Shahid Afridi: “Shoaib Akhtar took so many injections that he can’t walk now”
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Shahid Afridi, the former Pakistan captain, said pace maestro Shoaib Akhtar took so many injections during his playing days that he “can’t walk now”.
Stuart Broad: “I’ve had some injections in my left ankle for an ongoing ligament problem”
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England pace bowler Stuart Broad will attempt to prove his fitness for the upcoming five-Test series against India when he returns to competitive cricket on July 22.
“At this stage the injury has an element of being aggravated in the field”
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India captain Virat Kohli has revealed that he will only play the fourth Test against Australia in Dharamsala on Saturday if he is 100 per cent fit.
Iyer has yet to make his international debut
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Uncapped batsman Shreyas Iyer has been drafted into India’s squad for the fourth Test against Australia in Dharamsala.
Wood recently admitted that he may require surgery to fix his chronic ankle problems
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England pace bowler Mark Wood has returned home and will visit a specialist to discuss what should be done to deal with the chronic ankle problems he is currently dealing with.
“I will decide after the World T20”
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Veteran Sri Lanka spinner Rangana Herath has revealed that he will consider hanging up his boots after the 2016 World Twenty20 in India.
“He can keep going until it actually gets a hell of a lot worse”
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Australia national selector Rod Marsh has revealed that the Baggy Greens will continue using left-arm seamer Mitchell Starc until he requires surgery for his troublesome ankle injury.
“He is more pumped up than we are”
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Despite having an injection to ease his back woes, West Indies all-rounder Darren Sammy has made it clear that opener Chris Gayle will not miss the quarter-final against New Zealand.
“There are no centuries for Bangladesh in the World Cup so I hope I can be the first to do that”
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Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal is set to be fully fit prior to the start of the World Cup, which gets underway on February 14.
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“I didn’t see many of our guys walking off the field with bloody fingers or ice packs on ribs, so it definitely was a wake-up call for the Indians”
South Africa pace spearhead Dale Steyn has announced that the Proteas definitely left India shaking in their boots after thrashing them by 141 runs in the first ODI in Johannesburg.
