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Pakistan don't get to play a lot of the top nations: Grant Bradburn

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  by    Cricbuzz Staff   •    Published on   Mon, Oct 30, 2023, 09:53 PM Share Tweet Bradburn stated that the team was unwilling to throw in the towel despite their unenviable position in the qualification race © Getty Pakistan head coach Grant Bradburn lamented that his team doesn't always get to play the top teams, especially India, between ICC events. Bradburn was responding to a question on the eve of the Bangladesh clash about the fortunes of his team that has plumetted in the last month when they've gone from being the top-ranked ODI team to now needing something short of a miracle to make the final four of the ongoing World Cup. Bradburn refuted the assertion that Pakistan had been 'favourites' to win this competition at any stage and stated the ICC rankings were misleading. "Look I'm not sure where you get favourites from because there are 10 teams in this tournament, there's 150 cricketers who are the best on the planet," he said on Monday (Oc

When the mighty Aussies succumbed to the Chennai heat

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Australia let the testing conditions in Chennai get the better of them ©AFP On most days, Pat Cummins failing to pitch a delivery on that customary Pat Cummins spot would call for an inquest. On Sunday, at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, Cummins somehow managed to send a ball so far wide, that it landed off the pitch. And by  such  a margin that it was signalled a no-ball, as opposed to a wide. Apart from this being a rather rare occurrence at the highest level of cricket, the fact that Cummins was the bowler added to the shocked responses from not just those around the field but even Virat Kohli, the batter on strike. In the Australian captain's defence, he was attempting a leg-cutter, and that too with a ball that had begun to soak in the significant amount of dew around the outfield. Not to forget the sweat on his own hands on what was an incredibly humid evening. It also came at a stage when Kohli and KL Rahul had resurrected the Indian innings and put the home team well