Cricket News in Brief – January 21, 2012 – Part 1
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Sri Lanka, registered their first win in the series after losing three back to back matches by the hands of the hosts.
After South Africa gave the tourists a target of 300 runs to win in 50 overs, the Sri Lankans gave a befitting batting performance by successfully chasing the target in 48.4 overs for the loss of only five wickets.
Under fire Sri Lankan skipper, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TM-Dilshan-c2691, was the highest scorer from his side with 87 runs under his belt.
Meanwhile, all-rounder Thisara Perera was named as the Player of the Match for grabbing two wickets and then playing an unbeaten innings of 69 runs.
Former http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in the ongoing four-Test series, whivh the Indians have already lost by 3-0.
Kapil believes that every aspect of the game as gone wrong for the Indians, who seem to be getting bad in every match.
Expressing his frustration, Dev said, “As a cricketer, I feel ashamed by the Indian team's performance. They are not playing well and have gone wrong in every aspect of the game."
However, the all-rounder cautioned the team management from making any changes in the team during the tour as it will most likely do more harm than good.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Javed-Miandad-c66580, Pakistan’s former international cricketer praised the performance of Pakistan in the first Test against England, were the Men in Green won the match by 10 wickets on the third day.
Javed while commending http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 led Pakistan team said, “It is because the sport has been cleaned up that we are performing well and winning consistently."
Miandad said that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859.
Ajmal grabbed ten wickets in the match as he incinerated the English batting line-up especially in the first innings where he took seven wickets.
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