“What happened in the Test series is still in the back of our minds and we want to take that momentum forward”
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England batsman Joe Root has announced that the national team “haven’t lost any momentum” after the first ODI against India in Bristol was abandoned due to heavy rain.
“I have to just go with how my body is responding”
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Veteran India pace bowler Zaheer Khan has revealed that he is unlikely to represent the Mumbai Indians during the Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) as he is still recovering from an arm injury.
“They’ve got a lot of work to do in the next few months”
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Legendary Australia pace bowler Glenn McGrath has predicted that the Baggy Greens will whitewash India 4-0 when they meet in a highly anticipated Test series in December.
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“It’s not that we couldn’t bowl them out, not that we couldn’t score runs, not that we got outplayed, it’s Kevin Pietersen’s fault”
Former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff has lashed out at the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for axing batsman Kevin Pietersen following the national team’s disastrous tour of Australia.
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“When you play against Australia enough, you learn to sift through a lot of the…what’s the word…the bull dot dot dot”
South Africa captain Graeme Smith has announced that he is unconcerned about Australia’s verbal taunts ahead of their three-Test series, which gets underway on February 12 in Centurion.
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“He obviously did a very good job for them the last time they were out here”
Australia all-rounder Steve Smith has admitted that the baggy greens have to keep a close eye on England pace bowler Chris Tremlett in the first Ashes Test in Brisbane as he is looking to prove that he should remain in the bowling attack for the rest of the series.
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“He’s bowling very fast, and if he’s bowling that pace, I know I wouldn’t want to be facing it and I know the Englishmen wouldn’t want to be facing it”
Australia pace bowler Ryan Harris is confident his fellow seamer Mitchell Johnson will make his Ashes return, stating that “I’ve watched him bowl in India and it’s been scary”.
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“I’m so thrilled because I know what he has been though…and I’m very proud of him”
Former England and Surrey pace bowler Alex Tudor has revealed that no one truly understands the struggles Michael Carberry has had to endure to get to where he is today.
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“I’ve not intended to hurt anybody and put them out of the Ashes”
Essex left-arm pace bowler Tymal Mills, who is more commonly known as the ‘fastest bowler in England’ has laid the smackdown on three national team batsmen during a net session.
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“We haven’t decided on our batting line-up”
England captain Alastair Cook has revealed that he may consider reshuffling the national team’s batting line-up in order to accommodate some of the newcomers.
