Cricket News in Brief – February 14, 2012 – Part 1
England drew first blood in the four-match One Day International (ODI) series against Pakistan on Monday, February 13, 2012 after winning the first match of the tournament by 130 runs as the gave Pakistan a target of 261 runs to win in 50 overs.
Pakistan lacked the same spirit they showed during the three-match Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imtiaz-Sheikh-c64290 Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi.
English skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 was the star of the match with an innings of 137 runs, as he played a vital role in helping his side post a respectable total on the board when the rest of the batting line-up failed against Pakistan’s spin bowling.
This batting performance earned Cook the Player of the Match award.
"It's been a hard tour, it's been frustrating we haven't played up to our potential ... Glad we got off to a winning start today,” said the English skipper.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859, grabbed five wickets as English batsmen still seem to be having difficulty in playing him.
Meanwhile, all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 was the highest scorer from his team with 28 runs.
On Monday, Khulna Royal Bengals won their match against Barisal Burners by seven wickets in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League, at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur.
After being given a target of 126 runs to win the match in 20 overs, Khulna batsmen gave a stupendous performance as they reached the required target in 17.2 overs for the loss of three wickets.
With this victory, Khulna Royal Bengals now stand at third place with four points and are looking good in the tournament.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DR-Smith-c1401, was named as the Player of the Match for his match winning innings of 58 runs as the batsman stayed unbeaten at the end of the clash.
In the 8th match of the ongoing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 Premier League, Dhaka Gladiators, on Monday won their fixture against Chittagong Kings by six wickets at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur.
Given a target of 154 run to win in 20 overs, Dhaka successfully chased the target in 19 overs for the loss of four wickets.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KA-Pollard-c1754, from Dhaka Gladiators was named as the Player of the Match for an unbeaten innings of 50 runs.
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