Shoaib Akhtar: “I saw a video of Viru Paaji. Man, I am fed up of hearing him talk. It is the same tape he has been playing for the last 20 years – ‘300, 300, 300’. Come on, brother, I was there too when you scored that 300”
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Iconic Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has admitted that he is fed up of hearing legendary India opening batsman Virender Sehwag talk about the 300 he scored against the men in green.
Babar Azam: “When you score a century, you naturally want to go on and convert that into a double or a triple century. This is something I would like to do during the Test series”
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Pakistan batsman Babar Azam has revealed that he wants to become the fifth player from his country to score a triple century in Test cricket.
Babar Azam: “Someday I am looking at a triple century. You need to set yourself goals as all top players do”
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Pakistan batsman Babar Azam is confident that he will score a triple century in Test cricket at some point in his career.
Virat Kohli: “That’s the goal of other persons, not me”
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India captain Virat Kohli has broken numerous records and achieved a lot since he made his debut in 2008, but one thing he has yet to accomplish is scoring a triple century.
“Hash is probably going to be the last guy that plays a 100 Test matches for South Africa”
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South Africa captain Faf du Plessis believes that veteran batsman Hashim Amla could be the last Proteas player to feature in 100 Test matches.
“He bases his game around a great defence and he finds ways to be successful across all three formats”
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Former Australia skipper Michael Clarke has admitted that he it was always a nightmare for him when veteran South Africa batsman Hashim Amla strode out to the crease.
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Sangakkara became the third Sri Lankan batsman to score a triple century
Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara continued to torment Bangladesh on the second day of the second Test in Chittagong as he converted his overnight score of 160 into a maiden triple century.
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Amla became the first South African batsman to record a triple century
South Africa opening batsman Hashim Amla bagged four awards, including Cricketer of the Year, at the recent Cricket South Africa award ceremony in Sandton.
Clarke has grown increasingly frustrated with the constant failures of his batsmen
Coming off an embarrassing 4-0 whitewashing at the hands of India, Australia captain Michael Clarke lashed out at his batsmen for not being able to capitalise on the good starts they made.
Kallis believes the top order batsmen have the potential to carry on making big scores in the last two Test matches
Fresh off scoring a brilliant 147 against Australia in the first Test at Brisbane, veteran South Africa all-rounder Jacques Kallis is confident that the Proteas’ top order batsmen will continue their dominant run against the Baggy Greens during the last two Test matches of the series.
