Kamran Akmal: “In World T20s, Umar has got better stats than Virat Kohli. He (Umar) is not even close to Virat Kohli when it comes to performances and aura but has got [a] better strike-rate, [higher] score than Kohli in the T20 World Cups”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal said his brother, Umar Akmal, “has got better stats” than India batting maestro Virat Kohli in T20 World Cups.
Gilchrist initially had doubts about Twenty20 cricket
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Legendary Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist has admitted that he wasn’t sold on the idea of Twenty20 cricket when it was first introduced.
“It was the first thing that crossed my mind – possibly not being able to represent Australia in this Champions Trophy”
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Australia batsman Chris Lynn has revealed that he had doubts about whether he would be able to participate in the Champions Trophy after injuring his shoulder during the Indian Premier League (IPL).
“First he’s got to get selected in the XI and then the captain will tell him where he’s going to bat”
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Chris Lynn took the Big Bash League (BBL) by storm in December to January and has continued to showcase his destructive form with the bat at the Indian Premier League (IPL). But, will that be enough to see him open the batting for Australia at the Champions Trophy in England next month?
“I don’t care about that at all”
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South Africa batsman AB de Villiers may be less than 2,000 runs away from joining the elite 10,000-run club in Test cricket, but he insisted that reaching the milestone would mean “absolutely zero to me”.
“Seven times my base amount – that’s mental”
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England all-rounder Ben Stokes has admitted that he still cannot believe he attracted the highest bid for a foreign player in Indian Premier League (IPL) history.
New Zealand only need seven wickets to win the match
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New Zealand dominated Sri Lanka yet again on the fourth day of the first Test in Dunedin and now require seven wickets to win on the final day.
“If you get caught you have to be given a life ban”
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Former England batsman Kevin Pietersen believes that Pakistan left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir should not be allowed to play international cricket again and should have been banned for life for being involved in the spot-fixing scandal that shocked the cricketing community in 2010.
Despite a floodlight failure and dust storm, it was the persistent rain that led to the match being abandoned
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A floodlight failure, dust storm and heavy rain led to the third ODI between Pakistan and Zimbabwe in Lahore being abandoned.
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“We don’t have our strongest team without Pollard [and] Bravo”
After South Africa endured Chris Gayle’s wrath on the field, the West Indian selectors were next in line to feel the full force of a Gayle storm when he lashed out at them for not including all-rounders Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo in the World Cup squad.
