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“It’s the start of something pretty special”
Former Australia spin king Shane Warne has announced that he believes the national team “can get back to No.1” after having regained the Ashes for the first time in five years.
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‘What Watto did the other day was put the team first’, says Michael Clarke
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“Watto is hitting the ball as good as I’ve seen”
Australia captain Michael Clarke has lavished praise on all-rounder Shane Watson, stating that he “put the team first” when scoring his magnificent century during the third Test in Perth as he was thinking about setting England a massive target instead of bolstering his own stats.
Ashes triumph is proof that sacking Arthur was the right decision, says James Sutherland
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“Certainly looking back on it now, it looks like a pretty good decision doesn’t it?”
Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland has announced that the national team’s Ashes triumph is proof that sacking former head coach Mickey Arthur and replacing him with Darren Lehmann was the right decision.
‘This is the perfect time to leave the game’, says Sachin Tendulkar
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“Cricket has been my life, cricket was oxygen for me”
India batsman Sachin Tendulkar has announced that he believes it was the “perfect time to leave the game” as he has not been performing to the best of his abilities over the past couple of years.
‘We’ve had quite a lot of success and now it’s time to show that on the world stage’, says Jade Dernbach
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“There have been question marks over us before, but it’s time to draw a line under that and show what a good side we are”
England pace bowler Jade Dernbach has announced that there is no reason why the national team cannot win the 2014 World Twenty20 in Bangladesh, especially since they have “had quite a lot of success” as of late.
Bangladesh vs New Zealand only T20: New Zealand strike back to win T20 series
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Munro helped New Zealand end their tour of Bangladesh on a high note
Coming off a humiliating 3-0 whitewash in the ODI series, Colin Munro’s fantastic knock of 73 helped New Zealand triumph over Bangladesh in the one-off Twenty20 International in Mirpur.
Finn, Tremlett and Rankin battle for final bowling spot
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“[Rankin] gives us that option, he obviously hasn’t played a Test match or been around the Test match environment before, so interesting to see how he goes”
With pace bowler Tim Bresnan highly unlikely to be fit in time for the first Ashes Test against Australia on November 21 in Brisbane, Steven Finn, Chris Tremlett and Boyd Rankin will have to battle against each other for the final bowling spot available on the national team roster.
Retirement on the cards for Collingwood?
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“I have one year left on my contract and I would have thought that would be it after that”
Former England all-rounder and current Durham captain Paul Collingwood has hinted that he may retire from all forms of cricket when his contract with the county expires at the end of next season.
‘We have seen some quality batting and bowling’ in the Australia India series, says Rameez Raja
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Raja believes both India and Australia are playing “quality” cricket
Former Pakistan captain Rameez Raja has disagreed with ex-Australia skipper Ian Chappell’s negative views on the ongoing India Australia limited overs series, stating that he believes “we have seen some quality batting and bowling”.
‘As a team we are always going to be disappointed by the Champions Trophy final’, says Alastair Cook
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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.