australia spin king Shane Warne has announced that the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) decision to fine captain Michael Clarke 20 per cent of his match fee for his comments to England pace bowler James Anderson during the first Ashes Test in Brisbane was “a disgrace”.
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Joyce is desperate to play more matches against top-ranked sides
Ireland batsman Ed Joyce has revealed that the national team are “almost begging for fixtures” as they seek to gain more experience playing against some of the top sides in the cricketing world.
Morris admitted that he had never seen “this much money”
South Africa all-rounder Chris Morris, who had a base price of $20,000 in this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) auction, admitted that he was not expecting to be bought for a whopping $625,000 by the Chennai Super Kings.
