Cricket News In Brief – September 23, 2011 – Part 2
Former Indian legend, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780 fighting with his lung disease.
The player will be long remembered as one of the greatest Captains to ever have led the Indian side, and was known for his traditional tactics and the person to install a winning belief in the Men In Blue.
In total he played 46 Tests for his country, scoring 2793 runs at an average of 34.91, with an unbeaten knock of 203.
England's ODI captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 has been named as the most valuable player at the Professional Cricketers Association annual dinner.
The player had an astonishing season with the Poms, leading them to crucial wins over http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
"The MVP is an amazing award to win," said Cook. "Any time you get an award like this is great, especially in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/A-Summer-c41330 when there's been so many outstanding performances.”
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747, starting next month.
The other notable absentees include middle-order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJ-Bravo-c1379.
Gayle has not featured for the national team after they exited from the World Cup 2011 earlier in the year.
Pakistani legendary cricketer, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
"What went wrong was the IPL and an emphasis on the limited version of the game, not realising that ultimate test of the team is the Test cricket," said http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imran-c64193.
The cricketer turned politician believes that the main focus should remain on achieving Test supremacy.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045, naming four uncapped players for the ODIs and one-off Test.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Doug-Bracewell-c1394 has been given a berth in both formats of the game.
The tour which starts next month, will be new skipper Ross Taylor’s first assignment after taking over from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DL-Vettori-c1384.
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