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“We have asked him that if there can be any consideration for the sake of the team, whether his suspension can be reduced”
Bangladesh captain Mushfiqur Rahim has called on the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to reduce the three-match ban imposed on all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan.
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Whatmore has had problems communicating with the players throughout his two-year tenure as head coach
Pakistan head coach Dav Whatmore has admitted that communicating with the players has always been an issue during his two-year tenure with the national team.
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“We wondered if he’d lost a little of his sense of team”
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has revealed that he had a lot of doubts about his successor Michael Clarke as he seemed to be living “in a different world to the rest of us” at times.
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“The IPL is not going anywhere and we run the risk of slipping behind other teams in both ODI and Twenty20 cricket if our players don’t participate”
Former England captain Andrew Strauss has announced that national team players should be allowed to play a full season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) or risk falling behind other countries in the shortest format of the game.
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Sethi is doing everything in his power to revive international cricket in Pakistan
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) interim chairman Najam Sethi has admitted that the country’s “cricket has reached the lowest ground” due to their recent string of defeats and controversies.
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Amir could fast track his return by being granted access to the PCB’s training facilities
The International Cricket Council (ICC) have announced that a five-member sub-committee, which was created to review the anti-corruption code, will look into relaxing disgraced Pakistan pace bowler Mohammad Amir’s five-year ban, which he received for his role in the 2010 spot-fixing scandal during Pakistan’s tour of England.
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Hassan is unsure whether the stadium in Sylhet will be completed in time
With the 2014 International Cricket Council (ICC) World Twenty20 fast approaching, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan in under intense pressure to ensure all venues are up to standard after his country was given the honour of hosting the event.
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Boycott believes match-fixing will plummet if the Indian government were to legalise betting
The Indian Premier League (IPL) match-fixing scandal has taken the entire cricketing world by surprise, but former England captain Geoffrey Boycott believes the only way to ensure another serious event like this never occurs again is to legalise betting in India.
Warner knows that he and Cowan cannot afford another failure
Australia opening batsman David Warner has urged the national selectors to continue having faith in him and Ed Cowan as the country’s Test openers, despite both batsmen having repeatedly failed to make substantial runs against India.
Healy wants the selectors to have more confidence in the players they choose
Former Australia wicketkeeper Ian Healy has called on Cricket Australia to stop “treating the Australian Test team like a club side” after they decided drop players who were experiencing a tough time during the recently concluded four-Test series against India.
