Cricket News In Brief – October 17, 2011
In a pulsating encounter, South African's fought back strongly to the level the T20 series by winning the second game by 3 wickets.
Chasing 148 to win, the hosts were seven down before http://www.senore.com/Cricket/WD-Parnell-c2787 (29off 11) and Rusty Theron (30 off 16) added 64 in 27 balls for the 8th wicket, guiding the team to victory.
The two will now lock horns in 3 50-over matches, with the first game commencing on 19th of this month.
Indian top-order batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737 believes that his team will take full use of its spin contingent in toppling the England for the remainder of the series.
The Men In Blue won the first of the five one-dayers by 126 runs, with spin duo of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RA-Jadeja-c2238 grabbing six English scalps among them.
It was the first victory of the Indians in over two months since returning home winless, from their tour of Poms and Kohli feels that it has boosted the confidence of the team.
Pakistani skipper, Misbah- ul- Haq still feels that the Sri Lankans are a difficult opposition to beat in the longer format of the game, despite their 11-match winless streak.
"http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, no doubt, is one of the best teams in the world and especially in these conditions," Misbah said.
The Men In Green will battle the Lankan http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Lions-c808 in three Test match series in UAE, commencing from tomorrow.
Kangaroo young pacer, Patrick Cummins has been selected in the Test squad to face http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 after impressing in the two T20s.
The 18-year-old took 5 wickets at an impressive average of 10.20 in the two T20s, and his good showings has now earned him a place in the Test team is well.
The player is touted to be in the mould of former Test bowler, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Brett-Lee-c48419 with the ability to bowl well over 90 Km per hour.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 speedster, Jade Dernbach said that the second one dayer is a must win for his side, hoping to improve in all three departments of their game.
"There are quite a few areas where we went wrong in the last match and in order to pose challenge to India we have to improve in all three departments of the game," said Dernbach
The Poms are currently 1-0 down in the series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 after suffering a mammoth loss by 126 runs.
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