Alastair Cook is left disappointed after his century failed to stop India from taking a lead in the four-match Test series - Cricket News Roundup – Part 1 – November 21, 2012
England captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026, in a recent interview after his team failed to subdue the hosts in the first Test at Ahmedabad has expressed disappointment over the outcome of the fixture.
“Technically, it might have been a good innings. But you always get more satisfaction when you do it in a winning cause or to save a game. Maybe the 230 in Brisbane, in a similar match situation, is a better innings … we weren't good enough over the five days to win. I'd have been even prouder if I'd survived and dragged a draw out of it. I'm bitterly disappointed," the England skipper said.
Chasing India’s gigantic first innings score of 521, England were forced to follow on, but the England skipper led from the front as he smashed a brilliant 176-run knock, however, this was still not enough to fend off the Indians as England’s last five wickets fell inside the morning session on Monday.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 this year.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DA-Warner-c1301 will come good in Test cricket, becoming an important part of Australia’s Test contingent in the coming years.
Warner, who is known for his explosive batting in the shorter versions of the game has not fared well in the longest format and there have been calls for finding a better option. The player has still not cemented his place in Test cricket and it is feared that a few more failures would cause his exit from this format for good.
“What he has to be able to do is adapt himself very quickly from the changeover of formats. If he's playing well and hitting the ball in the middle of the bat, then he will set up a lot of Test wins for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in the future,” said Ponting.
Former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 that the Lankans won by ten wickets after bowling out the Kiwis for 118 in the second innings.
The veteran, however, praised the performance of the bowlers including http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Trent-Boult-c2708, for giving the Lankan batsmen a tough time.
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