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“If Australia play well and he continues to captain the way he does, I think England are going to lose the series”
Former Australia spin king Shane Warne has taken a jab at Alastair Cook just weeks before the start of the Ashes series, stating that the England captain “can be negative, boring, not very imaginative”.
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“The disappointing thing for me was that this wasn’t left in the change-room and it wasn’t sorted out in the change-room”
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has announced that he was “really offended” when ex-skipper Mark Taylor decided to get involved in his ongoing dispute with Michael Clarke.
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“I had to keep a lid on what I was really thinking”
In his forthcoming autobiography, At The Close Of Play, former Australia captain Ricky Ponting revealed that he was “seething” after “John Inverarity’s new selection committee never gave me the chance to retire from ODI cricket”.
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“I’m more ambitious than that and I want to play Test cricket”
England wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler has announced that he wants to branch out into Test cricket as he is “concerned about being pigeon-holed as a one-day player”.
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Rahim called on the media to divert their attention towards Bangladesh’s upcoming home series against New Zealand
For the past few weeks, all the news revolving around the Bangladesh team has been about Mohammad Ashraful and the match-fixing scandal that took place in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL).
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The PCB have been forced to deal with yet another embarrassing controversy
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have announced that they are investigating claims that the national team’s masseur, Malang Ali, sexually harassed a female employee at a London hotel the team were staying at during the recently concluded Champions Trophy.
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Lehmann’s coaching techniques have impressed Haddin
Australia vice-captain Brad Haddin has announced that newly appointed coach Darren Lehmann needs to get the current Ashes squad up to scratch and quick as the first Ashes Test looms over the horizon.
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Pollard was heart-broken to find out that his wicket had cost the West Indies a spot in the semi-finals
West Indies all-rounder Kieron Pollard will never forget this match for the rest of his life as his wicket off the last ball before the rain fell helped South Africa secure themselves a semi-final spot, while the men from the Caribbean fell agonisingly short of advancing to the next stage.
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Arthur would be over the moon if Hussey decided to come out of retirement
Australia coach Mickey Arthur has announced that the national team and selectors would welcome retired batsman Michael Hussey back into the squad with open arms if he decided to come out of retirement and help bolster the team’s rather lacklustre batting order for the back-to-back Ashes series this year.
Clarke has grown increasingly frustrated with the constant failures of his batsmen
Coming off an embarrassing 4-0 whitewashing at the hands of India, Australia captain Michael Clarke lashed out at his batsmen for not being able to capitalise on the good starts they made.
