Shadab Khan: “There is always pressure on you in cricket and it’s healthy competition, and it’s good for the side. Usman, Zahid and Nawaz are all doing well and to be honest, whoever performs well will stay in the side”
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Pakistan spin-bowling all-rounder and limited overs vice-captain Shadab Khan said the spin trio of Usman Qadir, Zahid Mahmood and Mohammad Nawaz are all doing well.
Pakistan fast bowler Tabish Khan: “If you’re fit, performing and determined to do well then age is just a number. Even a 19-year-old can get unfit, while a 40-year-old can bowl continuously. It is a matter of how you keep yourself motivated”
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Pakistan pace bowler Tabish Khan said age is just a number as he prepares for the possibility of making his international debut at 36 years old.
“A coach’s role, effectively speaking, is to stay in the background and let the onus be on the players”
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India head coach Ravi Shastri has made it clear that captain Virat Kohli will be the authoritative figure of the national team.
“I feel like I’m in a really good place and I feel like I’ve played a lot of cricket”
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With his injury woes seemingly a thing of the past, Australia seamer Pat Cummins is determined to make his presence felt at the Champions Trophy, which starts on Thursday.
“I am not sure he has the right attitude for ODI cricket”
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Legendary West Indies pace bowler Michael Holding has questioned England’s decision to include batsman Gary Ballance in their World Cup squad.
“They’ve got to find a way of winning that series in Sri Lanka to get some confidence”
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Former England captain Andrew Strauss believes that the national team have “been far too fearful of getting out” and have to change this mindset if they are going to taste success during their seven-match ODI series against Sri Lanka.
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“It would have been more sensible to have a 50 overs one-day event at this stage because we are going to play [a lot of] one-day games before the World Cup”
Former Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf has slammed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for holding a domestic Twenty20 tournament just five months prior to the start of the 2015 World Cup.
Rossouw has been in outstanding form with the bat as of late
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South Africa have included uncapped batsman Rilee Rossouw and left-arm pace bowler Mthokozisi Shezi in their squad for the upcoming three-match ODI series against Zimbabwe.
“A series win, if we are able to achieve it, would be something that everyone in this squad, players and management included, would hold dearly for the rest of their lives”
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New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has announced that his side have “a real chance of achieving something special” if they manage to win the third Test in Barbados.
“He is coming back from retirement, so they have got to make the assessment of where he is”
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England head coach Peter Moores has announced that Lancashire have to continue picking the “best side” even though former all-rounder Andrew Flintoff recently came out of retirement.
