Cricket News in Brief – August 23, 2011 – Part 1
India’s batting maestro http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556 falls short of scoring a ton
in the final and fourth Test at the Oval against England after being given leg-before-wicket off a delivery by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TT-Bresnan-c2711 before knocking an innings of 91 run.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chinnadupargea-Sachin-c50607, who is just a century away from completely a hall of hundred centuries in international cricket looked back to his best on the final day after having a lean patch with the bat in the series, however, he failed to save the side from a 4-0 defeat by
the hands of hosts http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
England trounce India in the fourth Test at the oval to cement their place as the number one team in Test cricket.
After batting just once in the match, England posted a humongous tally of 591 runs and then bowled out India twice in the game to grab a handsomely earned victory against the former number one team in Test cricket.
The Man of the Series title was shared between England’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IR-Bell-c1597 who had clobbered a commendable innings of 235 runs in England’s first innings.
England coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Flower-c44362 equates the series whitewash against India similar to the Ashes of 2009
after seeing the atmosphere in England and the way the crowd backed their team throughout the summer.
The coach praised the hard work of the team and the exceptional leadership qualities of the skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964
England beat http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 by 4-0 in the four-match series to earn their place as the top team in Test cricket. After this defeat India has dropped to number three while England are firmly sitting at number one spot.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in the fifth match of the One Day International Series
by four wickets after successfully chasing a target of 212 runs at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
Australia, who had already won the five-match series by 3-1 before the final match were put into bat by the hosts who restricted the Men in Gold to a meagre tally of 211 as the Australian tail crumbled against the Lankans.
From Australia, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Mathews-c913 scored 63 and 26 runs to
help their side secure a win.
Michael Clarke was named as the Man of the Series while Sri Lanka’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SL-Malinga-c2540 was named as the Man of the Match for completing his third hat-trick in ODIs.
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