Cricket News-in-Brief - November 11, 2011 – Part 3
Former Australian Test batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mark-Edward-Waugh-c74603 has blamed excess of limited-over cricket for the batsmen struggling on lively pitches.
He was disappointed over his side’s dismal batting display in the first Test of the two match series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 in Cape Town.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 were all out for 47 runs in their second innings, wasting a golden opportunity of gaining and unassailable lead in the series.
According to Waugh, the modern day batsmen are not mentally strong enough to score runs on bowling friendly pitches. He further added that lack of quality fast bowlers in world cricket has also been a factor behind batsmen not prepared for taking on the
challenge.
One of the best openers of all time did not criticise the Cape Town wicket at all, saying that it provided entertaining cricket to the fans worldwide. He also believed that the batsmen did not apply themselves properly otherwise the conditions were not unplayable.
Australia’s Test and One Day International (ODI) skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978 was confident of winning the first Test against South Africa
despite his side’s dismal performance in the second innings.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 expected the pitch to continue favouring the bowlers and said that his bowlers had the potential to bowl the opposition out.
However, things did not turn out to be good for the Kangaroos, as they failed to defend their target of 236 runs.
The tourists only managed to pick up a couple of wickets in the opposition’s second innings, losing the match by eight wickets. They will only get one more chance of saving the series by winning the second Test of the series in Johannesburg.
Sri Lanka’s coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Geoffrey-Robert-Marsh-c58893 has rated his side as favourites to win the five match ODI series against Pakistan,
but said that the team will have to prove their mettle on the cricket field once they take on the opposition in the first match at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 on Friday, November 11.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 ODI team rankings.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 has the momentum, winning the three match Test series by 1-0 and will give a tough time to the opposition.
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