Ricky Ponting believes Pakistan are among the “strong teams who can cause upsets”
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Legendary Australia captain Ricky Ponting doesn’t see Pakistan as favourites to win the World Cup and instead gave that honour to England.
Afghanistan are now a Test-playing nation
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Afghanistan and Ireland have officially been granted Test status after the ICC approved them as Full Member nations.
“They’ve punched well above their weight in limited-overs tournaments”
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Former Australia pace bowler Jason Gillespie believes that Ireland deserve Test status following a string of impressive performances over the last couple of years.
“It’s certainly the best form he’s shown at international level”
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South Africa ODI captain AB de Villiers has announced that batsman Faf du Plessis is in the best form of life at the moment after he scored three centuries in the ongoing ODI tri-series against Zimbabwe and Australia.
De Villiers does not consider any team to be the favourite in this series
South Africa wicketkeeper batsman AB de Villiers has warned his team-mates that even though they are 1-0 up in the two-Test series, they should not take New Zealand lightly, especially after they were able to fight back and end their recent Test series against Sri Lanka as a 1-1 draw.
