Cricket News In Brief – December 15, 2011 – Live Cricket News and Update
Richard Barry, the former South African batsman has urged Aussie fans to remain patient as their national team gears for a rebuilding period.
The Kangaroos have found hard to found stability in the past year, which has seen them follow behind the likes of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 as the cricket elite.
Barry also commented on the underperforming duo of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MEK-Hussey-c1942 by claiming that the selectors must axe them only if they have the adequate replacements.
Indian batting legend, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 to focus more on protecting the pinnacle format of cricket by reducing the amount of limited overs matches.
“Test cricket is the gold standard, it is the form the players want to play," Dravid said before the opening Test match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746.
The player also commented that having day-night five- day games could be an option and wants the highest governing body to seriously consider such stance.
South African captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
The Proteas have failed to win a Test series in their native country for over three years and the left-hander feels that the team must dominate all sessions in order to come up trumps.
“That's one reason why we probably haven't gone on to beat teams recently. Hopefully, we can start stringing a whole day together," said http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90598.
Pakistani team manager, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Intikhab-Alam-c64380 has stated that the Men In Green have enough fire power in their bowling ranks to topple a strong England unit.
The sub-continent side will take on the Poms in a full fledge series in January at the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 and Alam said that they are fortunate to have a complete bowling attack.
However, the manager added that his side needs to work on their fielding and batting departments as their opposition also has a very potent bowling lineup.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482, the Men In Green flamboyant all-rounder was relieved with the current state of the national side after the spot-fixing controversy.
The player is gearing to take part in the Big Bash league in Australia with Melbourne Renegades and hopes to fulfill his potential.
“The expectation is very high for me. The club is expecting a lot and the people back home want to see me performing,” added Afridi.
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