“He’s got to be a lot more respectful of his opponents”
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Former Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Ian Healy has revealed that he is starting to lose respect for India captain Virat Kohli.
Smith has given the green light for sledging
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Australia captain Steve Smith has insisted that he won’t have any objections if his team-mates decide to engage in a war of words with India in their upcoming four-Test series.
“We believe we have a unique leader and a unique person and that should not be underestimated”
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England national selector James Whitaker believes Alastair Cook is the right person to be captaining the country’s ODI team.
“We want him to improve day by day and he’s been brilliant in this series”
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With the 2015 World Cup fast approaching, the demand for pace bowlers has never been higher since the tournament will be held in Australia and New Zealand, where the pitches are predominantly pace friendly.
The article suggested that Carberry had been a victim of racial discrimination
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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have referred The Guardian’s article, in which they interviewed batsman Michael Carberry, to the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) after they were unhappy with the tone and some of the content within the article.
“I think we play our cricket hard on the field but I think as Australians we understand and respect there’s a line you can’t cross”
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Australia captain Michael Clarke has revealed that he has no intentions of making the national team tone down their aggression following their intense series against England and South Africa, both of which they won.
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“The Australians have made a few comments already and it’s quite surprising, having lost 3-0, they want to make comments, challenges, and start making suggestions and statements about individuals”
England batsman Jonathan Trott has lashed out at Australian pace bowler Ryan Harris after he stated that the baggy greens’ bowling attack had forced the South African-born batsman to change his natural game during the recent Ashes series.
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Sreesanth and Chavan were both given life bans
India pace bowler Sreesanth has been found guilty of spot-fixing in this year’s Indian Premier League (IPL) by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and slapped with a life ban.
Clarke was Australia’s shining light once again
Just days after losing the first Test against India in Chennai by eight wickets, Australia captain Michael Clarke has pointed out that England were in the same position after losing their first Test in Ahmedabad before going on to defeat the Indians in the next two Tests and win the series 2-1 to prove to the world that they are no longer as dominant as they used to be on home soil.
Dravid will forever be remembered as ‘The Wall’ of India
India’s ‘Little Master’ Sachin Tendulkar has announced that he reckons batting legend Rahul Dravid was the best number three batsman India ever had in the history of the game.
