http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in trouble at 65 for 5 – Cricket News Roundup – Part I – October 2, 2012
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 spinners ran riot to have Australia against the ropes at 65 for 5 in the 14th over, after putting a par 149 for 6 on the board, in their do-or-die Super Eight match, being played at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
Openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/George-Bailey-c1480 (15) in his two overs bowled so far, conceding just four runs.
Earlier Pakistan rode on Nasir Jamshed’s calculated half-century to set a respectable total of 149 in their stipulated twenty overs, after getting off to a meticulous start. Kamran Akmal (32) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdul-Razzaq-c41623 (22) were the other notable contributors.
Pakistan Playing XI:
Mohammad Hafeez*, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Gul-c94604, Saeed Ajmal, Raza Hasan
Australia Playing XI:
SR Watson, DA Warner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/XJ-Doherty-c2804
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, saying they did that with right intentions.
Jayawardene and his deputy http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Mathews-c913 have both been recently handed fines for slow over rates and a further offence would mean the player would be handed a one-match ban, and the Sri Lankan team management did not want to risk its key players ahead of World T20 semi-finals.
"The intention was not wrong. I had a warning for an over-rate issue, and if it happened again I could have missed the next match,” said Jayawardene after his side qualified for the semi-finals with a 15-run win over England. “We don't want to miss the big games, so we did it with the right intentions,” he added further.
Former Pakistan captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aamer-Sohail-c41418 has questioned Mohammad Hafeez’ decision to bat first against arch-rivals India in a crunch Super Eight match, at Colombo on Sunday.
“Pakistan should have realised that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750’s strong point is their batting and they can chase a big total, so why did they bat first?” said the former top-order batsman Aamer Sohail during a TV show. “Our eleven was not chosen with India in mind,” he added further.
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