“I am comfortable with my decision and I feel I need to work on my own game”
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Hashim Amla stepped down as South Africa’s Test captain with immediate effect after the second Test against England in Cape Town.
“It’s a big responsibility and I am happy and ready to take the challenge”
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Pakistan batsman Azhar Ali has succeeded Misbah-ul-Haq as the country’s ODI captain after the latter retired from the format following the World Cup.
“I feel we have a very exciting group of players and I am relishing the opportunity to continue working with them”
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Former England batsman Mark Ramprakash has succeeded Graham Gooch as the country’s new batting coach in all three formats.
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Kohli’s stellar innings of 86 earned him the Man of the Match award
India drew first blood in the ODI series as a superb all-round team performance helped them breeze past the West Indies by six wickets in the first ODI in Kochi.
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Broad registered his 11th five-wicket haul
England pace bowler Stuart Broad gave Australia five more reasons to despise him even more as he recorded a magnificent five-wicket haul to leave the baggy greens reeling at the end of the first day of the first Ashes Test in Brisbane.
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De Kock smashed a quickfire 43
The rain Gods must have been on South Africa’s side during the first ODI in Johannesburg as the Proteas escaped with a narrow four-run win over Pakistan via the Duckworth-Lewis method to take a 1-0 lead in the series.
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The three-match ODI series ended as a 1-1 draw
Sri Lanka escaped with a 36-run win against New Zealand in the third ODI in Dambulla due to heavy rain and bad light.
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Du Plessis’ outstanding knock of 58 helped South Africa whitewash Pakistan 2-0
South Africa captain Faf du Plessis, who scored a spectacular half-century, and left-arm pace bowler Wayne Parnell, who picked up three wickets, helped the Proteas register a thrilling six-win run over Pakistan in the second Twenty2o International in Dubai.
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South Africa crushed Pakistan to take a 1-0 lead in the series
Fresh off their 4-1 win in the ODI series, South Africa kept their scintillating run of form alive as they cruised past a lacklustre Pakistan side by nine wickets in the first Twenty2o International in Dubai.
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“He’s the sort of guy that when challenged, goes out and proves people wrong”
Former England captain Nasser Hussain has announced that current skipper Alastair Cook should pay no attention to ex-Australia spin king Shane Warne’s comments about him being “negative, boring [and] not very imaginative”.
