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“Watto is hitting the ball as good as I’ve seen”
Australia captain Michael Clarke has lavished praise on all-rounder Shane Watson, stating that he “put the team first” when scoring his magnificent century during the third Test in Perth as he was thinking about setting England a massive target instead of bolstering his own stats.
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Refunds will be given if the match is cancelled
The fifth ODI between India and Australia in Cuttack is highly likely to be called off due to heavy rain over the past five days.
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“I understand what Fawad is doing, and I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t thought about it”
Australia batsman Usman Khawaja has announced that he may follow team-mate Fawad Ahmed in removing the VB beer logo from his jersey, but added that cementing his place in the Ashes squad remains his top priority.
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Hussey feels responsible for causing a split in the team and the infamous scuffle between Clarke and Katich
Legendary Australia batsman Michael Hussey has revealed that his failure to attend a boat party after his final Test match led to a massive split forming in the Australian camp.
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“What needs to be done is to change Misbah’s approach”
Pakistan team manager Moin Khan has announced that he has “spoken” to captain Misbah-ul-Haq about making some changes in his captaincy in order to avoid being humiliated, like they were against Zimbabwe, in the future.
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Watson is smiling once again after having been handed his opening spot back
Australia all-rounder Shane Watson has dismissed rumours and speculation that he encouraged Cricket Australia and then coach Mickey Arthur to impose a harsher punishment on opening batsman David Warner after he punched England’s Joe Root at the Walkabout bar in Birmingham during the recently concluded Champions Trophy.
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The money was intended for the USACA
The International Cricket Council (ICC) had to make an embarrassing apology to the United States Youth Cricket Association (USYCA) after sending them just over $8,100, which they then asked to be returned to the ICC Americas headquarters in Toronto.
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Modi believes the IPL was completely clean during his tenure as commissioner
Former Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi has slammed the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for their “lack of governance” and announced that there was never any match-fixing taking place while he was in charge of the star-studded Twenty20 tournament.
Ryder is focused on getting his international career back on track
Troubled New Zealand opening batsman Jesse Ryder has announced that he may consider making his international return during his side’s home series against England.
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.
