Cricket News In Brief – October 05, 2011 - Part 3
England’s Captain, Alastair Cook, has urged Stuart Meaker to make good use of the opportunity after having been picked on the national squad for the upcoming series against the Indian hosts.
Though Cook has not seen much of Meaker on the field, but his statistics with the County side, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
Meaker, who has been compared with Australian speedster, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brett-Lee-c48419, expressed his delight for being picked on the English squad, citing that the opportunity is like a dream come true for the fast bowling spearhead.
Chennai Super Kings' Coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Stephen-Paul-Fleming-c91190, cited the fatigue amongst players as the major cause of his side’s recent loss against the New South Wales squad.
The former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SK-Raina-c2539 are amongst the lot of exhausted players who were recently engaged in a tough assignment in England.
The Coach also admitted that his side was to take on a mammoth chase worth 202 runs by the Aussies – which came as a competitive task for the team and had no other choice but to go with the knocks which eventually led the Chennai side to lose all its players
till the 19th over of the match.
English batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 are the tournament favourites despite the Poms marking a streak of wins across all formats of cricket, against the Men in Blue during the recent home-series.
After his Skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 – who recently ranked India series as a tough competition, Bell also commented on the upcoming tournament, citing that it will not be too easy to defeat the hosts on their own backyard.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DA-Warner-c1301, recently said that the win against Chennai Super Kings was his to cherish
after whacking the tournament’s highest aggregate of 135 runs off 69 balls on Tuesday.
“Tonight was my night, I have been practicing the switch hit a long time now in the nets. It paid off today. I have learnt a lot in the last few years, that has come through playing more four-day cricket back home," said Warner during his post-match comments.
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