Shan Masood: “Hey Shan, when I used to play in Lancashire, my average pace was around 140 to 145 kph”
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Pakistan opener Shan Masood is an extremely gifted batsman, but his talents extend off the pitch as well as he has the ability to brilliantly mimic other players.
Sarfraz Ahmed: “Ross is a professional cricketer and he should not have done that”
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Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed has lashed out at veteran New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor after the latter questioned the legality of Mohammad Hafeez’s bowling action during the first ODI in Abu Dhabi.
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“[Rankin] gives us that option, he obviously hasn’t played a Test match or been around the Test match environment before, so interesting to see how he goes”
With pace bowler Tim Bresnan highly unlikely to be fit in time for the first Ashes Test against Australia on November 21 in Brisbane, Steven Finn, Chris Tremlett and Boyd Rankin will have to battle against each other for the final bowling spot available on the national team roster.
Cowan is confident Australia can bounce back and end the series as a 2-2 draw
Despite being 2-0 down in the ongoing four-Test series against India, Australia opening batsman Ed Cowan believes his side still have the chance of salvaging a draw and retaining some of their dignity.
Trott does not want the Ashes series to be about humiliation and degradation
The Ashes has long been known as one of the, or arguably, the most intense rivalry in cricketing history, however, with a back-to-back Ashes series set to take place this year, England batsman Jonathan Trott has warned his team-mates not to focus on trying to mimic the 3-1 thrashing they handed the Australians in 2010-2011 and instead divert their attention towards simply retaining the Ashes for a record third time in a row.
Mathews has to start converting his half-centuries into hundreds to prove that he is a natural born leader
Newly appointed Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews has admitted that he must start making larger contributions with the bat in future series in order to show his team that he is capable of leading by example.
Not many people have succeeded in imitating Warne’s action
Former Australia batsman and captain Allan Border has called on aspiring leg-spinners to mimic ex-India spinner Anil Kumble’s action instead of blatantly looking to copy Shane Warne’s.
