Cricket News in Brief – January 31, 2012 – Part 1
England coach, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 (UAE), where the English batsmen were outplayed by Pakistan’s spin bowlers.
He urged his batsmen to face up to facts and raise their game before the tour ends with a Test, an ODI series and a T20 series still remaining.
“Each individual will have to work very hard in working out his method of scoring,” said the English coach.
England spinner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Monty-Panesar-c2024, has defended his team after loss to Pakistan in the three-match Test series and has placed the blame on his individual performance that might have lead to England’s demise.
Carrying out a harsh self assessment, the English spinner said, “I was pleased with my performance in the second innings. But maybe I let the team down in the first innings.”
He further added, “I didn't take wickets at a quick enough rate, and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GP-Swann-c1501) kind of carried me - helping me out - and made me feel part of the team.”
Panesar, who made a comeback in the national team after almost two-and-a-half years, grabbed a second-innings haul of six for 62 in the second Test, however, his performance could not prevent an unexpected defeat as Pakistan gave a remarkable bowling performance to nab a rare victory.
The bowler rejected to blame http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013’s batting line-up which failed to acclimated against Pakistan’s bowlers and insisted that the batsmen had given commendable performance for over 18 months.
He reckoned that the team would regroup and bounce back against Pakistan.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746’s middle-order batsman, Mike Hussey, has revealed that there is nothing more important to Australian than to regain their first place in Test cricket, which is regularly discussed within the squad.
"There's no hiding our ambition in the wake of our 4-0 Test series win over India, We want to reclaim the world number one mantle from England,” said Hussey.
Australia are currently ranked as the fourth team in Test cricket, but have exposed their ambitions after incinerating http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 by 4-0 in the recently concluded Test series.
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