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“Katich would’ve been a valuable player”
Cricket Australia chairman Wally Edwards has admitted that the board made a huge mistake by dropping batsman Simon Katich from their list of contracted players in favour of younger talents.
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“This South African unit is quite resilient”
Despite being ecstatic with Pakistan’s seven-wicket win in the first Test against South Africa in Abu Dhabi, head coach Dav Whatmore has acknowledged that the Proteas will not go down without a fight in the second Test in Dubai.
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“Pakistan cricket has hit rock bottom”
A number of former players who represented Pakistan have called for Misbah-ul-Haq to be stripped of the captaincy and head coach Dav Whatmore to be fired immediately after the national team suffered a humiliating loss to Zimbabwe in the second Test, which saw them drop from fourth to sixth on the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test team rankings.
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England registered a crushing 3-0 series win over Australia
England were denied the opportunity of humiliating their rivals even further after bad light stopped play on the final day at The Oval with the home team needing just 21 more runs to register a 4-0 thrashing of Australia.
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Clarke was absolutely gutted to have lost the Ashes once again
Australia captain Michael Clarke was not a happy camper as the rain Gods helped England retain the Ashes after the third Test at Old Trafford ended as a draw thanks to the fifth day being constantly disrupted by the heavens parting.
Hussey told nobody about his decision in order to keep hold of his spot in the Test team
Australia batsman Michael Hussey had revealed that he did not notify anyone of his plans to retire from international cricket until a week before playing his last Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground since he feared that he would have been dropped from the squad.
Arthur admitted that Ponting and Hussey would have been instrumental during this year’s Ashes series
Australia head coach Mickey Arthur has come to the defence of the national team after their humiliating 4-0 whitewash against the Indians, stating that this is definitely not an indication of things to come for the back-to-back Ashes series.
McDermott has helped produce some of the greatest young bowlers Australia have seen in a while
Former Australia pace bowler Craig McDermott has announced that he will be returning to his coaching role at Cricket Australia’s Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Brisbane less than a year after he stepped down as the national team’s bowling coach.
Jones believes the result would have been a lot different if Australia had Ponting and Hussey
Former Australia batsman Dean Jones believes the retirement of veteran batting duo Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey has really hurt the national team after they were subjected to a humiliating 4-0 whitewash at the hands of India.
England fought back after learning from their mistakes during the first Test
Former England captain Nasser Hussain believes that India’s “bravado” and overconfidence during their four-Test series against England turned out to be their own undoing after suffering a shocking, yet humiliating 2-1 loss in front of their home fans.
