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“There’s not too many tailenders around the place who bat below seven that enjoy playing a lot of balls around their helmet”
Australia fast bowling coach Craig McDermott has announced that the national team’s pace attack will continue targeting England’s batsmen with bouncers since it has proved to be highly effective.
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“My only problem is that they are picking on Shillingford and Marlon Samuels to some extent when there are so many pelters around the world that they are not calling”
Legendary West Indies pace bowler Andy Roberts has accused the International Cricket Council (ICC) of targeting the spin duo of Shane Shillingford and Marlon Samuels over their bowling actions.
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“It’s a start, but we need to celebrate tonight because it has been a while”
Australia left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Johnson has announced that he will continue targeting England’s batsmen with short-pitched deliveries throughout the Ashes series after “it worked very well” in the first Test in Brisbane, which the baggy greens won by 381 runs.
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“His role’s going to be [to] go out [and] just bowl quick”
Former Australia spin king Shane Warne has announced that left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Johnson is “going to shake the English side up” during the first Ashes Test in Brisbane since he is bowling with “some serious pace”.
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Khan’s last ODI for Pakistan came during the Champions Trophy in June
Veteran Pakistan batsman Younis Khan has expressed his surprise towards being left out of the national team’s one-day series against South Africa, which gets underway on October 30 in Sharjah.
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Mortaza has undergone 10 surgical procedures since 2001
Bangladesh pace bowler Mashrafe Mortaza has announced that he is working towards making his international comeback in October after being sidelined due to a heel injury he sustained in the final of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) in February.
Jayawardene wants the Sri Lankan batsmen to step up and humiliate the Australians
Sri Lanka batsman Mahela Jayawardene has challenged all the batsmen to bounce back after their appalling performance in the three-Test series and first ODI against Australia.
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”.
Richardson believes corruption in the sport will continue unless tough measures are taken to stop it
International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Dave Richardson has announced that all the major cricketing boards in the sport must stand up and fight the ongoing “war” against corruption.
Ali is looking to make his international comeback early next year
Pakistan pace bowler Rahat Ali has revealed that he is looking to regain his spot on the national squad after having a dismal series against Sri Lanka.
