Cook, Bell steady http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 – Cricket News Roundup – May 21, 2012 – Part 1
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KAJ-Roach-c1758 and Shannon Gabriel kept the hosts in check.
Needing 191 to win, England resumed with Cook and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705.
They again wobbled after Trott (13) and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 departed early on. However, an unbroken 50-run stand between Cook and Bell helped the home side to recover and stabilize their position in the match.
Following their 10-wicket defeat against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Dravid-c2229 said that he will reassess his role before making a final call of whether to continue playing in the Indian Premier League.
The Royals bowed out of the season five after losing consecutive games against Deccan Chargers and Indians – finishing a disappointing 7th in the table. Dravid now claims that he wants to nurture younger players and may have a re-think over his
playing days.
"I really don't know. I will have to think over. I would take a break and decide about my role. I will talk to my family and also the management of the Rajasthan Royals about my role and then I would decide. My goal is to develop young players," Dravid said.
Deccan Chargers’ skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DW-Steyn-c1409, following his impressive match-winning display which knocked out pre-tournament favourites Royal Challengers Bangalore from the IPL.
Needing a win to make it into the top four, the Challengers buckled under pressure in a paltry chase of 133, failing to deal with Steyn, who ended the match with sensational match figures of 4-0-8-3. He took early wickets of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221 and Tillakaratne
Dilshan before returning to clean up http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Z-Khan-c98379.
Chargers’ 9-run victory further helped them to finish 8th in the season.
“I think he has bowled a few good spells like this. Coming in a crunch game like this, he carried us through with the entire deck on his shoulders. That's why he is the best bowler in the world," said Sangakkara.
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