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“We had a blip last week, but I can’t see this group of players allowing that to happen throughout the tour”
England pace bowler Stuart Broad has announced that the national team have the ability to bounce back and level the series during the second Ashes Test in Adelaide, despite the loss of batsman Jonathan Trott to a stress-related illness.
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“For the moment there’s a very successful recipe and things are working – when things are working there’s no need for change”
England pace bowler Jade Dernbach has defended the national team’s bowling attack for the upcoming Ashes series against Australia, stating that it is anything but “one-dimensional”.
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“Coming up against Sachin, I knew that my margin for error was low”
Former Australia pace bowler Jason Gillespie has become the latest cricketer to pay tribute to legendary India batsman Sachin Tendulkar, stating that “I thoroughly enjoyed my one-on-one battles with Sachin”.
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Pattinson will be looking to pull off a James Anderson
Australia pace bowler James Pattinson, who was recently diagnosed with a stress fracture of the lower back and ruled out for the remainder of the Ashes series, has announced that the seriousness and timing of his injury is “far from ideal”.
Clarke was astounded when he learnt that India had dropped Gambhir
Australia captain Michael Clarke has admitted that he was shocked by India’s decision to omit opening batsman Gautam Gambhir for the ongoing four-Test series, stating that his absence has taken some of the strain off his bowlers.
Prior wants England to fight back for all the times they have been “bullied” by Australia
England wicketkeeper-batsman Matt Prior believes it is time for the national team to do some bullying of their own in this year’s back-to-back Ashes series since the English have often been seen as the victims of Australia’s onslaughts in Ashes history.
Smith is confident that the dossier will not have any effect on him or his team-mates
Days after News Ltd newspapers published Australia’s game plan dossier, in which it revealed how the national team were going to target each individual South African player, Proteas captain Graeme Smith admitted that the exposure of his opponents plans has done nothing but “touch the motivation springs a little more”.
