“Waqar no doubt was a great player for Pakistan but as a coach he was a total failure”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal believes that Waqar Younis did more harm than good during his two stints as head coach in 2010-2011 and 2014-2016.
“No one has ever won six so there’s always that carrot for me”
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Veteran England batsman Ian Bell has revealed that he is determined to regain his spot in the Test team ahead of the Ashes in Australia later this year.
“I felt I just didn’t have that energy to do it”
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Alastair Cook has admitted that England’s stagnation was one of the factors that led to him stepping down as Test captain on Monday.
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Hong Kong has selected former Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Ryan Campbell in their Asia Cup squad and World Twenty20 side.
“I feel it’s the best time to leave it to the next guy to lead us so I can focus on my game as a player”
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Elton Chigumbura has stepped down as Zimbabwe captain after his side’s four-match Twenty20 series against Bangladesh ended as a 2-2 draw.
“The best player should bat at No.3 and I think he’s clearly our best player right now”
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Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes that current skipper Steven Smith should bat at number three in Test matches.
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“For his long-term management perspective he won’t be available for [the] match against UAE”
India pace bowler Mohammed Shami has missed the national team’s World Cup match against the United Arab Emirates due to a knee injury.
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“Cricket is a confidence game and we have been playing well in the last three-four months”
Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq has announced that he believes his “team is in good shape” as they prepare to defend their Asia Cup title.
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“Alastair will just go out and do his job and if his side is winning then there’s not much else he can do”
Legendary Australia captain Steve Waugh has announced that England skipper Alastair Cook should not concern himself with former Australia spin king Shane Warne’s comments about him being “negative, boring [and] not very imaginative”.
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“It was a good learning curve for a new coach”
Fresh off a 3-0 thrashing in the first leg of the Ashes series, Australia coach Darren Lehmann has admitted that he still has a lot to learn about being the head coach of a national team.
