Salman Butt: “The squad’s inexperience in early-summer English conditions will be a big problem”
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Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt believes that the national team will struggle in the upcoming two-Test series against England as many of the players are too inexperienced.
Moeen Ali: “From a personal point of view, it has been a long tour”
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England all-rounder Moeen Ali has delved deeper into his struggles during the recent Ashes series, saying that “the harder I tried the worse I got”.
“If you look at my numbers, I think I deserve to be in the Pakistan team”
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Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez admitted that he was nowhere near his best in the recent ODI series in Australia, but despite this, the 36-year-old firmly believes that he deserves to be in the national team.
Hafeez hit nine boundaries and three sixes during his unbeaten knock of 97
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Pakistan opener Mohammad Hafeez scored an unbeaten 97 to put his side in an advantageous position against England on the third day of the third Test in Sharjah.
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“I think breaking the more experienced players up a little bit in the order [is the right thing to do]”
Australia captain Steven Smith has confirmed that he will move down from number three to number four on the batting order during the upcoming series against New Zealand.
“I’m going to keep going till my body can’t take any more”
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England pace bowler James Anderson has revealed that he wants to continue playing cricket for five more years.
Karunaratne hit 16 boundaries and a six during his career-best knock of 186
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The West Indies continued to struggle on the second day of the first Test in Galle as Sri Lanka opener Dimuth Karunaratne scored a career-best 186 and batsman Dinesh Chandimal made 151.
Moeen could become Cook’s new opening partner
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England captain Alastair Cook has revealed that all-rounder Moeen Ali may be promoted to the top of the batting order during the upcoming series against Pakistan.
“I’m not worried at all”
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Australia pace bowler Pat Cummins will be out of action until the 2016 World Twenty20 after suffering a third stress fracture in his lower back in as many years.
“Not having them would be a huge loss to any side. But it’s beyond our control and we have to accept it and move on”
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West Indies ODI captain Jason Holder has admitted that his side are going to struggle in the World Cup since they don’t have the services of Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo.
