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Qasim remains doubtful about Pakistan’s chances of becoming the number one side in any of the three formats
Almost no player will ever admit that his team is experiencing a turbulent transition period, however, in the case of Pakistan, chief selector Iqbal Qasim has come clean and admitted that the team are facing some difficulties after having dropped several senior players for talented youngsters.
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Lumb is convinced more county players will become freelancers if they continue to be banned from the IPL
England and Nottinghamshire batsman Michael Lumb admitted that he highly considered going freelance in order to play in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and decide which other domestic Twenty20 tournaments he would have liked to participate in.
Donald will continue to press the issue until all the bowlers are capable of bowling swinging yorkers
South Africa’s pace bowlers are constantly referred to as being the best in the world at what they do, which is bowling at lightning fast speeds and being masters at delivering bouncers, but bowling coach Allan Donald has identified a new problem within the pace attack, one that will require strenuous work to fix.
Healy wants the selectors to have more confidence in the players they choose
Former Australia wicketkeeper Ian Healy has called on Cricket Australia to stop “treating the Australian Test team like a club side” after they decided drop players who were experiencing a tough time during the recently concluded four-Test series against India.
Laxman spent hours practising against spin bowling
India’s legendary middle order batsman VVS Laxman has revealed that he became a master of playing spin bowling by practising everyday, and not due to the fact that it was a God-given talent.
Chappell is extremely concerned about Test cricket’s future
Former India head coach Greg Chappell has announced that he is still worried about the country’s Test future, despite the fact that they have an excellent team with a bright future ahead of them.
Jones believes the sport would be nowhere near as popular as it is today without the BCCI
Former Australia batsman Dean Jones believes the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the main reason why international cricket is so popular all over the world since it generates “80 per cent” of the total revenue made in the sport.
Younis believes Ahmed should not have even been selected for the tour
Former Pakistan pace bowler Waqar Younis has voiced his anger towards the national selectors, stating that they do not have the right frame of mind when it comes to selecting the quick bowlers for overseas tours.
Prior wants England to fight back for all the times they have been “bullied” by Australia
England wicketkeeper-batsman Matt Prior believes it is time for the national team to do some bullying of their own in this year’s back-to-back Ashes series since the English have often been seen as the victims of Australia’s onslaughts in Ashes history.
Singh noted that India are looking for revenge after being whitewashed by Australia last year
Having decimated Australia in the First Test in Chennai by eight wickets, India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh is confident the national team can go on to whitewash the Australians 4-0 after the tourists did the very same thing in front of their own fans at the beginning of 2012.
