Shoaib Akhtar: “I would not even wish to talk about [the] Pakistan cricket team. I am only doing this because I am getting paid”
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Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar said he only talks about the national team “because I am getting paid”.
Ramiz Raja: “This is beyond me. Cricketers should be paid, simple as that. They have a limited career and PCB has a lot to give to the cricketers. If you decrease or withhold the salary of a workforce then it will result in the workforce leaving the job”
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Former cricketer Ramiz Raja has urged the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) not to decrease limited overs captain Babar Azam or wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan’s salary.
Mohammad Rizwan: “Pakistan pays me $114 as daily allowance whether I play or not”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Mohammad Rizwan, who averages 44.35 in Tests, 28.59 in ODIs and 41.05 in T20 Internationals, has revealed that he gets a daily allowance of $114.
Ehsan Mani: “As far as paying extra money to foreign players to tour Pakistan is concerned, I can assure you we didn’t pay a single penny to overseas players for [a] Pakistan tour”
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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ehsan Mani has made it clear that “we didn’t pay a single penny to overseas players” to tour the country over the last two years.
“Sri Lanka Cricket wishes to apologise to those subjected to this ignominy”
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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has confirmed that they will launch a probe after a decision was taken to strip the Hambantota groundstaff of the pants they had been wearing during the fifth ODI between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe on Monday.
“You watch him play, and something is happening every time”
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Andrew Flintoff has heaped praise on England all-rounder Ben Stokes, saying that he “would’ve loved to have been as good” as the 26-year-old.
“These are the big tournaments and the ones you really want to win”
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The Australian players may be embroiled in a pay dispute with Cricket Australia, but captain Steve Smith has said that his side are focused on the Champions Trophy.
“Jones has told the tribunal that Sharjeel played dot balls on merit”
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Islamabad United coach Dean Jones testified at a spot-fixing tribunal hearing against opening batsman Sharjeel Khan on Wednesday.
“I won’t be too disappointed that I wasn’t out there playing”
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England all-rounder Ben Stokes has said that he has no regrets over missing the Indian Premier League (IPL) final on Sunday.
“Strike action should be avoided at all costs”
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Former Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Ian Healy has called on the country’s players to avoid striking at all costs as the pay dispute between the Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA) and Cricket Australia wages on.
