Pakistan fast bowler Zeeshan Zameer: “I left school in year 7 after I was selected for the regional Under-16 side in 2017 and then suffered a stress fracture of the back which confined me to my bed for almost 8 months”
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Pakistan seamer Zeeshan Zameer said a stress fracture in his back “confined me to my bed for almost 8 months”.
Pakistan batsman Danish Aziz: “My father was also very supportive of my passion for cricket, and many times, he would even ask me to skip school if it clashed with any of my matches”
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Pakistan batsman Danish Aziz has revealed that his father allowed him to miss school if it clashed with any of his cricket matches.
Naseem Shah: “Even in school during classes, I would be daydreaming about bowling, thinking about bowling fast, thinking when is this lesson going to end, so that I can get out of here and go and play cricket”
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Pakistan fast bowler Naseem Shah has revealed that he used to daydream about bowling fast in school.
Moin Khan: “Though I don’t condone bunking schools now, but that culture will be back when younger kids and teenagers will fill in the stands to watch top-class players like Babar Azam, Asad Shafiq and Yasir Shah”
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Former Pakistan captain Moin Khan has hilariously said that children will skip school to watch the upcoming Test series between the national team and Sri Lanka.
AB de Villiers and Faf du Plessis both had a knack of being troublemakers
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It is no secret that South Africa batsman AB de Villiers and captain Faf du Plessis are the best of friends as they grew up together and attended the same school, Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool. But, while the duo seem to be the some of the most kind-hearted players in the sport, what were they like during their time at school?
Kumble’s tenure as head coach will come to an end after the Champions Trophy
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Speculation has been rife about why the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) didn’t extend head coach Anil Kumble’s contract, which ends after the Champions Trophy in England next month.
“Free State against Northerns – it used to be pretty feisty”
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Proteas opener Dean Elgar and New Zealand left-arm seamer Neil Wagner’s rivalry has been simmering since they were both in school in South Africa. But, they are now looking forward to resurrecting it in the three-Test series that starts on Wednesday.
“I have decided to call it a day on my international career during the second Test of the Indian series”
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Sri Lanka wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara has confirmed that he will retire from international cricket after the second Test against India.
“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.
“The New Zealand players and officials have handed over some donations and kit bags to me which will be delivered when I go to Peshawar”
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Numerous New Zealand players have donated their match fees to the victims of the gruesome Peshawar school massacre, which was carried out by the Taliban and left 132 children and nine staff dead.
