‘We wanted to try to push England really hard in England, but we wanted to win in Australia’, reveals Mickey Arthur

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“We wanted to develop enough intelligence on all the England players”

Former Australia coach Mickey Arthur has revealed that the he and Test captain Michael Clarke had decided to “push England really hard” when playing the Ashes in their backyard, but “wanted to win” when the second leg of the series was played in Australia.

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‘Unless we get more Test cricket at home and away, particularly away, we are not going to get any better’, says Richard Hadlee

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“Give us five years, I think we will be knocking over sides quite regularly”

Former New Zealand captain Richard Hadlee has announced that he believes the national team will not progress any further in Test cricket “unless we get more Test cricket at home and away”.

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Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Virat Kohli will pose problems for South Africa, says Jonty Rhodes

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Rhodes sees Dhoni and Kohli as the biggest threat to South Africa

Former South Africa ace fielder Jonty Rhodes has announced that he believes India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his right-hand man Virat Kohli will cause the Proteas a lot of trouble when the two sides clash towards the end of the year in a three-Test series.

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