“It doesn’t seem playing for our country is paramount where these players are concerned”
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West Indies chief selector Clive Lloyd believes that the country’s cricket structure has been “messed up” by Twenty20 cricket.
“The good thing about Andy is that he’s worked with a full member team”
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Former New Zealand coach Andy Moles has been appointed as Afghanistan’s new head coach.
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“If you are passionate about Test cricket, it has to be from within”
Legendary India batsman Sachin Tendulkar has announced that the International Cricket Council (ICC) needs to “organise more Test matches if they want Test cricket to survive”.
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The BCCI are looking to host New Zealand in October next year
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have announced that they are likely to organise a home series against New Zealand towards the end of next year.
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“We have written to a few countries that are without any international fixtures in October-November and are awaiting a response from them”
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have announced that they are requesting other cricket boards to organise a tour after Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) asked for their series to be postponed indefinitely.
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“There is a lot of work to be done and nothing is guaranteed but this summer’s trials are our first serious effort to make day-night Test cricket a reality”
Cricket Australia have announced plans to trial day-night first-class matches during the upcoming Sheffield Shield season with hopes of playing an actual Test match under floodlights.
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“Give us five years, I think we will be knocking over sides quite regularly”
Former New Zealand captain Richard Hadlee has announced that he believes the national team will not progress any further in Test cricket “unless we get more Test cricket at home and away”.
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Sethi is doing everything in his power to revive international cricket in Pakistan
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) interim chairman Najam Sethi has admitted that the country’s “cricket has reached the lowest ground” due to their recent string of defeats and controversies.
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Kallis still wants to represent South Africa in Tests and ODIs in the future
South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis is still interested in playing Test cricket and ODIs for his country, despite announcing that he will be skipping the Champions Trophy due to personal reasons, according to his manager Dave Rundle.
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Bangladesh have had to postpone their tri-series against Pakistan and Sri Lanka in order to host the Asia Cup
Bangladesh have agreed to host the 2014 Asia Cup after India, who were supposed to be hosting it initially, blamed a fully packed international schedule as the reason behind why they would not be able to organise the tournament in time.
