Cricket News-in-Brief - August 17, 2011 – Part 2
Pakistan and India will face each other next year, as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has got an approval from the government.
Both teams have not been involved in a bilateral series since 2007 when India hosted Pakistan. However, there have been occasions where the two nations have collided against one another in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC’s) events.
The Indo-Pak series will comprise of three Tests and five One Day Internationals (ODIs) in March-April, 2012.
England’s off-spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556.
The latter has been unable to perform well in the ongoing Test series between the two countries.
Swann rated Dravid as a technically sound batsman and said that his wicket brings more joy to the English team compared to that of the Little Master.
Dravid has been the most successful Indian batsmen in the four-match Test series in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, scoring back-to-back centuries in the first two games. However, his effort has not been enough to save the visitors from losing the number one Test spot.
Pakistan’s discarded all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shoaib-Malik-c90088 might return to the national side as captain
of the Twenty20 and the ODI team. However, a close source in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 Cricket Board (PCB) has revealed that the decision was forced by political interference.
Malik is currently a reserve player for the tour of Zimbabwe. He did not get clearance by the board for the selection in the team since last year, but might get a chance to make a comeback once again.
Australia’s skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978 is eying an improved performance
against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in the final two ODIs of the five-match series. The Kangaroos currently lead the series by 2-1, but lost the previous game by a huge margin.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 blamed both batsmen and bowlers for a poor show in the team’s loss, but saw no reason for a comeback in the upcoming games.
Bangladesh’s coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mushfiqur-Rahim-c2045
for his fabulous century against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045.
This was Rahim’s maiden century in ODI cricket, but he was disappointed to end on the losing side.
However, Law was pleased with the overall performance of the team and vowed to give a tough time to the opposition in the remaining two games of the series.
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