Australia beat hosts West Indies in the 1st T20I - Cricket News Roundup – Part 1 – March 28, 2012
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 in the first T20 International by eight wickets at Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia, as the Aussies chased a tally of 151 runs to win in 20 overs.
Australia’s ace all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Watson-c2558 led the run chase as he hammered the West Indies bowlers, ripping apart the tourists.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MEK-Hussey-c1942 who smashed a knock of 59 runs to help the side reach the required target in 18.1 overs for the loss of only two wickets.
After being named as the Player of the Match, Watson said, “It's nice, good to be able to put a complete performance together. I was thinking 160-170 was a par score, it's a beautiful wicket and a pretty small boundary as well, so we thought 150 would be
good to chase.”
West Indies skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382, admits that his side was overplayed by Australia in the opening match of the T20 series.
Speaking in the post match interview, Sammy said, “We were looking for about 170 but the Australians bowled well and maybe outplayed us today. We have one more game in Barbados and hope to change things there. We might try to add some firepower to the bowling
for the next game."
In the ongoing Faysal Bank Super Eight T-20 Cup, Karachi Zebras won their match against Faisalabad Wolves by
eight wickets after successfully chasing 120 runs to win the match.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Manzoor-c74308 hammered a belligerent knock of 54 runs, while Anwar Ali took three wickets.
Lahore http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peshawar-c832 Panthers at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in a sensational way
after beating their opponents by 34 runs.
Initially after getting bowled-out for 113 runs, Lahore bowlers won the match for their team as they incinerated Peshawar’s batting line-up on 79 runs in 19.3 overs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Wahab-Riaz-c95839 from Lahore Lions were named as the Player of the Match.
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