“We are hopeful he will be ready some time during the home series”
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South Africa team manager Mohammed Moosajee has said that there is no date being specifically targeted for pace bowler Dale Steyn’s comeback.
Prasad finished with figures of 4-92 off 29.3 overs
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Sri Lanka only need to score 153 runs to level the Test series after pace bowler Dhammika Prasad ripped through Pakistan’s batting line-up with a four-wicket haul on the fourth day of the second Test in Colombo.
“He’s been a good utility cricketer but it’s probably showing England’s hand in that they probably need to play four frontline seamers and a spinner”
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Former England coach Ashley Giles has revealed that he was hugely surprised by the national selectors’ decision to exclude all-rounder Ravi Bopara from the ODI squad for the upcoming five-match series against India.
“We have got five Test matches in a very short space of time and one of the reasons to include six seamers there is that we believe at some stage they’re all going to play”
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England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) national selector James Whitaker has announced that the national team’s pace bowlers will be rotated during the upcoming five-Test series against India.
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“Too much expectation does put undue pressure on us”
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has announced that “there shouldn’t be too much expectation” from the home fans over the national team’s chances of progressing into the latter stages of the upcoming World Twenty20 tournament.
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“The position we got to, we’d have liked to win the game and be part of the best Test match ever”
South Africa batsman Faf du Plessis has revealed that he knew right from the get go that his match-saving innings of 134 in the first Test against India in Johannesburg would be much harder than his fabulous unbeaten knock of 110 against Australia in the second Test in Adelaide in November 2012.
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“His performance in international one-day cricket has been quite extraordinary and he’s very deserving of his opportunity”
Australia Twenty20 captain George Bailey is set to become the country’s 435th Test cricketer after being included in the Ashes squad for the first Test in Brisbane.
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Lehmann and the national selectors do not want to take any chances with Clarke, Harris and Siddle
Australia’s national selectors have withdrawn captain Michael Clarke and the pace duo of Ryan Harris and Peter Siddle from their Sheffield Shield matches this week as they do not want any of them to succumb to an injury just days before the start of the Ashes series.
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“I’ve been going with 5-0 all along”
Legendary England all-rounder Sir Ian Botham has announced that Australia better start preparing for the inevitable 5-0 whitewashing they will receive at the hands of England in the upcoming Ashes series, which gets underway on November 21 in Brisbane.
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Pakistan whitewashed the West Indies 2-0
Pakistan batting duo Umar Akmal and Ahmed Shehzad helped their side secure a series whitewash against the West Indies as they both recorded scores in the forties to give Pakistan an 11-run win in St Vincent.
