Ricky Ponting: “Most batters come into their prime in the start of their early thirties”
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Former Australia batsman Ricky Ponting has urged everyone to watch out for Pakistan captain Babar Azam when he is in his thirties.
Faisal Iqbal: “Definitely Wasim Akram bhai and specially in T20 format his skills would have been brilliant to see in modern day cricket”
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Balochistan head coach Faisal Iqbal believes it would have been “brilliant to see” legendary Pakistan left-arm seamer Wasim Akram playing modern day cricket.
Tamim Iqbal: “Saeed Ajmal in his prime was an unbelievable bowler, who you could not pick. I could not pick him”
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Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal has admitted that he “could not pick” legendary Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal.
Suresh Raina: “I think the next two or three years are an extreme prime time for Dhoni”
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India batsman Suresh Raina firmly believes that wicketkeeper-batsman MS Dhoni will be at his very best in the next two to three years.
“He got to the point where he needed to tell someone”
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Steve Pearson, a close friend of Lou Vincent, told Southwark Crown Court that the former New Zealand batsman was desperate to confess his involvement in match-fixing.
No play was possible on the fourth day
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The fourth day of the second Test between Sri Lanka and the West Indies in Colombo was abandoned without a single ball being bowled due to persistent rain.
“My ambition is to continue playing ODI and T20 cricket”
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Sri Lanka opener Tillakaratne Dilshan believes that he “can easily play for another 2-3 years”.
“Darren wants to make sure I am here and spending time with my wife”
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Australia pace bowler Ryan Harris is set to miss the national team’s tour of the Caribbean in June since it will coincide with the birth of his first child.
“The IPL is too powerful for the long-term good of the game”
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Legendary England all-rounder Sir Ian Botham has announced that the Indian Premier League (IPL) should no longer exist during his speech at the MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture.
“It was through the ACSU’s work, including work with Lou Vincent, that we came to the conclusion that this match had to be re-examined”
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The head of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU), Sir Ronnie Flanagan, has insisted that the global cricketing body did not shut down the investigation into a 2011 CB40 match between Sussex and Kent.
