Babar Azam: “We have included some new players who now [have] a chance to prove themselves”
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Pakistan captain Babar Azam has told the newcomers in the team to go out there and prove themselves if they get a chance to play during the tour of South Africa and Zimbabwe.
“We were practising to get acclimatised here but we haven’t been able to show our level of preparation”
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Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza has questioned whether his side have adequately prepared for the World Cup after they lost both their warm-up matches, which were against Pakistan and Ireland.
“I will be taking it as my responsibility to give all my heart to this position”
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Cricket South Africa have named Hashim Amla as their new Test captain following the retirement of Graeme Smith in March.
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“The advantage Pakistan’s got is that they have played a lot of international cricket in the last six-eight months whereas unfortunately we haven’t played nearly as much because of weather and various other things”
Sri Lanka head coach Graham Ford has admitted that the national team’s upcoming series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates “will be a tough challenge for us”.
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“I think we’ve got an exciting blend of youth and experience at the minute”
England off-spinner Graeme Swann has announced that while some people consider the national team to be too old to defend the Ashes, he believes there is no “need to worry about the age of the team”.
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“We haven’t decided on our batting line-up”
England captain Alastair Cook has revealed that he may consider reshuffling the national team’s batting line-up in order to accommodate some of the newcomers.
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“He was (and still is) my hero, so it was disappointing that I could not play against him”
Veteran Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar has revealed that he is still disappointed over the fact that he never got the opportunity to play against his “hero” Sir Vivian Richards.
Root is well on his way to becoming England’s next superstar
England limited overs coach Ashley Giles has announced that he is astounded by the sheer amount of success 22-year-old batsman Joe Root has had this early on in his international career.