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Soon after West Indies coach Phil Simmons lamented players prioritizing playing in T20 leagues over representing their countries, star all-rounder Andre Russell took to Instagram to respond to his comments. "It hurts. There's no other way to put it. But what can you do? I don't think that I should be begging people to play for their countries. I think if you want to represent West Indies, you will make yourself available," Simmons had been quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo. Russell took to Instagram to share a picture of a news article on Simmons' comments and captioned it "I know this was coming but am gonna stay quiet!!!"

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WATCH | Absolute scenes! Bok skipper Kolisi joins Gwijo Squad in song welcoming Dweba

Springbok captain Siya Kolisi, not one to miss out on a chance to break into song, joined the Gwijo Squad outside the team hotel in Johannesburg on Thursday night in a singalong welcoming hooker Joseph Dweba.

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Foster on ropes in South Africa as All Blacks seek end to dismal run

The New Zealand Herald has called embattled All Blacks coach Ian Foster "a decent man who is out of his depth in a brutal business" as he prepares for a Test that could seal his fate.

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Kieron Pollard, Trent Boult Among High-Profile Signings Of MI Emirates For Upcoming T20 League

Kieron Pollard, Nicholas Pooran, Trent Boult and Dwayne Bravo are some of the high-profile names to be signed by MI Emirates for the inaugural edition of UAE's International League T20. The squad will be based in Abu Dhabi, and includes a mix of current and past MI players. The players will adorn MI's iconic blue and gold amongst the others. The players have been signed as per the league guidelines and the local players from UAE will be added to the squad in the near future.

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Watch: Hayden Walsh Junior Takes Stunner To Dismiss Kane Williamson In West Indies vs New Zealand First T20I

The first T20I between West Indies and New Zealand on Wednesday saw some exceptional fielding by the West Indies players at the Sabina Park in Jamaica. Shimron Hetmyer set the tone with a one-handed screamer to dismiss New Zealand Martin Guptill and what followed was another brilliant catch from his teammate Hayden Walsh Junior. The latter took a sensational catch on square leg to cut short Kane Williamson's stint at the crease. Odean Smith bowled a short ball to Williamson and the latter, who was batting on 47 off 32 balls, pulled it towards square leg searching a boundary but Hayden Walsh's stunner deprived him of a half-century.

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All Blacks 'making steps' despite rough patch, says hooker Taylor

It might be bravado to support embattled coach Ian Foster but hooker Codie Taylor said the All Blacks are making progress despite floundering in their worst losing streak in nearly a quarter of a century.