“The ECB are continuing to prepare for the Ashes as planned”
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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced that unless the ongoing pay dispute in Australia is resolved, they won’t send the Test team Down Under for the Ashes in November.
“I fear the game might die out as we lack talent at junior level and it’s tough to indulge kids in cricket”
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Pakistan head coach Waqar Younis has admitted that he is afraid the sport will die out in the country unless international teams start touring again.
“I will be done by the end of August”
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Sri Lanka wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara has confirmed that he will retire from Test cricket after the three-Test series against India in August.
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“Since this is technically Pakistan’s home tour, [the] PCB is being exceptionally fair in asking Bangladesh to pay a certain percentage to offset its costs”
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) are on a mission to justify their decision to ask the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) for 50 per cent of the series revenue when the national team tours the country in April-May this year.
Srinivasan has to give up his commercial interest in the Super Kings if he wants to take part in the next BCCI elections
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The Supreme Court has made it clear that Narayanaswami Srinivasan will not be allowed to take part in the next Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) elections unless he gives up his commercial interest in the Chennai Super Kings.
“He loves playing cricket for Somerset and I am sure that he would love to continue doing so but first and foremost he knows that his eye has got to be right”
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Somerset wicketkeeper-batsman Craig Kieswetter will visit eye specialists in Belgium and the United States to find out whether or not his cricketing career is over.
“Afghanistan’s cricket board does not support cricket for women, even though I have 3,700 girl cricketers across Afghanistan”
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Just four years after it was formed, the Afghanistan women’s cricket team has been dissolved due to Taliban threats, insecurity and conservative beliefs.
“Over the last 10, 12 years I’ve been playing for Australia I don’t think I’ve ever walked onto a field not being 100 per cent fit to perform”
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Australia captain Michael Clarke has been included in the squad for the first Test against India in Brisbane even though he is currently recovering from a hamstring injury.
“Without any attention being paid, we can become like Kenya and cricket will be dead in Zimbabwe”
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Former Zimbabwe captain Alistair Campbell has announced that international cricket could become extinct in the country in two years’ time unless drastic action is taken right away.
“The board recognises Misbah as the captain of Pakistan until the World Cup”
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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan has announced that he was extremely “disappointed” with the comments veteran all-rounder Shahid Afridi made after the third ODI against Australia in Abu Dhabi.
