Cricket New In Brief – August 27, 2011 - Part 1
Five England players named in the Test Team of the Year,exhibiting the rising superiority of the England cricketers in the longest and the oldest version of the game.
The names of the players in the team of the year were announced by former West Indian great http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465.
England became the number one team in Test cricket this month after grabbing a 4-0 Test series win against the former number one team India.
Former West Indian great Clive Lloyd believes India’s lack of appropriate preparation led them to their demise in England, as team India lost the Test series against the Poms by 4-0.
While speaking to newsmen, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 to whitewash the then number one Test team in the world, however, India’s overconfidence and lack of preparation left them with a bitter defeat this summer.
Referring to Virender Sehwag’s disappointing cameo in the series, Lloyd insisted that India should have had more practice games before the start of the series as players cannot regain form by practicing in the nets.
Pakistan’s former one-day captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Somerset-c843 in the upcoming semi-final match on Saturday at Edgbaston.
Afridi, who has retired from international cricket, is playing for Hampshire in the ongoing Twenty20 domestic tournament in England, where he has flared quite well and believes that the side has many players capable of delivering exuberant performances for
the team.
The 31-year-old Afridi said that Saturday’s fixture will be a pressure game and as a professional cricketer players need to know how to handle pressure situations to come out victorious.
India’s injured http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yuvraj-Singh-c98364 reveals he hated his father when he was a kid, talking on an Indian television show, the 29-year-old all-rounder made startling revelations about his father’s strict upbringing methods which made Singh hate his
father while he was growing up.
According to Yuvraj, his father wanted him to focus all his efforts towards becoming a cricketer. Talking about his injuries, Singh said that getting excluded from the national squad because of injuries has been hard on him, however, he always manages to
regain fitness for the sake of the love that he has for the game.
Australia’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 beaten by 4-0.
Lee insisted that India will face difficulty in facing the English seamers under the playing conditions in England; nonetheless, he rooted for India to avenge the Test defeat.
Talking about England’s performance this summer, the Australian pacer admitted that England had completely outplayed India as the Indians were overthrown from the number one spot in Test cricket after losing the third Test of the series.
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