“I’m expecting to see more of that in this series”
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South Africa ODI captain AB de Villiers has announced that he expects the hostilities and sledging between the Proteas and Australia to resume during their tri-series match, which gets underway today in Harare.
“Broad’s dig hurt me the most”
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England pace bowler Stuart Broad is set to receive a stern warning from England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chairman Giles Clarke after he questioned Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal’s bowling action via his Twitter account.
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“I’m really excited to captain this group of players because they are a group of players that always want to improve and I think you need that in international cricket”
Issuing a warning to Australia ahead of their Twenty20 series and the other nations that will be participating in the upcoming World Twenty20 in Bangladesh, England Twenty20 captain Stuart Broad has announced that his side have a “pretty scary batting line-up”.
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“Obviously they’re hugely talented but it’s a very different line-up to the one I’ve become accustomed to playing against”
South Africa captain Graeme Smith has issued a warning to India ahead of the first Test in Johannesburg, saying that they will feel the heat and experience firsthand why the Proteas are the number one Test team in the world.
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“I feel Kohli seems to [have] stepped into the shoes Sachin left behind”
Legendary South Africa pace bowler Allan Donald has announced that he believes India vice-captain Virat Kohli has the potential to become the next Sachin Tendulkar.
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“Someone should tell [the] Pakistani media and other Pakistanis that no matter how good Tendulkar is, they should not praise him, it is against Pakistani nationalism and against loyalty to the country”
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have issued a chilling warning to the country’s media organisations to stop praising legendary India batsman Sachin Tendulkar and start supporting captain Misbah-ul-Haq.
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“I don’t feel anything hugely to fear in this series, it’s up to me to work out and do well and make sure I’m better technically than I was”
England batsman Jonathan Trott has revealed that he is unfazed by Australia left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Johnson’s warning ahead of the first Ashes Test on November 21 in Brisbane.
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“His role’s going to be [to] go out [and] just bowl quick”
Former Australia spin king Shane Warne has announced that left-arm pace bowler Mitchell Johnson is “going to shake the English side up” during the first Ashes Test in Brisbane since he is bowling with “some serious pace”.
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“I’m certainly expecting it to be a lot closer”
Former England batsman Graeme Hick, who was recently appointed as the high performance coach at the Centre of Excellence in Brisbane, has issued a stern warning to England, stating that Australia will give them “more of a challenge” in the upcoming Ashes series after being thrashed 3-0 in August.
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“You need a bit of luck, and you can’t over-estimate how much that plays a part”
England vice-captain and wicketkeeper Matt Prior has announced that he is on a mission to score some runs in the upcoming Ashes series after lady luck refused to shine down on him during the last series, where he only scored 133 runs at a disappointing average of 19.
