“It’s just not the day to be playing cricket”
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Cricket Australia have decided to abandon all ongoing Sheffield Shield matches following South Australia batsman Phillip Hughes’ horrific injury.
“It’s just to freshen him up and make sure he’s right to go for the summer”
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Australia left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Johnson has been rested for the remainder of the ongoing ODI series against South Africa in order to get prepared for the upcoming four-Test series against India.
“There are still a lot of unknowns and doubts about it from my perspective, so I’ve decided to sit this one out”
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Australia opening batsman Chris Rogers has refused to play in Victoria’s day-night Sheffield Shield match against Tasmania due to fatigue and his discomfort with using a pink ball.
“Thankfully he’s just got back from the hospital and there’s no major damage”
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New South Wales batsman Ben Rohrer is set to make a quick return after he was hit on the side of the head by a bouncer from Victoria pace bowler Chris Tremain.
Wade has been banned for one match and fined 50 per cent of his match fee
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Victoria captain Matthew Wade has been suspended for one game and fined 50 per cent of his match fee after he broke a window during his side’s Matador Cup match against Queensland at North Sydney Oval on Tuesday.
“Matthew has extensive coaching experience both in Australia and abroad and comes with a proven reputation”
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Ireland have added Sussex’s Carl Hopkinson and former Queensland and Victoria batsman Matthew Mott to their coaching staff ahead of the 2015 World Cup.
“I could not be happier to have signed at a place that has given me a great amount joy over the course of the last five months”
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Australia pace bowler John Hastings has signed a new one-year deal that will keep him at Durham until the end of the 2015 County season.
Atapattu will be Sri Lanka’s first local head coach in 15 years
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Interim Sri Lanka head coach Marvan Atapattu has been appointed to the position permanently after a six-week process.
Wagga Wagga will host its inaugural Sheffield Shield match in February
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The rural city of Wagga Wagga will host its maiden Sheffield Shield match after New South Wales announced that two of their games late in the season will be held outside Sydney.
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Lynn revealed that he found it hard to see the pink ball
Cricket Australia’s general manager of cricket operations Sean Cary has announced that the board is still committed to playing day-night cricket, despite complaints from domestic players about it being hard to see the pink ball.
