David Warner: “He charged in, and there’s a superstar there. Like when Mohammad Amir came on the scene, the first time, he was rapid and had us all in a pickle”
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Australia opener David Warner admitted that Pakistan seamer Naseem Shah reminded him of a young Mohammad Amir.
Mickey Arthur: “Musa is a little bit like a slinger, the old Jeff Thomson like. He hurries you, he has good pace, he’s flat and skids it on”
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Former Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur has admitted that Muhammad Musa reminds him of legendary Australia pace bowler Jeff Thomson.
James Neesham: “I think facing him is quite similar to facing Mustafizur from Bangladesh, the way his slower ball actually bounces at you”
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New Zealand all-rounder James Neesham has revealed that Pakistan left-arm seamer Shaheen Shah Afridi has a similar slower ball to Bangladesh pace bowler Mustafizur Rahman.
Azhar Mahmood: “I think Trent Boult and Mohammad Amir are similar bowlers”
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Pakistan bowling coach Azhar Mahmood has revealed that left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir is very similar to New Zealand pace bowler Trent Boult.
Abdul Qadir: “If I look at Virat Kohli as a batsman and captain, yes, I can say he is similar to Imran Khan”
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Former Pakistan leg-spinner Abdul Qadir has compared India captain Virat Kohli to ex-Pakistan skipper and current Prime Minister Imran Khan.
“Dickwella admitted the offence and accepted the sanction proposed by match referee Chris Broad”
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Sri Lanka wicketkeeper-batsman Niroshan Dickwella was fined 30 per cent of his match fee after attempting a stumping that was deemed to be “contrary to the spirit of the game”.
“He’s by far the most committed cricketer I’ve ever seen around”
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India captain Virat Kohli has admitted that he empathises with his South African counterpart AB de Villiers, who has struggled to have an impact in the ongoing Champions Trophy.
“I think both sides are going to have to compromise”
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Players past and present have all voiced their opinions on the ongoing pay dispute between the Australian cricketers and Cricket Australia, but former wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist’s take on the entire saga may come as a surprise to a lot of people.
“There are no problems whatsoever”
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India captain Virat Kohli has played down reports of a rift between him and head coach Anil Kumble.
“There had been some murmurs about this (Kumble-Kohli rift) even at the time of Mr Kumble’s appointment”
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Former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Ajay Shirke has claimed that captain Virat Kohli was less than impressed when Anil Kumble was first appointed as India’s head coach.
