Mark Taylor: “It’s not so much he’s down on pace. He’s down on length. He’s too short”
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Former Australia captain Mark Taylor has criticised Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Abbas and the rest of the bowling attack.
Mark Taylor: “I think there’s a bit of a feeling that when Pakistan come to Australia straight away they’re thinking it will be tough and they’ll struggle to win”
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Former Australia captain Mark Taylor believes that whenever Pakistan tour Australia, they immediately think they will be in for a tough series and “struggle to win”.
Smith celebrates after scoring his maiden double century
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England found themselves in heaps of trouble after Steven Smith became the first Australian batsman to score a double century at Lord’s since Bill Brown accomplished the feat way back in 1938.
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“It’s an injury that continues to flare up at [any] moment”
Former Australia captain Mark Taylor has announced that he is worried about current skipper Michael Clarke’s future.
“A bad phase is something that everybody goes through”
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England captain Alastair Cook, who has been bombarded with criticisms during and after his team lost their two-Test series against Sri Lanka, has received support from two unlikely people, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and India head coach Duncan Fletcher.
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Broad registered his 11th five-wicket haul
England pace bowler Stuart Broad gave Australia five more reasons to despise him even more as he recorded a magnificent five-wicket haul to leave the baggy greens reeling at the end of the first day of the first Ashes Test in Brisbane.
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“The disappointing thing for me was that this wasn’t left in the change-room and it wasn’t sorted out in the change-room”
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has announced that he was “really offended” when ex-skipper Mark Taylor decided to get involved in his ongoing dispute with Michael Clarke.
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“It’s the first step in what’s going to be a pretty extensive process”
More than a hundred Australian players have voiced their concerns to Cricket Australia about ways to cease the declining level of competitive cricket in the country.
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“There’s always going to be ups and downs in your life but it’s probably been a pretty bad six months for myself”
Australia opening batsman David Warner has revealed that he talked to former captain Mark Taylor about his turbulent career, which has seen him banned for punching England batsman Joe Root during the Champions Trophy and, most recently, slapped with a one-game suspension by New South Wales after missing their limited overs match against Victoria to have a private coaching session and spend an afternoon at the races.
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Watson averages 43.06 as an opener
Former Australia opening batsman Mark Taylor has called on Cricket Australia to restore all-rounder Shane Watson to his usual opening spot ahead of the Ashes against England next month.