“The kids gave us tremendous courage and wished the best for us in the coming World Cup”
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Many Pakistan players met survivors of the Peshawar school massacre when they visited the Army Public School and hospital recently.
“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.
“If you can get into someone’s mind by speaking to a batsman and tell them that their feet aren’t going anywhere, hopefully they’ll start to think about that”
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Australia left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Johnson has announced that he will never stop playing mind games with batsmen since it has brought him a lot of success over the past 12 months.
“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.
None of the Indian players will be allowed to eat beef or pork
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According to a report published on news.com.au, the Indian team have requested no spicy food at all during their upcoming tour of Australia.
Bravo will not be available at any point throughout the West Indies’ tour of South Africa
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West Indies batsman Darren Bravo has pulled out of the national team’s upcoming tour of South Africa due to personal reasons.
Ryder has been in red-hot form ever since he joined Essex in April
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Flamboyant opener Jesse Ryder has pulled out of New Zealand A’s tour of the United Arab Emirates due to personal reasons.
“If I thought I wasn’t going to be fit (for the first Test) I wouldn’t even get on that plane”
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Australia captain Michael Clarke has announced that he sees “no reason” as to why he should “consider walking away” from international cricket.
“Perfect practice makes perfect”
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I believe the true secret to become a great batsman is simply by working extremely hard. I have always lived by the words of South African golf legend Gary Player who said ‘The more I practice, the luckier I get’.
Root and Anderson now have the largest last-wicket partnership in Test history
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India secured themselves a lead of 128 runs at the end of the fourth day of the first Test in Nottingham following England batsman Joe Root and James Anderson’s historic partnership.
