Narine was dropped for the Test series against New Zealand for choosing to play in the IPL final
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Two West Indian players have chosen to play in the upcoming Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) instead of representing their country in the Test series against Bangladesh, which gets underway on September 5 in St Vincent.
“All four will reach peak form in a few years’ time, and then the real battle will commence as to who will be the No. 1 batsman in the world”
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Former New Zealand captain Martin Crowe has announced that he believes four players have the potential to become “the No.1 Test batsman”.
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“We’ve had a lot of positives come out of this World Cup but we can hold our heads high with some of the performances we’ve put in”
Despite losing two games and only winning one, England Twenty20 captain Stuart Broad has announced that his team can leave the World Twenty20 with their heads held high.
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McCullum is now the only New Zealand cricketer to have scored a triple century
New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum became the first cricketer from his country to score a triple century in Test cricket when he accomplished the feat during the final day of the second Test against India in Wellington.
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“[In] Cricket, nothing is impossible”
Legendary India batsman Sunil Gavaskar has announced that there is no reason why opening batsman Virender Sehwag and all-rounder Yuvraj Singh cannot regain their spots in the national team.
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Warner, Smith and Bailey will play the opening round of the BBL
Australia’s batting trio of David Warner, Steven Smith and George Bailey have all been given the green light by Cricket Australia team performance manager Pat Howard to represent their respective franchises in the opening round of the Big Bash League (BBL), which gets underway on December 20.
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Sutherland believes Australia are much more prepared than England heading into the Ashes
Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland has insisted that the national team are better prepared for the Ashes series in comparison with arch-rivals England as they toured India for a limited over series and are now representing their respective sides in the Sheffield Shield.
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The Kensington Oval will play host to the inaugural Twenty20 Clobi World Masters Of Cricket Tournament
Some of cricket’s biggest names are expected to participate in the inaugural Twenty20 Clobi World Masters Of Cricket Tournament which will be held in Barbados from November 1 to 10.
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England have only lost one Test match since the May Tests began in 2000
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has abandoned its traditional May Test matches, which has been going on since 2000, after deciding to move the national team’s two-Test series against Sri Lanka to June 2014 instead.
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Sri Lanka and Pakistan would have played the first international day-night Test if SLC had accepted the PCB’s offer
Just days after Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) president Jayantha Dharmadasa revealed that the board would seriously consider allowing the national team to play a day-night Test against Pakistan when they tour the United Arab Emirates in December, SLC have announced that they have rejected the offer.
