Cricket News In Brief – September 07, 2011 - Part 1
England won the second One Day International (ODI) in the ongoing five-match NatWest Series against India by seven wickets after successfully chasing a target of 188 runs.
India being put into bat by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SK-Raina-c2539 played commendable innings of 54, 32 and 40 runs.
England in response, won the match by a sensational batting spree from skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 who remained unbeaten after playing an innings of 80 runs.
England now lead the series by 1-0, after the first match was abandoned due to rain.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Inzamam-ul-Haq-c64383 insists he has lost passion for the game in which he once ruled,
Haq while giving an interview to a local newspaper clarified that he was no longer following the sport and was not seeking any cricket-related role in the country.
“I’m least interested in finding any role in cricket at any level. I have already served Pakistan cricket a lot. I’m retired now and busy managing my construction business so I don’t normally follow cricket anymore. My passion for the game has faded to some
extent,” the 41-year-old Inzamam opined.
Pink cricket ball to make debut in County Championship under flood lights on trial basis as the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has requested http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Glamorgan-c784 to use the ball in their final match of this season.
The match between the two teams will be played on 12 September, 2011. The test is being carried out to observe the possibility of holding Test matches under flood lights by using the pink ball.
England’s middle-order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Eoin-Joseph-Gerard-Morgan-c56032 crashes out of the one-day series against
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 earlier this year.
According to insiders the batsman had been undergoing treatment regarding his injury, however, after the stressful innings in the only Twenty20 match of the tournament against India, the injury made a comeback because of which http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Morgan-c77707’s participation in the
NatWest One Day International (ODI) series has been ruled out.
Morgan played a handsome innings of 49 runs in the T20 match which England won by six wickets against India.
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