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Eden Gardens has been subject to a lot of rain over the past couple of days
Kolkata’s Eden Gardens stadium, which will play host to the first Test between India and West Indies from November 6, will be a “good, firm, even-bouncing wicket”, according to chief groundsman Prabir Mukherjee.
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“He is contributing nothing to our cricket”
Former Pakistan chief selector Iqbal Qasim has become the latest person lash out at head coach Dav Whatmore for having “no interest in the future or well being of Pakistan cricket”.
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“I know people say that it doesn’t get you runs, wickets or catches, but it gives you the best opportunity to stay fit and the best opportunity to stay away from fatigue”
England vice-captain and wicketkeeper Matt Prior has revealed that “since we won The Ashes in the summer I’ve lost 9kgs (18lb) and feel in the best condition of my whole career”.
The Boxing Day Test has been a yearly tradition since the 1974-75 Ashes series
Former Australia batsman Dean Jones believes that the yearly Boxing Day Test has the ability to become “Australia’s biggest sporting event” if Cricket Australia and the International Cricket Council (ICC) market it in the right way.
