Don’t mistake me for a white-ball specialist, 27-year-old Pakistan player heating up in Test cricket says

Pakistan all-rounder Faheem Ashraf said don't mistake me for a white-ball specialist

Pakistan all-rounder Faheem Ashraf: “Since I came into the white-ball team, people believed I was a white-ball player. But if you look at my career in domestic cricket, I was performing better in red-ball cricket than white-ball cricket before being called up”

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Pakistan all-rounder Faheem Ashraf has said that people should not mistake him for a white-ball specialist.

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McCullum and Taylor out of Sri Lanka tour

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“Both players are vital to our success and fine-tuning their red-ball skills before the West Indies series starting in early December is paramount”

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum and flamboyant batsman Ross Taylor have both been ruled out of the upcoming limited overs tour to Sri Lanka, which gets underway on November 10, in order to get some much-needed rest and relaxation ahead of the Black Caps’ home series against the West Indies in December.

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: Boyd Rankin sets sights on playing Test cricket for England

Rankin believes he is on the right track to becoming England’s next bowling sensation

After having ended his career with Ireland at the conclusion of the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka last September, Boyd Rankin, from Londonderry, Northern Ireland, is hoping to represent England in Test cricket.

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: We will not be going with a full-fledged pace attack, says Russell Domingo

Domingo noted that South Africa will always have a spinner in the squad

South Africa assistant coach Russell Domingo has completely ruled out the possibility of the national team going into the first Test against Australia with a full-fledged pace attack, stating that leg-spinner Imran Tahir will play as big of a role as the quick bowlers.

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