“The cricket England are playing in 50-over cricket is outdated and I fear it will be a painful winter for the team”
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Former England off-spinner Graeme Swann believes “being one-day captain is a poisoned chalice for” Alastair Cook.
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“We want to have a clear avenue for players who are playing first-class cricket to go on to play international cricket”
The West Indies Cricket Board’s (WICB) director of cricket Richard Pybus has announced that he wants the country’s domestic cricketers playing more matches.
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“We need to be on the money from Wednesday itself, otherwise they can score quickly and at [the] Wanderers”
South Africa pace bowler Morne Morkel has announced that India will sorely miss their iconic batsman Sachin Tendulkar during the upcoming two-Test series, which gets underway on December 18 in Johannesburg.
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“I chalked out a plan and so far it has worked”
India left-arm pace bowler Zaheer Khan has revealed that he was unsure if he “wanted to make a comeback” while recovering from a calf injury he picked up in the Ranji Trophy.
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“We relied on the fact that the greats like Viv Richards and Joel Garner came from nowhere”
Legendary West Indies batsman Brian Lara has announced that he is concerned about the direction in which the national team are headed, stating that “unless we make some firm decision and sort out at grass levels, we’re going to be in quagmire”.
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“Katich would’ve been a valuable player”
Cricket Australia chairman Wally Edwards has admitted that the board made a huge mistake by dropping batsman Simon Katich from their list of contracted players in favour of younger talents.
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Laxman has put his money on India to win the ODI series
India batting great VVS Laxman has announced that he believes the national team are favourites to win the seven-match ODI series against Australia.
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Hick represented England in three Ashes series
Former England Test batsman Graeme Hick has been appointed as the high performance coach at the Centre of Excellence in Brisbane.
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“From the beginning, I was very sure that he was a rare talent and would become a great player”
Former India coach Gary Kirsten has revealed that he knew vice-captain Virat Kohli was destined for greatness the first time he met him and worked on his batting technique.
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Ul-Haq believes a Twenty20 tournament can help revive international cricket in Pakistan
Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has announced that the country needs their own Twenty20 league due to the fact that no international teams even dare to travel to the war-torn nation, especially after the Sri Lankan national team was ambushed by armed militants, which left six players injured and eight locals dead.
