“I hope Joe Root will be a little bit more aggressive and try and win games”
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Legendary Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne believes that England will show a lot more enthusiasm and aggression in Test matches now that Joe Root has taken over as captain.
“I owe a hell of a lot to Darren because I was at a stage where I didn’t know where I was at with my international career”
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Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has revealed that he is interested in coaching after he retires from playing cricket.
“The challenge is to return to the good days, and I hope I can do that before leaving the position”
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Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim has announced that it is hard for him to give up leading the national team, especially since they are currently going through a very rough patch.
Mangongo believes Zimbabwe can cope without Panyangara
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Zimbabwe head coach Stephen Mangongo has announced that he will not tolerate any “childish” behaviour after he decided to expel pace bowler Tinashe Panyangara from the ODI squad.
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“The newspapers this morning have made me [public] enemy no 1”
West Indies captain Darren Sammy has acknowledged the historical significance of the upcoming Test series against India, but noted that “at the end of the day it’s a competition between West Indies and India”.
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“We wanted to develop enough intelligence on all the England players”
Former Australia coach Mickey Arthur has revealed that the he and Test captain Michael Clarke had decided to “push England really hard” when playing the Ashes in their backyard, but “wanted to win” when the second leg of the series was played in Australia.
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Ashwin believes he now has the ability to dismiss any batsman
India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who is known for his unorthodox bowling style, has revealed that he is working on perfecting more variations to bolster his arsenal.
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Lehmann will give his players days off throughout the Ashes
Newly appointed Australia coach Darren Lehmann has revealed his own twist to Cricket Australia’s controversial rotation policy, stating that players will still be rotated, but only on a common sense basis.
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Hesson and Taylor’s relationship is still on the mend
The Ross Taylor captaincy controversy made headlines all over the cricketing world and could easily be viewed as one of the most tense moments in the New Zealand cricket camp this year by far, but after sitting down and solving all their problems, head coach Mike Hesson believes the incident has actually benefited him, whereby he feels as if he has become a better coach altogether.
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Dhoni believes a wicket is more likely to fall is fielders are placed on the boundaries
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni believes that the use of aggressive fields during Test matches has long gone since players have become a lot more attacking in their approach and mentality, while the pitches nowadays are also much livelier than they used to be during the golden era of Test cricket.
