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“He’s quite sad and disappointed about the results but that’s life and sometimes you get curve balls thrown at you”
West Indies captain Darren Sammy has revealed that he would “love to spill my guts out and say what I have to say” after spinner Shane Shillingford was banned from bowling by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for having an illegal action.
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“We need to be on the money from Wednesday itself, otherwise they can score quickly and at [the] Wanderers”
South Africa pace bowler Morne Morkel has announced that India will sorely miss their iconic batsman Sachin Tendulkar during the upcoming two-Test series, which gets underway on December 18 in Johannesburg.
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“Feel a bit embarrassed to have it because Sir Viv Richards is certainly the master blaster, the original great batsman”
South Africa opening batsman Hashim Amla has announced that he feels “a bit embarrassed” to have beaten the legendary Sir Vivian Richards to 4,000 ODI runs during his team’s 134-run thrashing of India in the second ODI in Durban.
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Nixon allegedly mimicked an Indian accent when Panesar was coming on to bowl
The public address announcer at England’s two-day warm-up match against the Cricket Australia Chairman’s XI has been fired after making inappropriate comments about spinner Monty Panesar.
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“We are here to play cricket, to play tough cricket, and to make sure that we get ourselves ready for that because you do your talking on the field”
Coming into the second leg of the Ashes series, England pace bowler Stuart Broad knew that he would be the target of all the Australian players and fans, but stated that “it is not important what people from Australia and Cricket Australia say”.
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“It’s hard to build a relationship with the opposition”
England pace bowler James Anderson has revealed that he is more concerned about leading his team to Ashes glory for a fourth time in a row, a feat which England have not accomplished since the 19th century, than drinking beers and getting to know the Australian players.
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Ponting questioned Tendulkar’s role in the scandal
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has evoked memories of the infamous ‘Monkeygate’ scandal after revealing that he was sceptical about the role India batsman Sachin Tendulkar played in his forthcoming autobiography, At The Close Of Play.
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“I don’t follow cricket now and my focus is not on the sport anymore”
Former Pakistan captain Mohammad Yousuf has launched a verbal assault against legendary pace bowler Waqar Younis as he blames him for causing “a lot of damage to our cricket”.
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Pattinson does have the tendency to succumb to injuries on a regular basis
It seems as if there is a curse on Australia’s pace bowlers as every time a big series comes around, one of them sustains a serious injury, and the tradition continued during the ongoing Ashes series as 23-year-old James Pattinson was ruled out for the remainder of the historic series with a stress fracture of the lower back.
