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Broad registered his 11th five-wicket haul
England pace bowler Stuart Broad gave Australia five more reasons to despise him even more as he recorded a magnificent five-wicket haul to leave the baggy greens reeling at the end of the first day of the first Ashes Test in Brisbane.
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“We spent a lot of time over dinner listening to music, talking cars – the friendship and respect we have for each other is what I will take away from him”
Former Australia spin king Shane Warne has revealed that India veteran batsman Sachin Tendulkar “was the best batsman I ever played against”.
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“The newspapers this morning have made me [public] enemy no 1”
West Indies captain Darren Sammy has acknowledged the historical significance of the upcoming Test series against India, but noted that “at the end of the day it’s a competition between West Indies and India”.
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“He has to earn every run”
Legendary West Indies captain Richie Richardson, who is currently the national team’s manager, has expressed his gratitude towards the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for allowing his side to play against Sachin Tendulkar in his 200th and final Test match.
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Smith and de Villiers amassed a mammoth 326-run partnership
South Africa captain Graeme Smith and wicketkeeper batsman AB de Villiers left Pakistan battered and bruised as they nearly batted for the entire second day of the second Test in Dubai.
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“We have to be focused on our job, which is to get there and give India a good fight”
With the West Indies’ last three Test series having come against Zimbabwe, Bangladesh and an inexperienced New Zealand side, head coach Ottis Gibson believes “this series against India gives us an opportunity to see where we are as a Test side”.
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“To be playing in an era in which we have won it three times in a row, I sometimes find hard to believe”
England off-spinner Graeme Swann has admitted that “sometimes I have to pinch myself that I’m playing in an era like this” since Australia used to dominate every Ashes series he watched as a young boy.
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“It is a great moment in the history of Afghanistan”
Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) chief executive Noor Mohammad Murad has announced that the national team are hungry for tougher opposition after beating Kenya 2-0 to qualify for the 2015 International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
