Rashid Latif: “The next event is the T20 World Cup. I would ask them for six or seven T20 matches instead of the Tests”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Rashid Latif believes that the national team shouldn’t play any Test matches during their upcoming tour of England.
Former Pakistan all-rounder Yasir Arafat: “In my mind there is absolutely no reason to reduce the traditional five-day game to a four-day version”
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Former Pakistan all-rounder Yasir Arafat has slammed the idea of reducing Test matches to four days.
Former Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal: “Reducing Test matches by one day could hurt the longest format of the game”
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Former Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal has criticised the idea of reducing Test matches to four days from five.
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Raman was the Kings XI Punjab’s assistant coach last year
The Kolkata Knight Riders have appointed former India batsman WV Raman as their new batting coach ahead of the 2014 Indian Premier League (IPL) season.
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“What happens in the dressing room stays in the dressing room”
England captain Alastair Cook has refused to get involved in the ongoing Kevin Pietersen and Andy Flower controversy, stating that “what happens in the dressing room stays in the dressing room”.
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“This wonderful opportunity as NZC umpire coach enables me to continue to be part of this marvellous match-official community and work with the aspiring umpires throughout New Zealand”
Tony Hill has announced that he will be stepping down from the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) elite panel of umpires to take up the position of New Zealand Cricket’s (NZC) umpire coach in March.
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Simpson and Hockley will be inducted into the Hall of Fame during the fifth and final Ashes Test
Former Australia captain Bob Simpson and New Zealand cricketer Debbie Hockley will be inducted into the International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall of Fame during the fifth and final Test between England and Australia in Sydney.
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The end of an era is upon us.
South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis has announced that he will retire from Test cricket following the second Test against India in Durban, which gets underway tomorrow.
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“It’s not that hard at all”
Australia vice-captain and wicketkeeper Brad Haddin has announced that there is no reason why the baggy greens cannot whitewash England 5-0 after already having regained the Ashes for the first time in five years.
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“It’s time for someone else to buckle in and enjoy the ride”
Just as if things couldn’t get any worse for England after they lost the Ashes for the first time in five years, off-spinner Graeme Swann stunned the cricketing world by announcing his retirement from all forms of cricket effective immediately.
