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“When you play against Australia enough, you learn to sift through a lot of the…what’s the word…the bull dot dot dot”
South Africa captain Graeme Smith has announced that he is unconcerned about Australia’s verbal taunts ahead of their three-Test series, which gets underway on February 12 in Centurion.
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“Obviously, we didn’t know what was going on with Jonathan Trott – and that certainly won’t be talked about in this Test match at all”
Australia head coach Darren Lehmann has announced that England batsman Jonathan Trott will not be the subject of any verbal taunts during the second Test in Adelaide.
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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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“I think it’s worked for us”
Australia left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Johnson has announced that England have been “rattled” by all the sledging they have been subjected to in the first Ashes Test in Brisbane.
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“I believe that the series can still be played in a good spirit – and let the best team win”
After having denounced Australia opening batsman David Warner for calling England batsman Jonathan Trott “pretty poor and pretty weak”, Andy Flower is hoping that both teams “know where to draw the line” when it comes to sledging.
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Sangakkara’s triumphant knock cut England down to their knees
Kumar Sangakkara singlehandedly put Sri Lanka on his back and carried them across the finish line against England in what many cricket pundits would have arguably called his best ODI innings to date.
Johnson really struggled against England in the recently concluded ODI series
Australian pace bowler Mitchell Johnson has revealed that the taunts he got from the crowds during the Ashes, when England defeated Australia successively, really hit home and dented his on-field confidence.
