Rohail Nazir: “I was the Under-19 Pakistan team captain, so the team relied on me and I used to try and play till the end”
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Wicketkeeper-batsman Rohail Nazir said the Pakistan Under-19 team relied on him when he was captain.
Pakistan batsman Usman Salahuddin: “I believe that salaries and match fees need to be looked at and increased, as that is an issue especially for those players who believe that money can only be made by playing twenty over cricket”
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Pakistan batsman Usman Salahuddin has called for an increase in salaries and match fees in four-day cricket.
“It’s definitely an overdose of cricket for both the cricketers and the audience”
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Former India team director Ravi Shastri believes that the Champions Trophy is a waste of time and should not exist.
“I don’t care about that at all”
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South Africa batsman AB de Villiers may be less than 2,000 runs away from joining the elite 10,000-run club in Test cricket, but he insisted that reaching the milestone would mean “absolutely zero to me”.
“I thought the opportunity was there for Carlos to go away and work on a few aspects of his game”
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West Indies head coach Stuart Law has revealed that all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite was dropped from the ODI squad for the upcoming series against Pakistan so that he can work on his fitness and bowling.
“We are thinking what will happen by playing a Test against India? It may be better to play three ODIs against them”
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The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) have asked the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to play three ODIs instead of one Test when they face each other later this year.
Pakistan have not hosted any international series since March 2009
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Kenya are set to tour Pakistan next month for five one-day matches against the Pakistan A team at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
Lara will be representing MCC twice in the coming weeks
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Legendary West Indies batsman Brian Lara will represent MCC in a match on June 22 to help mark 200 years since the club played their first game at Lord’s.
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“We will look at leaving a little grass on it just to assist with making it a competitive wicket”
The curator of the Adelaide Oval, Damian Hough, has announced that his ground staff are doing everything in their power to ensure the pitch has “as much pace and bounce” as possible in order to calm fears that bowlers will struggle to take wickets.
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“It’s important to have a good start, get used to the conditions and adapt as quickly as possible and attack them in areas where they are not strong”
South Africa ODI captain AB de Villiers has announced that “it’s important to have a good start” in the upcoming limited overs series against Pakistan after the two-Test series ended as a 1-1 draw.
