Cricket News In Brief - September 6, 2011 - Part 2
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045, which saw them losing the only Test and a One Day Series.
"I am surprised by the sudden decision but I am not shocked,” said Shakib. He also shared that he will respect the board’s decision and will carry on playing for the country.
Many believe his axing was related to a strained relationship with the selectors, where the player also voiced his concerns over not getting a saying in squad selection.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Harold-William-Stephenson-c61707 Carter, the managing director of Hawk-eye, has publically admitted that the technology was at fault
in the first Test match between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 and Sri Lanka.
Kangaroos' opener, Phil Hughes, was wrongly adjudged leg before wicket after Hawk-eye indicated that the ball was going on to hit the stumps.
Carter apologized and cited several factors, the main being that the ball travelled less than 40cm between pitching and hitting the player’s pad, which led to a calculation error.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 Cricket Board defended its stance on the handling of the spot-fixing issue, which shook the cricketing world last year.
It led to long term bans on http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Asif-c1993, with the latter claiming that the PCB could have done more to support the players.
However, a spokesman from the board said that they did everything in their power to save the trio but the matter was out of their hands as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 was directly involved.
BCCI have named 31-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556.
India’s troubles on the English tour have increased after the Little Master was ruled out of the limited-over International through a toe injury.
Badrinath has been a fluent run-getter in the T20 arena and will look to provide stability to a depleted squad.
Australian skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, which will see him claim his first series win as Test captain.
"We've still got a lot of work to do," he said. "We didn't come here to win one Test match, we've come to win three Test matches. We have to be at our best always."
The Kangaroos are leading the 3 match Test series 1-0, mainly due to a good showing from their bowlers.
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