This isn’t the first time ODI matches have been moved from Colombo to another part of the country
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The second ODI between Sri Lanka and Pakistan has been moved to Hambantota and brought forth to August 26 after the Premadasa Stadium outfield in Colombo was left waterlogged following 48 hours of heavy rain.
“He has to stay strong”
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England head coach Peter Moores has backed captain Alastair Cook to “come through strongly” after he struggled with the bat yet again during the first Test against India in Nottingham.
“If you have the leader under pressure always go for him”
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Former India all-rounder Ravi Shastri has called on the national team to “go for” England captain Alastair Cook during their upcoming five-Test series, which gets underway on July 9 in Nottingham.
“If Cook wants to stay boring and be the same old England by bowling wide of off stump and trying to build up pressure slowly then he has chosen the wrong path”
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Legendary Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne has taken a jab at England captain Alastair Cook by calling him “boring” ahead of the national team’s Test series against Sri Lanka.
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“We have got to make sure that we bring our A game and deliver under pressure”
Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Brad Haddin has announced that the baggy greens have to beat the West Indies, who are the defending champions, if they want to have any chance of qualifying for the semi-finals of the World Twenty20.
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“Steyn needs to bowl in four or five over spurts when you can get 100% from him”
Legendary South Africa pace bowler Makhaya Ntini has announced that he believes fellow fast bowler Dale Steyn needs to be managed and supported in the same way Australia left-arm seamer Mitchell Johnson is.
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“I want to see Davey (Warner) get another hundred out there obviously, then get out there and have a real good crack”
Following his seven-wicket haul during the third day of the second Test in Adelaide, Australia left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Johnson has revealed that the baggy greens plan to “cook” England a little while longer tomorrow.
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“I’m sure he’ll be right in the next week or so”
England captain Alastair Cook and pace bowler Stuart Broad skipped a training session today as both of them are trying to recover from slight niggles in their backs.
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“We are preparing for every scenario”
New Zealand opening batsman Peter Fulton, who scored back-to-back half-centuries during the first Test against Bangladesh, has revealed that the pitch in Mirpur “may turn more than it did in Chittagong”.
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Pakistan handed South Africa their first Test loss since December 2011
Pakistan stunned the top Test side in the world as they breezed their way to a seven-wicket win in the first Test match in Abu Dhabi.
