Ponting present when Cairns contacted McCullum about ‘business proposition’

"It was a very brief phone conversation, probably less than five minutes"

“It was a very brief phone conversation, probably less than five minutes”

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Ex-Australia captain Ricky Ponting has revealed that he was present at the time when former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns contacted current Blackcaps skipper Brendon McCullum about a “business proposition” in 2008.

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Shane Warne retires from BBL and Michael Hussey joins the Sydney Thunder as the tournament’s duration increases by two weeks

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Warne felt the time was right to hang up his “Big Bash boots”

Following in the footsteps of his long-time team-mate and captain, former Australia spin king Shane Warne has taken a page out of Ricky Ponting’s book and announced his retirement from Australia’s Big Bash League (BBL).

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: From rags to riches: The awe-inspiring story of Afghanistan’s Mohammad Shahzad

Shahzad’s story shows that the road to becoming an international cricketer is not always an easy one

From an early age, Afghanistan-born Mohammad Shahzad knew nothing of life beyond the refugee camp his family and he had fled to in Peshawar after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979.

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A BATTING WITH BIMAL BREAKING REPORT: JP Duminy’s team-mates sad to see him injured during the peak of his international career

Du Plessis noted that there was a sombre atmosphere in the dressing room as soon as Duminy was carried in

A few days after South Africa batsman Jean Paul (JP) Duminy ruptured his Achilles tendon, his team-mates have come out of the shadows and paid tribute to their injured brother, saying that it was sad to see him sustain such a serious injury during the peak of his international career.

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