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Bailey and White absolutely demolished England’s bowling attack
Australia’s batting duo of George Bailey and Cameron White both hammered half-centuries to crush England by eight wickets in the second Twenty20 International in Melbourne.
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“We understand that we’ve not been good enough on this tour”
England off-spinner James Tredwell has admitted that the national team have been completely outplayed throughout their tour of Australia.
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“We’ve got a great opportunity this week in Melbourne to make sure we put it right”
England batsman Joe Root has announced that the national team have to avenge their Ashes loss by winning the last two Test matches against Australia in Melbourne and Sydney.
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“If the two that are in can carry on for a while and get us to lunch then you never know”
England batsman Ian Bell has announced that he believes the national team still have a chance of winning the third Test against Australia in Perth, despite needing 253 runs to win on the fifth and final day with only five wickets in hand.
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“We’ve been outplayed in these two Tests”
England head coach Andy Flower has announced that he still believes the national team “can fight back in to the series” despite being 2-0 down after the first two Tests.
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“You didn’t see anyone sort of closing their eyes to bouncers or getting out throwing their bats around”
Following South Africa pace spearhead Dale Steyn’s comments about India’s batsmen being scared during the first ODI in Johannesburg, India vice-captain Virat Kohli came to their defence, stating that they weren’t frightened in any way whatsoever.
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De Villiers’ century led South Africa to a convincing 4-1 series win
South Africa captain AB de Villiers led by example in the final ODI in Sharjah as he smashed a spectacular century to annihilate Pakistan by 117 runs and give the Proteas a convincing 4-1 series win.
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Domingo believes the outcome of the series could have been very different if all his experienced players had been fit
South Africa coach Russell Domingo has admitted that the Proteas definitely missed their senior and more experienced players during their recent tour of Sri Lanka, in which they were comprehensively beaten 4-1 in the ODI series.
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Watson has been dismissed leg before in three out of his four Ashes innings
Former Australia captain Allan Border has announced that the top order batsmen ought to be ashamed of themselves as they have been completely outplayed by the tailenders in the first two Ashes Tests.
Hesson is still infuriated with New Zealand’s dismal performance against South Africa
New Zealand head coach Mike Hesson has announced that the national side still have a long way to go before they can consider themselves to be one of the powerhouses of Test cricket.
