Mickey Arthur: “I think when we look back in the tournament the thing that really haunts me is the defeat against the West Indies”
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Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur has admitted that the national team’s loss to the West Indies in their World Cup opener really “haunts” him.
Wahab Riaz: “In my view, nobody is more disappointed that us as a team that we couldn’t give our fans some happiness”
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Left-arm seamer Wahab Riaz has admitted that no one is more disappointed with the World Cup loss to India than the Pakistan players themselves.
Shoaib Akhtar: “I have always raised concerns over Imam’s strike-rate. Scored 53 off 75 balls, put the whole team under pressure”
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Legendary Pakistan left-arm seamer Shoaib Akhtar seems to have blamed opener Imam-ul-Haq for the national team’s World Cup loss to Australia.
Pakistan’s first three matches in the 1992 World Cup and the ongoing one have ended in the same way
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Pakistan have gotten off to the same start in the ongoing World Cup as they did when they won the tournament back in 1992.
Mohsin Khan: “The Pakistan players could not produce good performances [since they were] lacking in mental fitness”
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Mohsin Khan, the head of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) Cricket Committee, has noted that the national team were whitewashed 5-0 in their recent ODI series against Australia since they were mentally weak.
Joe Root: “We are desperate to put it right in Antigua”
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England captain Joe Root has promised that his side will put up a better showing in the second Test against the West Indies after being annihilated by 381 runs in Barbados.
“If AB comes back it’s a huge bonus but I don’t expect him to come back into the Test team”
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South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has admitted that AB de Villiers is unlikely to play Test cricket again.
“It’s always important to start well and get the monkey off your back in terms of a big score early in your captaincy career”
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Alastair Cook has admitted that he was blown away by the impact Joe Root had in his first Test as captain.
“I think the time is right to go”
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Angelo Mathews will no longer captain Sri Lanka in all three formats after he stepped down from the leadership role.
Malinga is the second Sri Lankan player to be diagnosed with viral influenza after Lakshan Sandakan
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Sri Lanka pace bowler Lasith Malinga has been ruled out of the second ODI against Zimbabwe on Sunday due to an illness.
