Wahab Riaz: “Honour to share the field with such a fantastic cricketer. Go well in retirement buddy”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Wahab Riaz has told Australia all-rounder Shane Watson that he will never forget their battles.
Shane Watson: “It was very silly and naive of me [that] I didn’t realise that Wahab Riaz could bowl that fast. I said something to him – because he kept playing and missing Mitchell Starc – so I ran past him and said, ‘Have you got a hole in your bat? Because you just keep missing the ball’”
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Former Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has revealed that he regrets sledging Pakistan left-arm seamer Wahab Riaz during their famous battle in the quarter-final of the 2015 World Cup.
Wahab Riaz: “Me vs Australia you mean. I lost the battle that time, Inshallah next time [the] result will be for my country”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Wahab Riaz has warned Australia that the next time the two nations meet, it will be his side that comes out on top.
“Australians in ICC tournaments in the past have thrived on that pressure and hopefully we can do the same”
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Australia leg-spinner Adam Zampa has said that his side are treating their Champions Trophy clash against England like a quarter-final.
“I was very close to walking away after the 2015 World Cup”
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South Africa pace bowler Kyle Abbott has revealed that he came close to quitting international cricket during the 2015 World Cup.
“I am hopeful I would be considered for the one-dayers and T20 game in Sri Lanka next month”
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Pakistan left-arm seamer Mohammad Irfan is hoping to make his international comeback during the national team’s upcoming ODI series against Sri Lanka, which begins on July 11 in Dambulla.
“The innings we have witnessed is probably the best innings I have seen in my life”
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New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum has announced that opener Martin Guptill’s knock of 237 not out will forever be etched in his memory.
“I’m actually out of the Test series, the back won’t hold up for that format at this point in time”
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While West Indies opener Chris Gayle has not retired from any format of the game, he has confirmed that he will miss the upcoming three-Test series against England due to his back issues.
“It was a game, it was fun, it was an exchange of words”
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Australia all-rounder Shane Watson and Pakistan pace bowler Wahab Riaz were both fined for their heated confrontation during their World Cup quarter-final match.
Mortaza will miss Bangladesh’s next ODI
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Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza has been suspended for one ODI and fined 40 per cent of his match fee after being found guilty of maintaining a slow over-rate during his side’s World Cup quarter-final match against India.
