“I feel it’s something of the past”
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South Africa have lost seven players to Kolpak deals over the last few months, including pace bowler Kyle Abbott, batsman Rilee Rossouw and wicketkeeper-batsman Stiaan van Zyl. Despite this, ODI captain AB de Villiers feels that the Proteas have nothing to worry about.
Pakistan are hoping that Asif’s spin will be able to make up for Hafeez’s bowling ban
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Pakistan have included uncapped off-spinner Bilal Asif to their ODI squad for the three-match series against Zimbabwe.
“I will be done by the end of August”
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Sri Lanka wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara has confirmed that he will retire from Test cricket after the three-Test series against India in August.
“You want to lead from the front, and when it’s not happening for you it is incredibly frustrating”
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Even after Sri Lanka took an unassailable 4-2 lead in the ongoing seven-match ODI series, England captain Alastair Cook still believes he should continue captaining the national team.
The last time India travelled to Sri Lanka for a Test series was in 2010
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After agreeing to travel to India for a five-match ODI series when the West Indies pulled out of their tour, it has been announced that Sri Lanka will now host the Indians for a three-Test series in August 2015.
The fifth ODI, one-off Twenty20 International and three-Test series have all been cancelled
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In an extremely astonishing move, the West Indies have decided to pull the plug on their tour of India after failing to resolve their ongoing payment dispute with the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA).
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Surrey have only won one piece of silverware since Adams joined in 2008
England county side Surrey have fired team director Chris Adams and his assistant Ian Salisbury in an attempt to shake off the poor start they have made to the 2013 season.
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Ponting once again confirmed he was retired and will not answer Australia’s cries for help during the Ashes
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting gave hope to millions of Australian fans for a few hours after saying that he would answer Australia’s Ashes cries by coming out of retirement and playing for them in this year’s back-to-back Ashes series.
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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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Arthur would be over the moon if Hussey decided to come out of retirement
Australia coach Mickey Arthur has announced that the national team and selectors would welcome retired batsman Michael Hussey back into the squad with open arms if he decided to come out of retirement and help bolster the team’s rather lacklustre batting order for the back-to-back Ashes series this year.
