“I was really surprised, really happy and really excited when I saw what was happening”
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“I just know it’s the right time to move on”
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Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has announced his retirement from Test cricket with immediate effect after sustaining another calf injury.
“I’d like to be going back to bowling shorter spells again”
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Australia left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Johnson has revealed that he wants to bowl shorter spells during the fourth and final Test against India in Sydney.
Kumar dismissed Prior, Stokes, Broad and Plunkett
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India’s pace trio of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma and Mohammed Shami sliced through England’s batting line-up on the third day of the first Test in Nottingham.
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“After the World Cup, the rules will be reviewed by the (ICC) Cricket Committee again”
International Cricket Council (ICC) CEO David Richardson has announced that the game’s rules will not change until they are reviewed after the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
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Uva Next were crowned champions in the inaugural season of the SLPL
The Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) has been terminated for a second year in a row in favour of a shorter Twenty20 tournament.
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“Bowlers need to be offered a crumb in the shorter forms of the game otherwise they’ll revolt, as they have done in the past, using extreme methods like Bodyline and chucking”
Following the first three ODIs between India and Australia, former baggy greens captain Ian Chappell believes that “bowlers will become an endangered species” in the shorter formats of the game if batsmen continue giving themselves an advantage by using heavier bats.
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India’s tour of South Africa may become significantly shorter or even cancelled if the proposed tri-series goes ahead
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have announced that they are working on scheduling an ODI tri-series with Sri Lanka and Pakistan in December if the national team’s tour of South Africa fails to go ahead.
Abbott is eagerly awaiting South Africa’s next Test series in seven months time
In just one Test match, 25-year-old South Africa pace bowler Kyle Abbott became a household name in the country after taking nine wickets against Pakistan during the third Test at Centurion.
Finn’s habit has deprived him of wickets in the past
England have been dealt major blows in the past after umpires have ruled pace bowler Steven Finn’s deliveries as dead balls when he disturbs the stumps at the non-strikers end with his legs, and Middlesex director of cricket Angus Fraser believes it is time for Finn to correct the mistake in order to avoid future situations where batsmen are given a reprieve due to his unorthodox quirk.
