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Retirement Is Temporary, Comeback Is Permanent: Twitter Reacts As Shahid Afridi Retires From International Cricket

Putting an end to all the speculations of another comeback to the Pakistan team, Shahid Afridi has announced his retirement from international cricket. The maverick all-rounder nicknamed ‘Boom Boom’, had already quit Test cricket in 2010 and retired from one-day internationals in 2015 while he stepped down as the T20 skipper last year. An explosive batsman, […]

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Marlon Samuels Cleared To Bowl In International Cricket

West Indies all-rounder Marlon Samuels has been cleared to resume bowling in international cricket after his remodeled action was found legal, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Thursday (February 16). The 36-year-old was banned from bowling in December 2015 after being reported during the Galle Test against Sri Lanka earlier in October. It was the second time […]

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Kevin Pietersen Quits International Cricket? Well Yes, Maybe!

Former England skipper Kevin Pietersen hasn’t announced his international retirement yet but in a chat with SAcricketmag.com recently, the flamboyant batsman dropped a hint, a sure shot rather, of not playing for England anymore. Kevin Pietersen, 36, was in news lately for his tweet, ‘#BringBackKP, which stirred talks all-over as it seemed like he is initiating […]

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ICC Not In Hurry, Giles Clarke Hopeful To See International Cricket Returning In Pakistan

Giles Clarke, the International Cricket Council (ICC), Task Force Committee Head and England and Wales Cricket Board President (ECB), who is on a two-day tour to Pakistan to take the stock of the situation for cricket, has expressed the revival of international cricket in Pakistan will take some time as the governing body is not […]

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Chris Gayle Wants To Make Test Return In 2018 And Play International Cricket Till He Reaches 50

West Indies’ swashbuckling batsman Chris Gayle is eager to play international cricket till he reaches 50 before expressing he is also eyeing a Test return in 2018 after playing his last Test in 2014 against Bangladesh. “I want to be the first man to play till 50,” explosive opener Gayle told Fox Sports. The 37-year-old […]

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Zimbabwe’s Brian Vitori Suspended From Bowling In International Cricket

Zimbabwe fast-bowler Brian Vitori has been suspended from bowling in international cricket after he failed the bowling test conducted at the University of Pretoria in South Africa on December 12. In the assessment, he was found exceeding the limit of 15-degree and thus has been banned from bowling in international cricket. “Vitori can appeal against any procedural aspect of […]

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I Used To Wear Other People’s Shoes Before Playing International Cricket: Ravindra Jadeja

Ravindra Jadeja’s rise from humble and troubled backgrounds to glittering heights of international cricket is very well-documented. The Indian all-rounder’s father Anirudhsinh was a watchman for a private security agency while his mother Lata died in an accident in 2005 which nearly made him quit cricket. But the Saurashtra player fought against all odds and […]