2012 U-19 Cricket World Cup: William Bosisto expects tough competition – Cricket News Roundup – August 10, 2012 – Part 4
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746’s U-19 cricket captain William Bosisto on Friday said that his side was not expecting the just to begin World Cup to be an easy journey to title defence.
"I wouldn't necessarily say that Australia is a firm favourite in any way," said Bosisto at the pre-match press conference, ahead of tournament’s curtain raiser against England, on Saturday. “There’ll be many strong sides from the subcontinent, and obviously
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, so we know there is a lot of tough competition out there," he added further.
Total 16 teams will be competing in the latest edition of the Youth Extravaganza, where the host will be defending their title.
India today, Friday, August 10, 2012, named its 15-man final squad for next month’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yuvraj-Singh-c98364 to the national set up, after his successful battle against Cancer.
The other players making comeback to the national set up after long gaps include off spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harbhajan-Singh-c61453 (one year), leg-spinner Piyush Chawla (two years) and seamer L Balaji, returning to the national side after a gap of more than three years.
"We looked at the conditions (in Sri Lanka) for the World T20. We feel that we have picked a team that will win us the World Cup,” said http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Krishnamachari-Srikkanth-c71750, the chairman of selectors. “We are very happy Yuvi (Yuvraj) has been declared fit. In 2011 World Cup,
he was the Man of the Series. He is a crucial factor from India's point of view."
India World T20 squad: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashok-Dinda-c1098
The Board of Control for Cricket in India selectors also named squad for the forthcoming two-match home Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/VVS-Laxman-c2772 has been included in the team.
The BCCI chairman of selectors, Kris Srikkanth said that they have picked up the best Test squad. The two-Test series gets underway at http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hyderabad-c792, from August 23.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Piyush-c82317
Chawla, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/I-Sharma-c1566
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