Cricket News in Brief – January 18, 2012 – Part 1
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 in their third One Day International (ODI) of the five-match series.
Sri Lanka chose to bat first after winning the toss, and gave a better performance with the bat this time as they ended their innings by posting a tough total of 266 runs against South Africa.
Opener, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/WU-Tharanga-c2802, was the highest scorer from his side with 58 runs under his belt.
Meanwhile, from South Africa, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Faf-du-Plessis-c1427 was the most successful batsman with 72 runs to his name. The batsman was also named as the Player of the Match for his resounding performance with the bat.
With 179 runs on the board, play was interrupted due to rain and then abandoned, giving South Africa the match as they required 176 runs in 34 overs according to D/L method.
On the first day of the first Test between http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859 wrecked havoc on the Poms as he incinerated their batting line-up leaving them in ruins in their first innings as England faltered after amassing only 192 runs in their first innings.
Ajmal grabbed seven wickets as he was completely unplayable and prevented the English batsmen from scoring confidently at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Pakistan now trail by 150 runs with 10 wickets remaining in the 1st innings after posting 42 runs at stumps with openers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Taufeeq-Umar-c92889 on 22 and 18 runs.
From England, middle-order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Prior-c1984 was the highest scorer with an unbeaten knock of 70 runs.
On Tuesday, Pakistan star all rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 was named UN Goodwill Ambassador against drug abuse by UN Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
According to the press release, this honour has been bestowed upon the cricketer for his outstanding sporting record and popularity in the game of cricket.
Talking on the occasion, Afridi said, “I have never done anything halfway and will give my all to my new role, I hate to see drugs ruin the lives of young people. If I can convince even one boy or girl to shirk the habit, I will be proud [of myself].”
Saeed Ajmal, is not intimidated by concerns regarding his action, as the spinner insisted on Tuesday that he was more focussed on the first Test against England than to worry about the legitimacy of his action.
"I'm just concentrating on my bowling. It's the umpires' and match referee's responsibility to see if there is any problem with my action," said Ajmal.
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