“I can tell Jimmy now that he is going to cop it from the Aussies more than anyone”
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Legendary Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne has called on England’s pace duo of Stuart Broad and James Anderson to be prepared for plenty of sledging during the upcoming Ashes series.
“He has been an exceptional figure for the team and ensured the dressing room’s atmosphere never changed”
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Former India batsman VVS Laxman has announced that Mahendra Singh Dhoni “will always be remembered as being a captain who led with authority”.
“I can still remember what happened like it was yesterday, the way our home was caught up and lost”
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Boxing Day is usually associated with holidays, family and happiness. But, for Sri Lanka wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Chandimal, December 26 has dark connotations as it was the day that he “lost everything” when a tsunami ravaged through his town in 2004.
“He’s a simple guy that just loves playing the game”
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Queensland batsman Joe Burns is set to make his debut during the Boxing Day Test against India after he was included in Australia’s squad in place of the injured Mitchell Marsh.
“I guess we may probably know the formula of what it takes to win a World Cup”
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New Zealand pace bowler Kyle Mills has admitted that he is still haunted by the memories of Pakistan beating the Blackcaps in the 1992 World Cup semi-final in Auckland.
“I must reiterate we were very serious about the boycott”
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Legendary India batsman Sachin Tendulkar has revealed that the national team almost abandoned their tour of Australia in 2007-08 after spinner Harbhajan Singh was banned for three games by match referee Mike Procter.
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Zimbabwe have not played any international cricket since September
Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor has announced that the national team have to get past the qualifying stage of the World Twenty20 so that they can play against the top-ranked sides in the world.
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“Hopefully we’ll celebrate his retirement and give him the due respect and recognition that he deserves”
Legendary South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis has announced that people need to give captain Graeme Smith the “respect and recognition” he truly deserves.
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“I’m so thrilled because I know what he has been though…and I’m very proud of him”
Former England and Surrey pace bowler Alex Tudor has revealed that no one truly understands the struggles Michael Carberry has had to endure to get to where he is today.
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“We are preparing for every scenario”
New Zealand opening batsman Peter Fulton, who scored back-to-back half-centuries during the first Test against Bangladesh, has revealed that the pitch in Mirpur “may turn more than it did in Chittagong”.
