Australia’s tour of West Indies: Ryan Harris wants to be part of Aussie squad for long – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RJ-Harris-c2330, the 32-year-old pacer, is buoyant regarding his fitness and hopes to stay a part of the Australian squad for as long as his body allows him. The speedster from Sydney has had an injury prone career but it seems that he has finally overcome the medical problems and is now looking to extend his stay with the Australian team.
In the past, Australian selectors were quite reluctant to play Harris in Tests, as the bowler had the capacity to break down during matches. But Australian skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978 and selectors showed faith in him by picking him for the tour of West Indies.
Harris, who is known as Ryano amongst his teammates, justified the selection by producing a Man of the Match effort in the first Test match against the Caribbean contingent. Ryano gashed five wickets in the match while playing a crucial knock of 68 runs in the first innings.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harris-c61739, who had to toil hard for his wickets, said, “I've got a perfect fitness base now. I've played four games back in Australia, bowled plenty of overs and got through about another 36 here. I feel as if I'm going really well and I want to be a part of this team and squad for as long as I can.”
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 down to the wire in the first Test match at the Kensington Oval, Bridgetown. Though, the visitors won the game by three wickets, it required a lot of hard work from everyone in the Australian team.
Harris termed the match as one of the toughest games he has ever been part off. The right-armer held that the conditions were very demanding however, he was happy that he pulled it off without getting injured.
The 32-year-old praised his skipper for making the bold decision to declare the innings and believes that the match could have ended in a draw had http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 not declared at the right time.
He said, “I thought the declaration where we were weighing it up out there, how many overs we wanted and Michael took the initiative and pulled us off which I thought was good. That last over, I couldn't score so we were probably wasting time. It shows now we needed that bit of time and we had that because of that declaration.”
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