“Perfect practice makes perfect”
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I believe the true secret to become a great batsman is simply by working extremely hard. I have always lived by the words of South African golf legend Gary Player who said ‘The more I practice, the luckier I get’.
The project will cost approximately 100 million rupees
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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) have announced that they planning to implement some massive upgrades at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
“The PCB is committed to holding the PSL”
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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) have announced that they have had to cancel the Pakistan Super League (PSL) once again.
“He’s been a good utility cricketer but it’s probably showing England’s hand in that they probably need to play four frontline seamers and a spinner”
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Former England coach Ashley Giles has revealed that he was hugely surprised by the national selectors’ decision to exclude all-rounder Ravi Bopara from the ODI squad for the upcoming five-match series against India.
“I would like to get back to my strength and start spinning the ball really hard and get batsmen out”
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India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has announced that he has to start bowling with a lot more aggression and a more attacking approach as he prepares for his maiden tour of England.
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“If you are passionate about Test cricket, it has to be from within”
Legendary India batsman Sachin Tendulkar has announced that the International Cricket Council (ICC) needs to “organise more Test matches if they want Test cricket to survive”.
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“He is very important for us and we have already lost the services of [Kieron] Pollard so we are giving Chris the best possible chance to be fit and recover nicely for us to use him in the future”
Flamboyant West Indies opener Chris Gayle will miss the upcoming ODI series against England, which gets underway on February 28 in Antigua, due to lower back pain.
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“It’s enjoyable, there’s no doubt about it”
Australia captain Michael Clarke has announced that the “most pleasing” thing about the ongoing Ashes series besides being 2-0 up is the fact that his side are “finally getting the results” they want after months of failures and controversies.
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“When it is at least a three-Test series, it has a little more definition in your own mind”
South Africa captain Graeme Smith has called on Cricket South Africa to end two-Test series as he believes they are pointless and don’t allow a team to register a come-from-behind win if they lose the first match.
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Lehmann and the national selectors do not want to take any chances with Clarke, Harris and Siddle
Australia’s national selectors have withdrawn captain Michael Clarke and the pace duo of Ryan Harris and Peter Siddle from their Sheffield Shield matches this week as they do not want any of them to succumb to an injury just days before the start of the Ashes series.
