Cricket News In Brief – October 27, 2011 – Part 2
The Men In green have made a slow start to their first innings on Day 2 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 in quick succession.
Resuming on 42 for no loss, Lanka pacers consistently troubled the openers before Dhammika Prasad claimed both the scalps, which fell in the opening hour.
Earlier on Day 1, Pakistan’s bowling line-up produced another power-packed performance to dismiss their opponents on 239, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779 top scoring with 78.
Windies explosive batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KA-Pollard-c1754 has suffered a shoulder injury and will be out of action for up to three weeks.
The player picked up the injury during a domestic game for Trinidad & Tobago and will take no further part in the Regional 50 game tournament.
However, Pollard is most likely to be fit for his team’s tour of the sub-continent, where they play Indians in the One Day International from 29th of next month.
Australian veteran batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RT-Ponting-c2377 stated that he is relishing the aspect of not have to take the added responsibility of leading the Kangaroo side.
"It's different but I'm really enjoying this phase of my career.I think my own game (cricket, that is) was suffering as a result of all the other stuff I was dealing with,” said Ponting.
Currently, the player is on duty for the national team, where they are set to play the Proteas in the deciding third ODI game at Durban on the 28th of October.
Windies skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747.
“We did some good things in this match and we saw some players getting some good performances but overall as a team we need to show some improvement as we look to win the next match and take the series,” Sammy said.
The second Test match will begin on the 29th of this month at Dhaka.
Indian Skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
It helped the Men In Blue clean sweep Poms 5-0, with Dhoni being named the Player of the Series.
Meanwhile, South African http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GP-Swann-c1501.
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