Split the captaincy, Aaqib Javed wants Pakistan fast bowler to join forces with Babar Azam

Aaqib Javed said split the Pakistan captaincy with Babar Azam leading in Tests and ODIs, and Shaheen Shah Afridi captaining in T20Is

Aaqib Javed: “Shaheen’s approach is positive and he plays fearless cricket. I think he should lead the T20 side as the captain. And Babar should continue in Tests and ODIs”

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Aaqib Javed, the Lahore Qalandars head coach, believes Pakistan should adopt a split captaincy model involving Babar Azam and Shaheen Shah Afridi.

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Separate Pakistan captain needed for T20Is, Shahid Afridi feels Babar Azam can’t lead in all formats

Shahid Afridi said a separate Pakistan captain is needed for T20Is

Shahid Afridi: “I am not in favour of having three different captains for the different game formats, and instead suggest naming one captain for ODI and Test cricket and a separate captain for T20s”

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Iconic six-hitter Shahid Afridi believes Pakistan needs to split the captaincy, but doesn’t want a separate skipper for each format.

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: ‘I was really frustrated with the way Ross Taylor was being treated’, says Trent Woodhill

Woodhill revealed that Taylor has continued to be treated badly since New Zealand’s tour of the West Indies last year

Former New Zealand assistant coach Trent Woodhill has announced that he used to be “really frustrated with the way Ross Taylor was being treated” during his time with the national team.

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: Ross Taylor’s return must have been extremely tough, says Sir Richard Hadlee

Taylor has responded well since making his comeback

Former New Zealand all-rounder Sir Richard Hadlee has become the latest cricketer to voice his remarks about the recent captaincy dispute involving Ross Taylor, head coach Mike Hesson and New Zealand Cricket (NZC), saying that he believes Taylor’s return to the national side after taking a prolonged break would have been one of the hardest things he has had to have faced in his international career.

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: John Buchanan admits to having frosty relationship with David White

Buchanan is committed to smoothing out his relationship with White

New Zealand have been the centre of attention in the cricketing world for the past number of weeks, most notably for New Zealand Cricket’s (NZC) dispute with former skipper Ross Taylor over the decision to implement a split captaincy, and while things looked as if it could not get any worse, fresh confrontations have occurred within the board as director of cricket John Buchanan admitted that his relationship with chief executive David White has reached an all-time low.

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: We will not underestimate New Zealand, says AB de Villiers

De Villiers does not consider any team to be the favourite in this series

South Africa wicketkeeper batsman AB de Villiers has warned his team-mates that even though they are 1-0 up in the two-Test series, they should not take New Zealand lightly, especially after they were able to fight back and end their recent Test series against Sri Lanka as a 1-1 draw.

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: India should adopt a split captaincy policy, says Sourav Ganguly

Dhoni’s form with the bat and gloves has taken a drastic slide due to his captaincy woes

Former India batsman Sourav Ganguly had thrown his support behind the idea of the national team adopting a split captaincy policy in order to take some pressure off Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s shoulders.

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