Shoaib Akhtar: “We are going to crush you tomorrow, very simple as. We’re going to crush you and we’re going to take away two points”
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Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar is extremely confident that the national team will “crush” Afghanistan in their World Cup clash at Headingley on Saturday.
Sarfraz Ahmed: “Afghanistan is a dangerous side with quality spinners, so we will not take them lightly”
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Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed has vowed not to underestimate Afghanistan during his side’s World Cup clash against them at Headingley on Saturday.
Ballance (right) could recover in time for the fourth Test
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England batsman Gary Ballance will miss the third Test against South Africa after fracturing his left index finger.
“There are no significant signs of an injury but we will assess it over the next few days”
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England captain Eoin Morgan has said that the knee injury Ben Stokes sustained in the first ODI against South Africa is not serious.
Moeen was named Man of the Match for excelling with both the bat and ball
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Captain Eoin Morgan belted a brilliant 107 and all-rounder Moeen Ali smashed an unbeaten 77 and took two wickets as England crushed South Africa by 72 runs at Headingley.
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“It is a great shame for him and I know that he is really disappointed with the news”
England wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow will be out of action for up to six weeks after breaking his finger while representing Yorkshire in a three-day warm-up match against Northamptonshire at Wantage Road.
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The rain had the last laugh
The highly-anticipated first ODI between England and Australia at Headingley, Leeds, proved to be a major disappointment as the match was abandoned without a single ball being bowled due to heavy persistent rain.
Vaughan has absolutely no doubt that Root should be Cook’s opening partner
Former England captain Michael Vaughan has put his money on youngster Joe Root to open the batting for the national team throughout their tour of New Zealand.
