Cricket News-in-Brief - August 18, 2011 – Part 2
Former Indian skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013. The Men in Blue are 3-0 down and will go head to head with the Poms in the final Test at the Kennington
Oval, London on Thursday, August 18, 2011.
However, Gavaskar backed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 as the captain of the Indian team in all three formats of the game. The latter had been criticised recently for his leadership skills in the longest version of the game.
According to Gavaskar, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 should improve their bowling in order to do well in Test cricket.
England’s Test match captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964 claimed that his side was not dependant on individual performances.
His statement came after the team’s leading pace bowler http://www.senore.com/Cricket/JM-Anderson-c1705 was doubtful for the final Test of the series.
Strauss rated Anderson as the leading bowler of the team, but said that the final 11 will be decided after all players are declared for five-day cricket.
England have already won the series by a margin of 3-0 and are eying a whitewash, but will not risk any of their players if there is a fitness concern.
Pakistan’s opening batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045. The left-handed batsman was ignored for selection for the past four years, but made a
comeback to the team last year.
There will be three openers for the Zimbabwean series in the Pakistani squad and Taufeeq saw this as a positive step. He said that this would enhance competition amongst players.
Sri Lanka’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World
Cup 2011.
Dilshan was appointed as the skipper of the Sri Lankan team on a series-to-series basis, but has managed to impress the board with his leadership skills.
The Lankan http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746. They managed to win the Twenty20’s by a margin of 2-0, but are 2-1 down in the five-match One Day International (ODI) series.
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