‘It’s been a mentally challenging time but I’ll be ready for Tuesday’, says Shane Watson

"There's no doubt that mentally the last couple of days have been the most challenging of my career"

“There’s no doubt that mentally the last couple of days have been the most challenging of my career”

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Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has revealed that Phillip Hughes’ death has been the most mentally challenging thing he has had to deal with in his international career.

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Yousuf slams PCB for holding T20 tournament prior to World Cup

"It would have been more sensible to have a 50 overs one-day event at this stage because we are going to play [a lot of] one-day games before the World Cup"

“It would have been more sensible to have a 50 overs one-day event at this stage because we are going to play [a lot of] one-day games before the World Cup”

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Former Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf has slammed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for holding a domestic Twenty20 tournament just five months prior to the start of the 2015 World Cup.

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Four players have the potential to become ‘the No. 1 Test batsman’, says Martin Crowe

"All four will reach peak form in a few years' time, and then the real battle will commence as to who will be the No. 1 batsman in the world"

“All four will reach peak form in a few years’ time, and then the real battle will commence as to who will be the No. 1 batsman in the world”

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Former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe has announced that he believes four players have the potential to become “the No.1 Test batsman”.

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Flintoff lashes out at ECB for axing Pietersen

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“It’s not that we couldn’t bowl them out, not that we couldn’t score runs, not that we got outplayed, it’s Kevin Pietersen’s fault”

Former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has lashed out at the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for axing batsman Kevin Pietersen following the national team’s disastrous tour of Australia.

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