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“We’ll continue to monitor him closely”
Australia physiotherapist Alex Kountouris has revealed that captain Michael Clarke could start playing first-class cricket as early as next week after having nearly fully recovered from his chronic back injury.
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“What’s my forecast? Oh I have to stay with 5-0”
Legendary England all-rounder Sir Ian Botham believes the national team are “red-hot favourites” to win the upcoming Ashes series, which gets underway on November 21 in Brisbane.
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“This South African unit is quite resilient”
Despite being ecstatic with Pakistan’s seven-wicket win in the first Test against South Africa in Abu Dhabi, head coach Dav Whatmore has acknowledged that the Proteas will not go down without a fight in the second Test in Dubai.
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“Australia in general can be quite an intimidating place”
England pace bowler James Anderson has come up with a simple, yet effective, plan to silence the Australians during the national team’s upcoming tour of the Land Down Under next month.
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Sharma and Kohli helped India pull off the second-highest run chase in ODI history
India opening batsman Rohit Sharma played the innings of his life as he and Virat Kohli pulled off the country’s highest ODI chase of 360 against Australia in a dramatic high-scoring affair in Jaipur.
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“Matthew Wade has been omitted due to lack of form”
Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Brad Haddin has ousted his fellow partner in crime Matthew Wade to regain his spot in the ODI squad.
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Gibson is looking for retribution against India
West Indies coach Ottis Gibson has admitted that his side’s tour of India in November and New Zealand in December will be “an immense challenge”.
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“There is a lot of work to be done and nothing is guaranteed but this summer’s trials are our first serious effort to make day-night Test cricket a reality”
Cricket Australia have announced plans to trial day-night first-class matches during the upcoming Sheffield Shield season with hopes of playing an actual Test match under floodlights.
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England’s celebration carried on late into the night
With the crowd cheering and the champagne bottles popping, England had once again asserted themselves as the dominant side in their battle against Australia for the coveted Ashes urn.
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“It was a good learning curve for a new coach”
Fresh off a 3-0 thrashing in the first leg of the Ashes series, Australia coach Darren Lehmann has admitted that he still has a lot to learn about being the head coach of a national team.
