“Obviously we are looking for a win quite badly”
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England batsman Gary Ballance has announced that the national team need to snap their nine-match winless streak during the second Test against India at Lord’s.
“If Cook wants to stay boring and be the same old England by bowling wide of off stump and trying to build up pressure slowly then he has chosen the wrong path”
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Legendary Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne has taken a jab at England captain Alastair Cook by calling him “boring” ahead of the national team’s Test series against Sri Lanka.
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“Any failure [and] any disappointment will be jumped on by a lot of people”
Former England captain Michael Vaughan has announced that current skipper Alastair Cook is under immense pressure to turn the national team’s fortunes around following their disastrous tour of Australia.
“If he gets the opportunity to play again and represent England on the park it’ll be a good tussle again”
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Australia opening batsman David Warner has paid tribute to England batsman Jonathan Trott after he suffered a relapse of his stress-related illness while playing for Warwickshire.
“It is not fair on my team-mates or myself to continue when I am unable to function at 100 per cent”
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England batsman Jonathan Trott has suffered a relapse of the stress-related illness he experienced during the Ashes series against Australia in December and has decided to take an extended break away from cricket.
“A successful team has a group of leaders within the team”
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England pace bowler James Anderson has announced that all the players in the national team have to work together to “try and turn things around” following England’s disastrous tour of Australia.
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“I always loved bowling against him”
While many pundits and former players have expressed their anger and frustration towards the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for terminating batsman Kevin Pietersen’s central contract, Australia pace bowler Peter Siddle has admitted that he is “pretty glad” the South African-born batsman is not around any more.
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“He [Trott] has said that I was the first person to notice his problem”
Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen has revealed that he tried to help and console fellow batsman Jonathan Trott during the recent Ashes series against Australia.
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“We all need to understand that there is a spectrum of mental illness and every case is different”
Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) chief executive Angus Porter has announced that he was infuriated with former England captain Michael Vaughan’s comments about Jonathan Trott’s stress-related illness.
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“I thought I was walking away from everything I had ever worked towards”
England batsman Jonathan Trott has revealed that he really believed he would “never play for England again” after he returned home midway through the recent Ashes series in Australia with a stress-related illness.
