“Players abandoning tours have the potential to cause irrevocable damage to the sport”
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The International Cricket Council (ICC) have issued a warning to players about abandoning tours after the West Indies recently pulled out midway through their tour of India.
“I’ve not seen any great movement by the West Indies administrators”
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Legendary West Indies batsman Brian Lara has announced that the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) needs to undergo some big changes following the national team’s decision to pull out midway through their tour of India.
West Indies captain Dwayne Bravo will still be allowed to play in the IPL
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Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Ranjib Biswal has announced that West Indian players will not be banned from playing in the tournament next year.
India are unlikely to travel to the West Indies any time soon
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) working committee has announced that they will be suspending all bilateral tours to the West Indies after the country’s national team decided to pull out of their tour of India.
“I think there are meaningless one-day games”
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Legendary India batsman Rahul Dravid believes that “one-day cricket is seriously struggling”.
“It’s something that needed to be done – and it should give me a new lease of life for the next few years”
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Just prior to undergoing surgery for his chronic knee problem, England pace bowler Stuart Broad has announced that he will be back in time for the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
“We will be monitoring his progress over the next week before deciding when he can return to training and playing”
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Australia captain Michael Clarke is currently in a race against time to be fit for the national team’s upcoming tour of the United Arab Emirates, where they will face Pakistan next month.
“If it means I have to fly a couple of days earlier than the boys on the long trips then that’s what I’ve got to do”
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Australia captain Michael Clarke has revealed that he is considering arriving earlier than his team-mates during all future overseas tours in order to ensure that he is fully fit when they start.
“What I feel is that a former cricketer of repute should be working with Mr Fletcher”
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Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) joint-secretary Anurag Thakur has announced that he would “ideally like an Indian support staff to work in tandem with” head coach Duncan Fletcher.
“We have to ensure that their top batsmen, particularly Jayawardene, are not allowed to get many runs”
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Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has announced that the national team have to limit the number of runs veteran Sri Lanka batsman Mahela Jayawardene scores in the upcoming Test series, which gets underway on August 6 in Galle.
