Cricket News in Brief – February 7, 2012 – Part 1
On Monday, February 06, 2012 Pakistan whitewashed England in the three-match Test series, after winning the series finale by 71 runs, at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
After giving http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 bulldozed the number-one team in Test cricket by an outstanding display of some prolific combination of spin and pace bowling.
England failed to save grace after they had dismissed Pakistan on a meagre first innings total where the Men in Green could foster only 99 runs.
Just like in the previous two Tests, England failed to counter the aggressive spin bowling from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abdur-Rehman-c41691.
“I'm surprised we didn't get bigger scores but you have to credit Pakistan. When they were ahead, they didn't allow us to come back. We're a lot better at the end of the 3rd Test, than at the start of the first,” said the English captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964.
Meanwhile, speaking on the great win, Pakistan skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 said, “I just can't explain this in words. Getting out for 99, nobody thought we could come back.”
Pakistan’s former speedster, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashraf-c46397’s remarks regarding India’s consistent refusal to play Pakistan.
Akhtar argued that although true that the current Pakistan outfit was capable of beating any team in the world, Ashraf being the head of Pakistan cricket should chose to give non controversial statements regarding the estranged cricketing ties between the two countries since the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 attacks in 2008.
Ashrad had said that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 were afraid to play Pakistan.
Akhtar, however, admitted that it was frustrating for everyone to see India evade the resumption of cricket between the two countries.
The former pacer retired from the sport after the 2011 International Cricket Council (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625) World Cup, where Pakistan were ousted from the tournament by India in the semi-final.
Yuvraj Singh's father, former Test cricketer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yograjsingh-Bhagsingh-Bhundel-c98307 on Monday revealed that his son’s treatment for a malignant tumor in his lungs was delayed by almost two years as Yuvraj had not taken the symptoms of his illness seriously.
The all-rounder’s father said that he had asked his son to get a complete medical check-up almost two years ago.
However, he insisted that Singh, who is currently getting treatment in the United States of America (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Usa-c759), was responding well and would be back on the cricket field soon enough.
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