All-rounders will play a key role against Pakistan, says Darren Lehmann

"The all-rounder would have to bowl a lot more than probably four or five overs"

“The all-rounder would have to bowl a lot more than probably four or five overs”

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Australia head coach Darren Lehmann has announced that all-rounders who can bowl a large number of overs and take wickets regularly will definitely be in team for the upcoming series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.

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Bopara’s exclusion came as a major surprise to me, says Ashley Giles

“He’s been a good utility cricketer but it’s probably showing England’s hand in that they probably need to play four frontline seamers and a spinner”

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Former England coach Ashley Giles has revealed that he was hugely surprised by the national selectors’ decision to exclude all-rounder Ravi Bopara from the ODI squad for the upcoming five-match series against India.

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Cook looking forward to building new legacy with Moores

“I’ve got on really well with Peter, not only the time where he was England coach but we did quite a lot of work on the Academy together before that”

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England captain Alastair Cook has announced that he is looking forward to building a new legacy with head coach Peter Moores after the national team’s disastrous tour of Australia.

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‘Unless we get more Test cricket at home and away, particularly away, we are not going to get any better’, says Richard Hadlee

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“Give us five years, I think we will be knocking over sides quite regularly”

Former New Zealand captain Richard Hadlee has announced that he believes the national team will not progress any further in Test cricket “unless we get more Test cricket at home and away”.

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