Akmal last played international cricket in April 2014
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After knocking on the national selectors’ door for the last couple of months with a string of strong performances in domestic cricket, Kamran Akmal has finally regained his spot in Pakistan’s ODI and Twenty20 squads for the upcoming tour of the West Indies.
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Kohli became the fastest cricketer to score 17 ODI centuries
India opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan and vice-captain Virat Kohli kept the national team’s hopes of winning the seven-match ODI series against Australia alive as they both registered centuries to make a mockery of the baggy greens’ total of 350 in the sixth ODI in Nagpur.
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“I had plenty of highlights in an England career that spanned nine years, during which time I became the world’s top-ranked Test bowler”
England pace bowler Steve Harmison, who picked up 223 wickets in 63 Test matches, has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
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Teams will now receive two reviews, regardless of how many they have used, after 80 overs in an innings
The International Cricket Council (ICC) have announced that the number of reviews teams have will be topped back up to two after 80 overs of play in a Test match innings.
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This is Hales’ first stint at the number one spot
Pakistan Twenty20 captain Mohammad Hafeez has reclaimed his number one spot on the ODI all-rounders rankings after an outstanding series against Zimbabwe, while England opening batsman Alex Hales has topped the Twenty20 batsman rankings following his scintillating performance against Australia.
This is the third time Clarke has topped the ICC Test batsmen rankings
Australia Test captain Michael Clarke has once again re-established himself as the world’s greatest Test batsman after scoring two double hundreds in the recently concluded three-Test series against South Africa.
Starc has troubled a lot of international batsmen with his brute pace and bounce
Australia left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Starc has been in sublime form over the past couple of months, and is likely to have nearly all of the Indian Premier League (IPL) teams drooling at the prospect of being able to sign him for next year’s tournament.
Mendis is still struggling to recover from the side strain he picked up in the World Twenty20
Sri Lanka spinner Ajantha Mendis has been ruled out of the limited overs series against New Zealand after failing to fully recover from a side strain he sustained in the opening game of the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20 against Zimbabwe.
