Cricket News in Brief – December 22, 2011 – Part 1
Pakistan whitewashed Bangladesh by 2-0 in the two-match Test series on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur.
The Men in Green, under the captaincy of mild-mannered, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972, beat the hosts by seven wickets as they successfully chased 103 runs, to win the match.
From http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Hafeez-c76898 played an important role in his side’s win by hammering a commendable knock of 47 runs in the second innings.
Meanwhile, middle-order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shakib-Al-Hasan-c2492 was named as the Player of the Match for taking seven wickets.
Pakistan’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Gul-c94604 grabbed five wickets.
Younis http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adrian-Roger-Kirshaw-Pierson-c42135 with the same players if they want to improve in Test cricket.
Khan, who was named as the Player of the Series against Bangladesh on Wednesday, December 21, commended the host team’s performance in the two-Test series and hoped they would improve in times to come.
“It's hard to play back to back series but in the end it was a happy ending. Bangladesh are improving, all they need is to play more Tests and stick with the same guys," said Younis in the post match ceremony.
Legendary Australian spinner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shane-Keith-Warne-c89672, will be honoured by the Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) with a bronze statue, today, December 22, 2011 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), for his services to the sport.
Warne’s statue will join the statues of ten other Aussie sports stars. The statue will be unveiled in the same ground where the mighty Aussie grabbed his 700th Test wicket, almost five years ago.
The spinner has come out of retirement to play for Melbourne Stars in the ongoing Big Bash T20 tournament.
Sri Lankan captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 in the first Test by an innings and 81 runs.
"Our batting unit hasn't clicked. That's where we lost the game and, as a batting group, we definitely have to take responsibility. We've been working hard in the nets, but we're not carrying it into the middle," a dejected Dilshan said.
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