Cricket News In Brief – December 12, 2011 – Part 1 – Live Cricket News and Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Younis-Khan-c98325 being named the Player of the Match for his excellent knock of an unbeaten 200.
Resuming day 4 on 134 for 4, the hosts played attackingly with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mushfiqur-Rahim-c2045 (49) all contributing however, the potent Men In Green spin attack kept on taking wickets as the Tigers finally surrendered on 275.
Earlier, Pakistan made a whopping 594 in their first innings with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asad-Shafiq-c46208 scoring centuries while Younis went one step further to make his third double ton of the career.
New Zealand completed a heroic comeback to win the second Test against Australia by a margin of seven runs, courtesy of Doug Bracewell’s winning spell of 6 for 40 in the second innings.
Chasing 241 to win, the hosts were cruising on 72 for no loss but the fourth morning saw tides favouring the Kiwi’s who stepped up to bowl out the Kangaroos on 233 to level the two-match series.
Despite being on the losing end, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Pattinson-c1653 was named the Player of the Series after performing impeccable in his debut series.
Former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in the second Test and labelled the victory as a perfect platform for the Kiwi’s to achieve more success in the pinnacle format of the game.
The player also highlighted the importance of confidence the team gained from the heroic triumph against their close neighbours and praised young pacer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Doug-Bracewell-c1394 for his special contribution which guided the side to their first win in 26 years over
the Kangaroos.
"No it doesn't [get any bigger for New Zealand cricket]," Fleming said while talking to ESPNcricinfo. "A lot of our sides are actually measured on the way we play in Australia, which is why the series is so important to New Zealand players."
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