Cricket News in Brief – February 11, 2012 – Part 1
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 (UAE) during the month of August.
Insiders have revealed that the weather during this month is not feasible for cricket in the UAE and it will also be the month of Ramazan due to which PCB has decided to look for other venues.
Speaking on the matter, a PCB source said, “http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 is one of the options as cricket is played in Darwin and Cairns in August in Australia."
Meanwhile, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 is also being considered by PCB as a viable location to host a series against Australia, which could see an extension in the in the number of T20 matches in the series.
However, according to another well-informed source, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 would also be a very important location to be used as a neutral venue because of the forthcoming T20 World Cup.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Afghanistan-c745 in the one-off One Day International (ODI) in the UAE on Friday, February 10, 2012.
After winning the toss, Afghanistan chose to bat first as they posted a total of 195 runs on the board – failing to amass a stiff total due to the destructive bowling from Shahid Afridi, who grabbed five wickets and was then later named as the Player of the Match.
Meanwhile, in the batting department Pakistan’s middle-order batsman, Younis Khan, hammered a sensational innings of 70 runs to help his side win the match.
"Good practice for the upcoming games. Dressing room atmosphere is perfect," said Afridi in the post match ceremony.
Former Australian batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737 as the best young batsman these days.
“The thing that impresses me about Kohli is his technique. If you look at all the upcoming batsmen in the world, they have techniques for Twenty20 cricket and not Tests," Slater said.
Slater said that the Indian batsman was way ahead than the rest of the young batsmen in modern-day cricket.
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