People felt it was risky, Shan Masood glad Pakistan duo proved themselves after being picked

Shan Masood said people felt it was risky for him to pick the pace duo of Aamer Jamal and Khurram Shahzad in Pakistan's Test squad

Shan Masood: “I think they handled themselves well and we have to give them credit because their first outing in Australia was quite decent”

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Pakistan Test captain Shan Masood admitted he was glad the pace duo of Aamer Jamal and Khurram Shahzad proved themselves after being picked for the three-Test series against Australia.

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Warne takes jab at ‘boring’ Cook ahead of Test series against Sri Lanka

"If Cook wants to stay boring and be the same old England by bowling wide of off stump and trying to build up pressure slowly then he has chosen the wrong path"

“If Cook wants to stay boring and be the same old England by bowling wide of off stump and trying to build up pressure slowly then he has chosen the wrong path”

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Legendary Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne has taken a jab at England captain Alastair Cook by calling him “boring” ahead of the national team’s Test series against Sri Lanka.

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‘I knew this was going to be’ harder than my innings in Adelaide, says Faf du Plessis

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“The position we got to, we’d have liked to win the game and be part of the best Test match ever”

South Africa batsman Faf du Plessis has revealed that he knew right from the get go that his match-saving innings of 134 in the first Test against India in Johannesburg would be much harder than his fabulous unbeaten knock of 110 against Australia in the second Test in Adelaide in November 2012.

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