Cricket New In Brief – August 28, 2011 - Part 1
England to play high quality cricket in the upcoming one-day series against World Champions
India, revealed England’s national selector http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Geoffrey-Miller-c58870.
The English have decided to go into the five-match One Day International series with a blend of young and experienced players instead of totally relying on the pros.
It is believed that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KP-Pietersen-c1806 has been rested in the limited overs series because the management wanted to give the young players a chance to play against India.
Players like http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alex-Hales-c985 have been included in the squad.
Board of Control for Cricket in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 this
summer, where the number one team fell to the third spot in Test rankings.
According to well placed sources, the board is also going to seek a report from the head coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Duncan-Andrew-Gwynne-Fletcher-c54742 before taking a decision regarding the changes in the national team.
South African-born Ant Botha has retired from competitive cricket due to a chronic elbow injury. After a career span of sixteen years, Botha at the age of 34 years had no option other than to bid farewell to the game because of not being
able to cope with the work load in county cricket.
The veteran had an illustrious county career while playing for Derbyshire and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warwickshire-c862.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IJL-Trott-c1576 insists he is comfortable with his role in the one-day team,
the 30-year-old batsman has been blamed by critics for scoring slow in the one-day format, however, he insists that it is a role his team management wants him to play.
Trott smashed 69 runs off 105 deliveries in a one-day match against Ireland. The batsman admitted that he did not reach the boundaries in the match as he should have; nonetheless, he helped the team win the match which is more important.
Meanwhile, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ireland-c751 has commemorated Trott for playing a commendable knock in the match by expressing his support for the batsman.
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