“They’ve had one or two good performances but I think we are getting carried away a little bit”
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Former England captain Geoffrey Boycott believes that Bangladesh shouldn’t go overboard with their celebrations after having taken an unassailable 2-0 lead in the ongoing ODI series against India.
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“The fact is we took Zimbabwe to be a weak side and underestimated them and we paid the price”
Veteran Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi has still not got over the fact that Zimbabwe beat his side in an ODI and Test match when they were touring the African nation last month.
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“There is no easy solution”
Legendary India batsman Rahul Dravid and former England captain Nasser Hussain have both called for the Champions Trophy to be restored and a restriction on the number of bi-lateral ODI series played.
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Dravid believes Test matches are the “life source” of cricket
Legendary India batsman Rahul Dravid has always been a keen advocate of saving Test cricket, and once again, he has made a desperate plea for more Test matches to be played as he believes it provides players with a solid foundation, which helps them prosper in ODIs and Twenty20 Internationals.
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May had grown increasingly frustrated with the direction in which the sport was heading
Tim May has announced his resignation as chief executive of the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA) just a month after he controversially lost his place in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Cricket Committee to former Indian player and commentator Laxman Sivaramakrishnan.
Fletcher will face a lot of challenges in the year ahead
Despite experiencing some turbulent times under head coach Duncan Fletcher, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced that he signed a one-year extension to maintain his position.