AB de Villiers: “Not quite the same rhythm we’ve seen from Shaheen Afridi in the past. I don’t know if he’s maybe a little bit undercooked or if there’s a tiny little injury we don’t know of”
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AB de Villiers, the South Africa batting great, admitted that he is concerned about Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi’s rhythm when bowling, asking whether he is undercooked.
Babar Azam: “Both fast bowlers, Shaheen and Naseem, were released from the QeA as they had been playing for a while and had some niggles and needed to be rested”
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Pakistan batsman Babar Azam has revealed that the pace duo of Shaheen Shah Afridi and Naseem Shah are recovering from some”niggles”.
Stokes will play no part in the third ODI against South Africa
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England all-rounders Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali and Chris Woakes have all been rested for the third ODI against South Africa at Lord’s on Monday.
Steyn will not feature in the ODI series against England
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South Africa pace bowler Dale Steyn has been ruled out of the upcoming ODI series against England as he has not sufficiently recovered from a shoulder injury.
“It’s difficult to take on the gloves, especially keeping in mind that I haven’t kept for six or seven months now”
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South Africa wicketkeeper-batsman AB de Villiers has revealed that he is considering not donning the keeping gloves any more in Test matches due to long-term back issues.
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“It is very exciting to lead the guys out, everyone is raring to go and it should be good fun”
England vice-captain Matt Prior will lead the national team during their three-day warm-up match against Western Australia in Perth tomorrow.
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“I want to carry on and I believe at 31 I’m in the best time as a batsman”
England batsman Ian Bell is aiming to be his country’s Ashes hero once again after his heroics during the historic series this summer helped the national team register a convincing 3-0 win over arch-rivals Australia.
