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“This is the second year we’ve been to Sri Lanka in the month of November and every game last year was also affected by rain”
New Zealand stand-in captain Kyle Mills has announced that he is infuriated over the fact that the national team’s tour of Sri Lanka was scheduled during the monsoon season.
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“Like it or lump it, he’ll stick his finger up or not and you’ve got to get on with the next ball”
Former England captain Andrew Flintoff has announced that the Decision Review System (DRS) should be scrapped in order to allow umpires to make their own decisions.
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“It was an important moment in the game because, let’s be honest, if Belly and I hadn’t put on those runs, we wouldn’t have won the Test match”
England pace bowler Stuart Broad has insisted that he did the right thing by standing his ground and refusing to walk during the first Ashes Test at Trent Bridge this summer, even though he knew he had edged the ball.
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“It is extremely unfair to draw Haroon Lorgat into the whole thing for it is a figment of peoples’ imagination to suggest that he orchestrated the whole thing”
Former International Cricket Council (ICC) legal head David Becker has revealed that Cricket South Africa CEO Haroon Lorgat “wasn’t involved and nor was he aware about the contents of my letter” regarding the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and their blatant manipulation of the Future Tours Programme.
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The duo were thrown out just prior to the lunch break
Two spectators have been ejected from the Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium for shouting abusive comments against Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq on the third day of the second Test against South Africa.
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“Harbhajan was the one there was a problem with, but we got to Mumbai, looked each other in the eye and shook hands and said we’ll make this work”
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has announced that he believes it is “important to move on” from the Monkeygate scandal in 2008.
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Lorgat has been suspended from dealing with all matters relating to the BCCI
After months of deliberation the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Cricket South Africa have come to an agreement for India to play two Tests and three ODIs on their tour of South Africa.
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Ponting questioned Tendulkar’s role in the scandal
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has evoked memories of the infamous ‘Monkeygate’ scandal after revealing that he was sceptical about the role India batsman Sachin Tendulkar played in his forthcoming autobiography, At The Close Of Play.
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“If you look at the record since he took over as captain, how many series and Tests we’ve won, that speaks volumes for him as a captain”
England pace bowler James Anderson believes captain Alastair Cook is not getting enough credit and respect in light of everything he has accomplished since the national team were dethroned as the world number one Test side in July last year.
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Hussey feels responsible for causing a split in the team and the infamous scuffle between Clarke and Katich
Legendary Australia batsman Michael Hussey has revealed that his failure to attend a boat party after his final Test match led to a massive split forming in the Australian camp.
