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Former England left-arm spinner Monty Panesar expressed his desire to return to cricket having been cured of the “paranoia/schizophrenia” which sidelined him over the past few years. Panesar, 37, who was an England regular at his peak taking 167 wickets in 50 Tests — told The Daily Mail he can earn a return to first-class cricket despite being without a club since 2016. His career has jolted since being released by Sussex in 2013 after the spinner urinated on a nightclub bouncer outside a club. “My parents became worried. They wanted me to see someone,” Panesar said. “I had always thought strong people couldn’t have a problem. My cricket had always gone the way I had planned it, but suddenly things started going in a direction I hadn’t experienced since childhood. “It was a guy called Peter Gilmore who said I was suffering from paranoia/schizophrenia and that shocked me massively. Mike Brearley told me to be careful about the things I was saying to myself. Some experts ...

We are now just a few weeks away from the World Cup and excitement is mounting among cricket fans across the globe. It will be held in England and Eoin Morgan’s men are the favourites to lift the trophy after spending the past year atop the world rankings. The teams given the greatest chance of usurping them are India and Australia, as both have strong squads packed full of supremely talented ODI stars. Yet there will also be a few intriguing dark horses vying for glory at this summer’s competition and we have profiled a few that could spring a huge upset. West Indies The West Indies went into their recent ODI series against England on the back of a long losing streak and they were given little chance of toppling the world’s top-ranked team. However, they played with vigour and panache throughout and emerged with an extremely creditable 2-2 series draw when they won the final match by seven wickets. There is now renewed optimism among fans and the Windies have some magnificentl...

South African left-handed batsman JP Duminy has decided to retire from first-class and List A cricket. The all-rounder represented the Cobras in South Africa’s domestic cricket league and the news was confirmed by the team head-coach, Ashwell Prince on Friday.  In his List A career, Duminy has scored 7,408 runs with an average of 38.78. Whereas in T20 cricket he scored 6,106 runs in 252 matches, which makes him the highest run-scorer for the Proteas of the game. Duminy, however, will continue to ply his trade in the shortest format of the game across the globe. The 35-year-old has represented the Proteas in 46 Tests, 194 ODIs and 81 T20Is. South Africa to begin their 2019 World Cup campaign against India on June 5.