Ramiz Raja: “Abid does not play short balls well, hence he will have to take care of bouncers. The England bowlers will come with full homework and try to disturb his form”
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Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja has revealed has opening batsman Abid Ali “does not play short balls well”.
Azhar Ali laughed while saying that Naseem Shah wouldn’t be doing any school work during the Test series against Australia
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Pakistan Test captain Azhar Ali joked that teenage pace sensation Naseem Shah won’t be doing any school homework during the two-Test series against Australia.
“You’ve just got to be prepared no matter what”
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Australia batsman Usman Khawaja is already doing his homework on what to expect in India when the Baggy Greens travel to the country for a four-Test series in February.
“It was just disappointing how it worked out”
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Australia batsman Usman Khawaja has announced that he was very disappointed with the way the team management handled the homework-gate scandal.
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Senanayake and Perera celebrate after leading Sri Lanka to victory off the last ball of the match
Sri Lanka were pushed to their limits once again by Bangladesh, but managed to escape with a three-wicket win in the second Twenty20 International in Chittagong thanks to Sachithra Senanayake’s last ball heroics.
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“I know how lucky I am to be involved in such a special environment because it doesn’t always come along”
Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has revealed that he is having more fun playing for the national team after Darren Lehmann replaced Mickey Arthur as head coach.
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Warne believes Cricket Australia made the right move by firing Arthur and hiring Lehmann
Former Australia spin king Shane Warne has announced that ex-coach Mickey Arthur’s claims in his private legal documents, which were recently leaked to the media and public, were “pretty disappointing” and sounded like “sour grapes” to him.
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Lehmann has already had a positive impact on the Australian team
Former Australia batsman and Sri Lanka head coach Tom Moody has revealed that it was only a matter of time before Mickey Arthur was fired as Australia’s coach as “respect was being lost” between the players and him.
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Watson is smiling once again after having been handed his opening spot back
Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has dismissed rumours and speculation that he encouraged Cricket Australia and then coach Mickey Arthur to impose a harsher punishment on opening batsman David Warner after he punched England’s Joe Root at the Walkabout bar in Birmingham during the recently concluded Champions Trophy.
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Lehmann’s first assignment will be the crucial Ashes series
Cricket Australia have announced that they have decided to terminate Mickey Arthur as the national team’s head coach in favour of Darren Lehmann just days ahead of the pivotal Ashes series.
