“I realised in Sri Lanka that my dream of playing in a World Cup was a bridge too far”
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South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis has announced his retirement from all three formats of international cricket.
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“It’s getting to the stage where it’s catching a lot more and clicking a lot more, there’s all those fragments in there that are giving me the s***s”
Australia pace bowler Ryan Harris has admitted that his knee problems have had a direct impact on his self-confidence in the ongoing Test series against South Africa.
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“I am thankful to the PCB and especially Zaka Ashraf who reposed his confidence in me and included me in his team”
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have appointed former captain Aamer Sohail as their new chief selector and director of game development.
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“I’m enjoying the job and I’m enjoying the challenge”
After having taken one step closer to being whitewashed 5-0 today, England captain Alastair Cook has announced that he is intent on carrying on as the leader of the national team.
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“It’s been a good contest so far”
India batsman Suresh Raina has announced that he believes the new ODI rules implemented by the International Cricket Council (ICC) puts “more pressure on the bowlers”
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Morgan and Bopara saved England from suffering an embarrassing defeat
The Irish duo of Boyd Rankin and Eoin Morgan helped England breeze past their former team-mates by six wickets in a one-off ODI in Dublin.
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Bell’s 91 propelled England to an emphatic win
The historic Edgbaston ground in Birmingham was the place to be on June 8 as arch-rivals England and Australia prepared for their pre-Ashes clash in which the winner would be deemed to have the psychological advantage over their opponent heading into the first Ashes Test at Trent Bridge in Nottingham on July 10.
Donald will continue to press the issue until all the bowlers are capable of bowling swinging yorkers
South Africa’s pace bowlers are constantly referred to as being the best in the world at what they do, which is bowling at lightning fast speeds and being masters at delivering bouncers, but bowling coach Allan Donald has identified a new problem within the pace attack, one that will require strenuous work to fix.
Vaughan sees nothing stopping England from beating Australia twice this year
Former England captain Michael Vaughan, who will forever be remembered for ending the country’s 18-year Ashes drought with a remarkable 2-1 victory over Australia in the 2005 Ashes series, believes that the baggy greens do not stand a chance in the back-to-back Ashes series this year as the England team are extremely strong in all departments and have shown that they are intent on keeping the urn.
Starc performed extremely well throughout the World Twenty20
Former Australia pace bowler Jason Gillespie has revealed that he believes young pace bowler Mitchell Starc will be the future spearhead bowler of the national team’s pace bowling attack since he has risen to stardom in an extremely short amount of time.
