Tendulkar and Sangakkara are the two players who can adjust between any format, says Sir Viv Richards

“They (Tendulkar and Sangakkara) are batsmen who made that adjustment across all formats quite easily”

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Legendary West Indies batsman Sir Viv Richards has announced that former India batsman Sachin Tendulkar and Sri Lanka wicketkeeper-batsman are the two players who can adjust between any format.

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‘You shouldn’t be allowed to play Twenty20 cricket until you’re 30’, says Rod Marsh

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“It should be the topping on the cake after your career, after you’ve fought your guts out for your country, after you’ve given everything to the real form of the game”

Following former England captain Mike Brearley’s speech at the 2013 Bradman Oration, legendary Australia wicketkeeper Rod Marsh made an interesting proposition, stating that “you shouldn’t be allowed to play Twenty20 cricket until you’re 30”.

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I have been helping the England bowlers master the art of reverse swing, reveals Mushtaq Ahmed

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Ahmed noted that reverse swing is achieved by taking care of the shiny side of the ball

Former Pakistan leg-spinner and current England spin bowling coach Mushtaq Ahmed has revealed that he has actually been helping the pace bowlers master the art of reverse swing as he was the team-mate of two reverse swing specialists, Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis.

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