Ramiz Raja: “If you want to find fault in his batting, it’s his batting against spin upfront when he starts the innings. He is not as fluent as he is when he is facing pace”
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Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ramiz Raja said Babar Azam’s big batting weakness is not being able to play spin bowling properly at the beginning of his innings.
Rashid Latif: “Shoaib Akhtar, the man who completely redefined the philosophy of fast bowling with the unmatched passion and attitude. The one and only”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Rashid Latif lavished praise on Shoaib Akhtar, saying that he “completely redefined the philosophy of fast bowling”.
Sammy has not been given a central contract for the 2015-16 season
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West Indies Twenty20 captain Darren Sammy and all-rounder Andre Russell have been cut from the list of centrally contracted players for the 2015-16 season.
“As a coach, it’s always exciting to have a new direction to go in”
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South Africa head coach Russell Domingo has announced that he is determined to start a new legacy following Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis’ decision to retire from Test cricket.
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Starc is the third Australian pace bowler to fall victim to the injury
Australia left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Starc is highly likely to miss the second leg of the Ashes series in November after being diagnosed with a lower back stress fracture.
Starc still believes he has a long way to go before anyone can refer to him as an all-rounder
Australia’s Mitchell Starc is more well known for his left-arm pace bowling rather than the damage he can inflict with the bat, but after having scored maiden half-centuries in both ODIs and Tests over the Australian summer, some cricket pundits and former players believe that he has the ability to become the team’s new all-rounder.
McGrath was extremely grateful to have been chosen to join the ranks of many other legends
Australia pace bowling great Glenn McGrath has become the newest inductee into the International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall of Fame.
Lillee believes running in the answer to Australia’s injury woes
Australia pace bowling great Dennis Lillee has questioned whether the current pace attack are truly committed to helping the country become the top ranked team across all three formats.
Ponting has been in sublime form in the past couple of Sheffield Shield matches for Tasmania
South Africa all-rounder Johan Botha has labelled veteran Australian batsman Ricky Ponting as top class when it comes to playing pace bowling, but added that he has to be able to pick up all the different variations and length deliveries the Proteas pace attack will bowl at him during the upcoming three-Test series.
New Zealand’s bowling attack is expected to be revived under the guidance of Bond
Former New Zealand pace bowler Shane Bond has been named as the national team’s new bowling coach.
