“We don’t want his advice”
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Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Sanjay Patel has lashed out at legendary England all-rounder Sir Ian Botham for his comments about the Indian Premier League (IPL) during his speech at the MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture at Lord’s.
“He’s not going to give up and nor should he”
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England wicketkeeper-batsman Matt Prior has announced that captain Alastair Cook is the right man to lead the team, despite their poor run of form as of late.
“It’s been a special day…one I certainly won’t ever be forgetting”
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England opening batsman Sam Robson has described his maiden Test century against Sri Lanka on the second day of the second Test at Headingley as “the stuff dreams are made of”.
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“If you do the crime you’ve got to do the time”
Australia opening batsman Chris Rogers has been fined an undisclosed amount for arriving late to the national team’s Ashes reception in Sydney on Wednesday.
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“I haven’t seen a lot of him but I know he has got all the shots”
Former South Africa batsman Herschelle Gibbs believes he and Quinton de Kock are like two peas in a pod after the 20-year-old became the fifth cricketer in ODI history to score three centuries in a row, a club which Gibbs is a member of.
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“Like it or lump it, he’ll stick his finger up or not and you’ve got to get on with the next ball”
Former England captain Andrew Flintoff has announced that the Decision Review System (DRS) should be scrapped in order to allow umpires to make their own decisions.
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“He might still be a little disappointed but he won’t read anything in the book that he wouldn’t have known about himself or how I felt about it around the team”
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has announced that he wants his successor, Michael Clarke, to read his autobiography, At The Close of Play, when it officially releases.
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“He has left a legacy in the dressing room”
Legendary India batsman Rahul Dravid believes Sachin Tendulkar “would have listened to his heart” before announcing that he would retire after his 200th Test match, which is set to come against the West Indies in his hometown of Mumbai next month.
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“We had an opportunity to win the Champions Trophy and the Ashes in a short space of time and we didn’t quite take it”
England captain Alastair Cook has publicly admitted that he and his team-mates “are always going to be disappointed by the Champions Trophy final”, in which they lost to India by five runs in Birmingham.
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Kohli will first have to focus on Australia before getting hyped up about India’s tour of South Africa
India vice-captain Virat Kohli has announced that he is hoping the national team’s tour of South Africa does go ahead as it will “set the standard for our young team”.
