“This guy, Smith, is just in the prime of his career right now”
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Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting believes that Steve Smith should succeed Michael Clarke as ODI captain.
“It has always been an ambition of mine to play county cricket and I was delighted when Gloucestershire expressed an interest in me joining them”
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Gloucestershire have signed Victoria wicketkeeper-batsman Peter Handscomb as one of their overseas players for the upcoming county season.
“This back problem has kind of pushed me away a bit from Test cricket”
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West Indies opener Chris Gayle has announced that he will consider retiring from Test cricket if his chronic back problems continue to flare up.
“It was Michael Clarke who taught them how to win. Darren Lehmann has come in and put a bit of icing on the cake”
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Legendary Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne feels that head coach Darren Lehmann is taking too much credit for the national team’s recent successes.
“The team management felt differently and ruled me out of the tournament”
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Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has revealed that he would have been able to represent the national team in the World Cup since his ankle injury would have only taken “a week or 10 days” to heal.
Buttler assumed the role of vice-captain during the recent ODI tri-series against India and Australia
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England wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler will continue on as the national team’s vice-captain during the World Cup.
“The public would never have forgiven me for playing with an injury”
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India pace bowler Ishant Sharma has revealed that he opted to miss the World Cup since he did not want to let his country down.
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“We had Mohit Sharma [on] stand-by and he will be inducted into the World Cup squad”
India pace bowler Mohit Sharma has been named as fellow seamer Ishant Sharma’s replacement for the World Cup after the tournament’s Event Technical Committee approved the change.
Sharma will return to India early next week
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India pace bowler Ishant Sharma has been ruled out of the World Cup due to a knee injury he picked up during the recent Test series against Australia.
“I had a good chat to him and he pulled up really well from the grade game”
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Australia head coach Darren Lehmann has announced that he is getting “sick of” the constant speculation about Michael Clarke’s fitness ahead of the World Cup.
