Pakistan batsman Babar Azam: “I chat with fellow players in the dressing room before going in to bat as this helps me to remain calm. I cannot stay quiet for long in the dressing room especially before my turn to bat”
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Pakistan limited overs captain Babar Azam has revealed that he has to talk a lot before going out to bat since it calms him down.
Shoaib Akhtar: “Please don’t speak about things which we already know from the past 10 years. We won’t buy this argument. Babar has to sharpen up his communication skills, his personality, ability to lead from the front, fitness level etc”
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Legendary Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar and wicketkeeper-batsman Rashid Latif have both criticised limited overs captain Babar Azam.
Dean Jones: “I asked him did being the captain of Pakistan help him cope with the physical and mental demands of being the Prime Minister of a country, he replied If I wasn’t the captain, I could never do this job”
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Former Australia batsman Dean Jones has revealed that Imran Khan told him that he wouldn’t have been able to do the job of being the country’s Prime Minister if he hadn’t captained the national team.
Cook (left) and South Africa skipper Hashim Amla (right) are all smiles after the match ended as a draw
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South Africa gave England a major scare on the fifth and final day of the second Test in Cape Town as they ran through their batting line-up with ease.
“I was under direct orders from Chris Cairns to get involved in fixing”
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Former New Zealand batsman Lou Vincent told Southwark Crown Court in London that he was “under direct orders from Chris Cairns to get involved in fixing”.
“I probably wasn’t fully right”
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Australia left-arm seamer Mitchell Johnson has admitted that the death of his team-mate and close friend Phillip Hughes in November 2014 led to his pace decreasing and a change in his mental approach while bowling.
“Phillip Hughes’ family will be at the game and I will be spending my time with them when I’m not in the commentary box”
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Australia captain Michael Clarke has revealed that Phillip Hughes’ family will be in attendance during the fourth Test against India in Sydney.
“We are in uncharted waters and the boys are going to have to dig deeper than they ever have”
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With the Australian team still mourning over the loss of their team-mate and friend Phillip Hughes, former captain Ricky Ponting believes that “this will be the biggest mental battle any of them will have encountered”.
“It is good to see him perform like that with both the bat and ball”
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Sri Lanka chief selector Sanath Jayasuriya has announced that all-rounder Thisara Perera will be a “key figure in our World Cup plans for next year”.
Randiv’s last ODI for Sri Lanka came against Australia in August 2011
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Sri Lanka have recalled spinner Suraj Randiv for the upcoming ODI series against Pakistan, which gets underway on August 23 in Hambantota.
