Cricket News-in-Brief - December 14, 2011 – Part 3
New Zealand’s coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/John-Geoffrey-Wright-c67883 wants his batsmen to improve
in order to win more Test matches. His side managed to beat http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 on their home soil after a gap of more than 20 years.
However, Wright believes it was the bowling that won the match for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754, as the batsmen were not able to reach 300 even once in the Test match.
The Kiwi coach said that his top-six batsmen need to score runs with consistency in the longest version of the game otherwise the results will not be ideal.
Wright further added that his side will not get carried away after winning one match against the Kangaroos. He vowed to continue giving a tough time to every opponent in all three formats of the game.
Bangladesh’s skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mushfiqur-Rahim-c2045 has slammed his domestic structure,
saying that it was the reason behind the poor performances of the Test team.
The Bengali Tigers were crushed by an innings and 184 runs against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 in the first Test of the two match series in Chittagong.
They seemed to be no match against the quality bowling attack of the opposition and failed to reach 300 even once in two outings.
On the other hand, the Pakistani batsmen enjoyed the perfect conditions and scored runs freely. Veteran http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Asad-Shafiq-c46208 also scored centuries.
Rahim suggested that the national players should be available for first-class encounters in order to increase competition at that level.
Australia’s star all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750
in the first Test of the four match series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), starting from Monday, December 26, 2011.
The veteran player suffered a hamstring injury during the South African Test series and was rule out of the competition against the Black Caps.
However, he will be seen back in action against the Men in Blue, but will be unable to bowl.
India’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447 has claimed that he was not worried about scoring a century
in Test cricket, as long as he keeps on scoring runs for the team.
However, he was confident of breaking the shackles soon and vowed to score a lot of centuries in the future.
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