Ramiz Raja: “When our bowling line-up doesn’t manage to take wickets then they shift to defensive bowling, which is not a particularly strong area of the Pakistani bowlers”
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Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja has revealed that the national team’s inability to take wickets and bowl defensively led to them losing the one-off Twenty20 International against England on Sunday.
Shahid Afridi: “I lost all my respect for Javed Miandad, supposedly one of the greats of the game but in reality, a small man”
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Former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi has revealed in his autobiography how he lost all respect for legendary batsman Javed Miandad.
Sarfraz Ahmed: “We have done our preparations and we will have time to finalise our plans when we go to England”
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Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed may not be playing in the ongoing ODI series against Australia, but insisted that there is nothing to worry about after the national team lost the first two matches.
Sarfraz Ahmed: “We were in a very nice situation after the first day, but we just didn’t capitalise with the bat”
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Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed has conceded that his side’s inability to capitalise on bowling South Africa out for 262 on the first day was the reason why they lost the third Test.
“There have just been too many times when we as a team go, gulp, ‘Vern might be injured again'”
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South Africa all-rounder Vernon Philander will work on his fitness and conditioning ahead of the Proteas’ summer at home.
Thirimanne has not played Test cricket since June 2016
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Batsman Lahiru Thirimanne is back in Sri Lanka’s squad for the second Test against India in Colombo.
Chandimal is on track to return for the second Test against India
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Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal is likely to be back for the second Test against India, but the same cannot be said about veteran spinner Rangana Herath.
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.
“I think we should also inquire into what happened to the Sri Lanka team during the 2011 World Cup final”
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Former Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga has claimed that the 2011 World Cup final between India and Sri Lanka was fixed.
Chandimal (left) will take over as Test captain, while Tharanga (middle) will lead Sri Lanka in limited overs cricket
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Following Angelo Mathews’ decision to resign as captain in all three formats, Dinesh Chandimal will now lead Sri Lanka in Test matches, while Upul Tharanga will take charge in limited overs cricket.
