Cricket News-in-Brief - January 3, 2012 – Part 3
England’s skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AJ-Strauss-c964 wants to stamp his authority on Test cricket by winning matches on the Asian soil.
His side is currently in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755.
According to Strauss it will be important for his side to beat the Men in Green on pitches, which are more suited to slow bowlers.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 are currently the number one ranked team in Test cricket, but critics believe their dominance will end once they play on spinner friendly wickets.
Commenting on the series against Pakistan, Strauss said that http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saeed-Ajmal-c87859, who was the highest
wicket-taker in Tests last year with 50 scalps.
Former Australian bowlers http://www.senore.com/Cricket/James-Pattinson-c1653 to be a future star for the national side
following his impressive performances in back to back Test series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 and India.
According to Fleming, Pattinson has everything a fast bowler needs and will definitely become one of the best in the business. The youngster is also decent with the bat, as he scored some crucial runs against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in the Melbourne Test.
Lawson was also impressed with Pattinson’s pace, as the 21-year-old has shown that he can bowl over 150 km/http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Hugh-Morris-c63550 as well.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757
in the final Test of the three match series in Newlands, Cape Town on Tuesday, January 3, 2012.
Both teams will be eager to win this game, as it will decide the outcome of the series, which is currently levelled at 1-1.
There were a couple of changes made to the South African line up, as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CRD-Fernando-c1292 with Dhammika
Prasad.
England’s spinner http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GP-Swann-c1501 was confident that the Pak-Eng series will be played in the right spirit.
Pakistan’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Amir-c76675 were recently jailed in England due to their involvement in spot-fixing and there are many talks in the media that the upcoming series between the two teams will not be played in the right spirit.
However, Swann does not agree with such reports, saying that the players involved in wrong doings will not be a part of the team so there will be no ‘bad blood.’
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