“We are not going to England just to beat India but our prime target is to win the championship”
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Pakistan chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq is confident that the national team have what it takes to beat India and win the Champions Trophy next month.
“If it gets to the extreme, they might not have a team for the Ashes”
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Australia opener David Warner has revealed that the players are prepared to boycott the Ashes later this year if their pay dispute with Cricket Australia is not resolved.
“We see him as our opening batsman, with Jason Roy, in the Champions Trophy”
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England opener Alex Hales has been out of action since January as he broke a bone in his right hand during the limited overs tour of India.
“I don’t want to rush it”
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Australia left-arm seamer Mitchell Starc has virtually ruled himself out of the World Twenty20 in India in March as he continues to recover from ankle surgery.
Viljoen could make his Test debut on January 2
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Uncapped pace bowler Hardus Viljoen has been brought in as a potential replacement for fellow seamer Kyle Abbott for the second Test against England, which starts on January 2 in Cape Town.
De Villiers was named Man of the Match for scoring his 21st ODI century
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South Africa captain AB de Villiers led by example with the bat as he blasted an unbeaten 104, while pace bowler Kagiso Rabada took consecutive wickets in the final over to lead the Proteas to a five-run win over India in the first ODI in Kanpur.
“Everywhere he’s gone he’s been successful”
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England captain Alastair Cook is raring to meet and start working with newly appointed head coach Trevor Bayliss.
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“Since 2013, India has won more One-Day Internationals when chasing than any other team, hence [they] will back [themselves] to chase down anything”
With South Africa’s highly-anticipated World Cup clash against India lingering just over the horizon, former Proteas captain Graeme Smith has warned the national team that the Indians are capable of chasing down any target.
This was the first Test in 17 years to end as a draw at the MCG
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Despite Australia throwing everything at them, India managed to stand firm and see out the final day of the third Test in Melbourne to ensure that they didn’t find themselves trailing 3-0 in the ongoing Test series.
“We were all pretty fatigued, mentally as well as physically”
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Australia captain Michael Clarke has revealed that the national team “were on the brink of breaking” during their tour of South Africa in March.
