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Steve Smith gets Ricky Ponting’s backing as Australia’s Test Captain

Ricky Ponting felt Australia’s Test captaincy is in safe and responsible hands under Steve Smith. The 3rd youngest skipper to ever lead the team, Steve Smith will have to jostle a huge freight of presupposition as the holder of Australia’s “2nd highest office” after the Prime Minister. Ponting wrote in a popular website that Australia can be confident […]

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Alastair Cook’s position as captain under the scanner

The England One Day International team under Alastair Cook, has been defeated in the ongoing One Day International (ODI) series by Sri Lanka, trailing 4-2 in the seven match matter. This is England’s fourth successive One Day International (ODI) series loss, which has elicited the England management to review Alastair Cook’s position as Skipper. Peter Moores, the England coach, […]

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Pat Cummins eyes Test return

Injury-prone Australian speedster Pat Cummins is eyeing a return to Test cricket if he performs well for the Sydney Thunders in the upcoming season of Big Bash League starting December 18th.  Labelled as a future leader of the Australian bowling arsenal, Cummins spent a considerable amount of time with the national team coaches during the […]

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Kevin Pietersen still has Test hopes

Out of favour England batsman Kevin Pietersen still hopes of playing Test Cricket for England again.  Pietersen is currently facing international exile (because during England’s disastrous Ashes tour of 2013-14, he was accused of indiscipline), but with England most unlikely to undergo a lot of changes in three to four months, Pietersen feels that there […]