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“I was screaming like my daughter”
West Indies captain Darren Sammy’s fear of flying got even worse during the team’s flight from Dunedin to Wellington after the pilots had to abort their initial landing attempt due to high winds before circling round and touching down safely.
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Australia need four more wickets to go 2-0 up in the series
Australia are on the verge of going 2-0 up in the Ashes series after their bowling attack wore England down on day four of the second Test in Adelaide.
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“Joe Root three, Ballance six, Bresnan at eight or nine”
Australia captain Michael Clarke has attempted to name the squad England will pick for the second Test in Adelaide once again.
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“It’s the first time that they will be going there, and they will learn a lot in the series”
With the tour of South Africa looming, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has announced the he is not concerned about the national team’s inexperienced batting line-up.
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“It’s the first Test of the summer, it’s always big”
Australia vice-captain and wicketkeeper Brad Haddin has announced that he is looking forward to the second round of the Ashes against arch-rivals England, which gets underway on November 21 in Brisbane.
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“There’s no point hiding it, we’re here to win the Ashes back”
Australia off-spinner Nathan Lyon has announced that the baggy greens are confident and “can’t wait” to get their hands on England when the first Ashes Test gets underway on November 21 in Brisbane.
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“If Cricket Australia want me to be captain, that’s the way I’ll play”
Australia captain Michael Clarke has revealed that he would rather be fired than change his “extremely positive” captaincy style since “this is the way I’ve been brought up to play”.
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Lehmann and the national selectors do not want to take any chances with Clarke, Harris and Siddle
Australia’s national selectors have withdrawn captain Michael Clarke and the pace duo of Ryan Harris and Peter Siddle from their Sheffield Shield matches this week as they do not want any of them to succumb to an injury just days before the start of the Ashes series.
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“Just because I averaged 30 doesn’t make it a huge train smash”
England batsman Jonathan Trott has revealed that after his disappointing performance during the recent Ashes series, where he only scored 293 runs at a dismal average of 29.30, he has revitalised himself and now feels that he is ready for a second round showdown against arch-rivals Australia.
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“Now, you think of our spinners when you think of West Indies”
West Indies head coach Ottis Gibson has announced that the spinners have to take full advantage of the spin-friendly conditions in India if the national team are to stand any chance of winning the upcoming two-Test series.
