Mohammad Amir: “The Rawalpindi crowd is like a home crowd for me. At the age of 11-12, I came to the Bajwa academy and started playing cricket in Pindi and I appeared in trials here too”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir has enjoyed playing in Rawalpindi so much since he believes the “crowd is like a home crowd for me”.
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‘Mr Consistent’ did what he does best to knock South Africa out of the tournament
South Africa captain AB de Villiers was adamant that his side would not ‘choke’ during their semi-final encounter with England, but that was exactly what ended up happening as they were dominated and put out of their misery by Jonathan Trott.
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Sangakkara’s triumphant knock cut England down to their knees
Kumar Sangakkara singlehandedly put Sri Lanka on his back and carried them across the finish line against England in what many cricket pundits would have arguably called his best ODI innings to date.
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Ponting once again confirmed he was retired and will not answer Australia’s cries for help during the Ashes
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting gave hope to millions of Australian fans for a few hours after saying that he would answer Australia’s Ashes cries by coming out of retirement and playing for them in this year’s back-to-back Ashes series.
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The picturesque Lord’s Cricket Ground will be looking to gain the rights to host its fifth World Cup final
The International Cricket Council (ICC) and England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have both signed an agreement to confirm that the 2019 World Cup will be held in England and Wales.
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Tendulkar was pleased to end his IPL career on a high
India veteran batsman Sachin Tendulkar has announced his retirement from the Indian Premier League (IPL) after spending six seasons with the Mumbai Indians.
Smith cannot see Australia winning in England
South Africa captain Graeme Smith has tipped England to experience Ashes glory once again this year, stating that playing at home for the first leg of the back-to-back series will give the side the upper hand.
Australia will be looking for redemption during the Ashes next year
Australia are set to play the fewest number of home ODIs during the 2013-2014 season due to the sky-rocketing popularity of Twenty20 cricket amongst the people in the country.
Kallis believes the top order batsmen have the potential to carry on making big scores in the last two Test matches
Fresh off scoring a brilliant 147 against Australia in the first Test at Brisbane, veteran South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis is confident that the Proteas’ top order batsmen will continue their dominant run against the Baggy Greens during the last two Test matches of the series.
Bell is hoping that England can end their disastrous record against India during the upcoming series
England batsman Ian Bell is glad to see Indian all-rounder Yuvraj Singh back in the Test team and is relishing the opportunity to face him in the upcoming four-Test series.
