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[ad_1] Najam Sethi, the head of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), recently proposed the idea of hosting the Asia Cup in England. “England could be a possibility as a venue for the Asia Cup,” Najam Sethi said in a interview with an Indian media outlet. However, Salman Butt, a former Pakistani cricketer, expressed his reservations about hosting the Asia Cup in England, stating that it would not make sense to have a neutral venue for a tournament that is meant to represent the Asian continent. “A neutral venue like this [England] is not viable for Asia Cup, it will not make sense as it will mean that there is not a single venue in Asia where it could be held,” Salman Butt said. Butt argued that for the sake of giving options, you can provide as many as possible, but it is important to see if they are feasible or not. “You can include England in it and make it Euro-Asia Cup. You can also give this suggestion. In the past, Austral-Asia Cup used to take place in which Australia...

[ad_1] Skipper Rohit Sharma said he was bored of talking about India's pitches after the hosts lost the third Test to Australia on a wickedly turning Indore track on Friday. "This pitch talk is getting too much. Every time we play in India it's always about the pitch," Rohit told reporters after his side's nine-wicket loss. Rohit highlighted the first Test between South Africa and the West Indies, which ended inside three days on a fast Centurion surface on Thursday, and said that batting-friendly tracks, like the ones in Pakistan’s home Test series, produced "boring" contests. "People have to play well for the game to last for 5 days. Games are not lasting for five days even outside India. Yesterday, in South Africa, the game got over in three days. If the pitches are helping the bowlers, the batters need to try and test their skills," Rohit said. "It's not about always making sure that we are playing on flat pitches and the...