Australia down http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 by four wickets at Sharjah - Cricket News Roundup – Part 1 – August 29, 2012
Australia drew first blood against Pakistan in the three-match one-day series on Tuesday, winning the opening match by four wickets with ten deliveries remaining, at Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
Batting first, Pakistan never had the game in their control as they kept losing wickets. Youngsters http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Akmal-c94595 (52) were the only two batsmen to have exhibited some form against the belligerent Australian pace attack.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MA-Starc-c1871’s staggering five-wicket haul brought devastation upon the Men in Green, reducing them to a total of 198 in 45.1 overs.
While defending the total, Pakistan managed to take six wickets, but it was not enough to stop http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 from going home happy.
Aussie skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978, was the best batsman for smacking a resilient knock of 66, followed by an unbeaten innings of 57 by GJ Bailey.
Admitting the difficulty the Australian batsmen had to face against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 said, “The Pakistan spinners bowled well. Ajmal's quite hard to pick. We will look at footage of him and look to play him better. I thought it was a bit cooler tonight. I think we handled the conditions better tonight.”
Things went awry for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 in their ODI campaign against South Africa on Tuesday, as they lost the game at The Rose Bowl, Southampton by a nerve-wracking margin of 80 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/HM-Amla-c1557’s antagonizing innings of 150, left the Poms in ruins and without any ideas, as the Proteas amassed an intimidating tally of 287 runs on the board.
The English skipper, Alastair Cook, was the first to crumble in front of pressure, losing his wicket without scoring a run.
The hosts managed to reach 207 in 40.4 overs before getting bowled-out. From England, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Huzefa-Mohammed-Patel-c63657 were the top batsmen for giving an individual performance of 45 runs.
England skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026, has admitted that his boys dropped too many catches at Southampton.
In his interview after the second ODI against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757, the left-handed batsman said, “We just didn't play very well It's frustrating to drop catches, we're training really hard but they're not sticking. There's no reason why they're going down.”
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