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“We dominated three days of the Chittagong Test, so I would say we are ahead of them, mentally”
Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim believes New Zealand must be feeling the heat after the first Test match between the two nations in Chittagong ended as a draw.
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Mumbai will host Tendulkar’s 200th Test
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have announced that Eden Gardens in Kolkata and the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai will host India’s two-Test series against the West Indies next month.
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Khan’s 200 triggered Pakistan’s inspiring comeback
Zimbabwe would have thought they had a chance to make history by beating Pakistan at home before Younis Khan broke their hearts in the second innings with a brilliant unbeaten double hundred.
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England have only lost one Test match since the May Tests began in 2000
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has abandoned its traditional May Test matches, which has been going on since 2000, after deciding to move the national team’s two-Test series against Sri Lanka to June 2014 instead.
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It is only a matter of time before du Plessis replaces de Villiers as ODI captain
South Africa Twenty20 captain Faf du Plessis has admitted that his “performances need to be better” if he is to have any chance of replacing AB de Villiers as skipper of the ODI team.
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“There is no easy solution”
Legendary India batsman Rahul Dravid and former England captain Nasser Hussain have both called for the Champions Trophy to be restored and a restriction on the number of bi-lateral ODI series played.
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Farhat last played Test cricket in 2010
Pakistan batsman Imran Farhat has pulled out of the national team’s tour of Zimbabwe due to personal reasons and will be replaced by Shan Masood for the two-Test series.
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Whatmore wants the batsmen to step up and take charge
Pakistan coach Dav Whatmore has promised his side will show more heart and fight during their tour of the Caribbean after they failed to win a single game in the recently concluded Champions Trophy.
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The West Indies will not play any more Test matches this year
The International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Cricket Committee have announced that they are planning to introduce a minimum number of Test matches all Full Member nations must meet within four years in an attempt to salvage the diminishing reputation of the longest format of the game.
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Botham believes Anderson will be key to England’s success in the Ashes
England legend Sir Ian Botham believes pace bowler James Anderson has what it takes to break his record of 383 Test wickets after the 30-year-old recently became the fourth English bowler to surpass the 300 Test wicket mark during the first Test against New Zealand at Lord’s.
