Cricket News In Brief – February 3, 2012 – Part 1 - Live Cricket Updates
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 pacers have wrecked Pakistan’s top order to put a strong statement in the 3rd and final Test match played at the Dubai International Stadium.
The rout began as early as the first over with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SCJ-Broad-c2465 joined in the fun to demolish the hosts, which currently reel at 21 for 5.
Earlier, Misbah-ul Haq won the toss and chose to bat first with only one change made to the lineup, which claimed an emphatic victory at Abu Dhabi – pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Junaid-Khan-c77037. England stuck with an unchanged lineup.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 as they claimed a straightforward victory by a 90-run margin in the 1st ODI, played at Dunedin.
The hosts made 248 while batting first with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Guptill-c1980 top scoring with a Match winning knock of 70.
In reply, only http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BRM-Taylor-c1200 offered resilience by making an aggressive 58, as the tourists were bowled out on 158 in 41.1 overs.
Pakistani skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Amir-c76675, following his release from jail.
The young Pakistani pacer was banned by ICC, along with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Asif-c1993, for his alleged involvement in spot-fixing.
They were also handed separate jail sentences with Amir having fulfilled half of his term, before being released earlier in the week. Misbah stated that the whole saga was sad, but was not too keen in getting involved in a debate over his comeback.
England pacer, Chris Tremlett is expected to be out of competitive action for up to three months, following a surgery to his back pain.
The pacer played in the first Test against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 at Dubai but flew back to England after experiencing a recurrence of his injury, which earlier had kept him out for considerable time frame.
He is also expected to miss his team’s trip to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, which will begin from the end of March. "Scans reveal a bulging disc and may require a little clean up. Hopefully back playing mid to end of April," the pacer revealed on the social website, Twitter.
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