<p><strong>Cricket News In Brief – October 13, 2011 – Part 2</strong></p>
<p><strong>Former Australian pacer, Nathan Bracken has taken Cricket Australia to court over mis-handling of his knee injury, which forced him to retire in 2010.</strong></p>
<p>The player has demanded compensation in the region of USD one million, which includes medical expenses and wages.</p>
<p>The court has been adjourned until November 30, which gives Cricket Australia added time to present some key medical files pertaining to the players injuries.</p>
<p><strong>Former Kangaroo Test Cricketer, Pat Howard has been named as Cricket Australia’s new head of high performance.</strong></p>
<p>His first assignment will be naming a permanent head coach for the team after the resignation of Tim Nielsen.</p>
<p>He has represented the national team in 20 Test matches and will effectively take charge of his new role from mid-November.</p>
<p><strong>England middle-order batsman, Jonathan Trott believes that the mix blend of youth and experience in the Poms team will ensure success on tour of the sub-continent.</strong></p>
<p>The team has performed appreciably in Test Cricket and among their new task is to ensure supremacy in the shorter format of cricket.</p>
<p>"We'd set our targets for Test match cricket and hopefully we can do it for one-dayers as well," said Trott ahead of the first One Day International against India.</p>
<p><strong>Stand in Proteas skipper, Hashim Amla believes he can easily adapt to the quick nature of the Twenty20 cricket.</strong></p>
<p>The player is set to lead the national team in two T20s against a strong Australian contingent with the first match being played today in Cape Town.</p>
<p>Amla was named the captain of the side after AB De Villiers was ruled out of the series due to an injury he suffered, while playing in the recently concluded Champions League T20.</p>
<p><strong>West Indies all-rounder, Kieron Pollard claims that the series against Bangladesh is very important for the team.</strong></p>
<p>The explosive hitter is set to feature in the first One Day International being played today, and feels that the team needs to perform well after a disappointing loss in the One-off T20.</p>
<p>"Hopefully we can go there and give a good account of ourselves [in the ODIs]," he said. “Fifty-overs games are the test of character of each team."</p>
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