‘I wish I could pick up the phone and give him a call now’, says Ricky Ponting

Ponting captained Hughes when he made history by becoming the youngest player to score a century in each innings of a Test match

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In his tribute to batsman Phillip Hughes, former Australia captain Ricky Ponting stated “I wish I could pick up the phone and give him a call now”.

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Cook has to learn to ‘accept constructive criticism from ex-players’, says Geoffrey Boycott

"He and other former players like myself are not there to fawn over England or be cheerleaders for the captain and his players"

“He and other former players like myself are not there to fawn over England or be cheerleaders for the captain and his players”

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Legendary England batsman Geoffrey Boycott has announced that captain Alastair Cook has to learn to “accept constructive criticism from ex-players”.

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‘We have to keep them within a 160-run lead’, says Nasir Hossain

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“We have to bowl them out first”

Despite New Zealand holding on to a 137-run lead at the end of the third day of second Test in Mirpur, Bangladesh off-spinner Nasir Hossain believes that his team “have to keep them within a 160-run lead” and follow that up with a score of “300 or 350” in order to have any chance of winning the Test match.

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Michael Clarke and Brendon McCullum praise Afghanistan for World Cup qualification

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Afghanistan will be participating in their maiden World Cup

Australia captain Michael Clarke and New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum have lavished praise upon Afghanistan after they recently beat Kenya 2-0 to qualify for the 2015 International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup.

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