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“I set the goal to make it back earlier this year and it is a great end to a tough year for me”
Troubled New Zealand opening batsman Jesse Ryder’s Christmas has come early after he was included in the national team for the upcoming five-match ODI series against the West Indies, which gets underway on December 26 in Auckland.
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“It would be nice to get back in to that opening spot”
Troubled New Zealand opening batsman Jesse Ryder has announced that he is looking to make his limited overs return when the Black Caps take on the West Indies in five ODIs and two Twenty20 Internationals.
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“There will [be] no better or stiffer test of our skills than against India”
South Africa pace spearhead Dale Steyn has admitted that the Proteas will have to find out India’s weakness the hard way in their upcoming series since they are not “intimidated by the short ball”.
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“His bowling is always getting better because he learns and when things are looking tough and hard he brings out something special”
Legendary England all-rounder Sir Ian Botham has announced that pace bowler Stuart Broad has left his critics with “egg on their faces” after he took a five-wicket haul on the first day of the first Ashes Test against arch-rivals Australia in Brisbane.
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“I had prepared myself for a little bit of stick and boos but I quite enjoyed it”
England pace bowler Stuart Broad is still buzzing after taking a five-wicket haul on the first day of the first Ashes Test against arch-rivals Australia in Brisbane.
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“When he’s got that quirky smirk on his face, he means business”
Former Australia pace bowler Brett Lee has announced that left-arm seamer Mitchell Johnson is a “silent assassin” and has the potential to inflict some serious damage on England’s mission of winning their fourth Ashes series in a row, a feat which they have not accomplished since the 1890s.
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“The main aim is to try and earn a call-up in time for that Indian tour [in January] if they don’t pick me for the West Indies tour”
Troubled opening batsman Jesse Ryder has announced that his “main goal is to play for New Zealand again” after he recently received a six-month ban for testing positive for a banned substance in March.
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“It wasn’t the worst I could have got”
Troubled New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder has admitted that he “feels fortunate” to have been handed a six-month ban after testing positive for a banned substance as he knows it could have been a lot worse.
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The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region is prone to regular Taliban attacks
Former Pakistan captain turned politician Imran Khan has announced that his party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), have launched a cricket talent programme in the troubled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region.
Taylor has responded well since making his comeback
Former New Zealand all-rounder Sir Richard Hadlee has become the latest cricketer to voice his remarks about the recent captaincy dispute involving Ross Taylor, head coach Mike Hesson and New Zealand Cricket (NZC), saying that he believes Taylor’s return to the national side after taking a prolonged break would have been one of the hardest things he has had to have faced in his international career.
