Cricket News in Brief – November 15, 2011 – Part 1
Sri Lanka levelled the five-match one-day series by 1-1 against Pakistan on Monday, November 14, 2011 after beating the Men in Green by 25 runs at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
The Lankans, who chose to bat first after winning the toss, amassed 235 runs on the board with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 scoring a 50.
In the bowling department, from Pakistan http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 grabbed two wickets.
Meanwhile, the Pakistan batting line-up was completely incinerated by the Sri Lankan bowlers and only youngster http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 fell after bolstering 210 runs in 46.3 overs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SL-Malinga-c2540 was named as the Player of the Match was grabbing three wickets.
According to International Cricket Council’s chief executive http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Test Championship which was scheduled to take place in 2013, would not be held before 2017 due to commitments to broadcasters and sponsors.
Speaking to newsmen in this regard, Lorgat said, “I am afraid that [the Test championship] is no longer going to happen in 2013. At the last board meeting we decided the first opportunity to play the Test championship is 2017.”
Australian batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BJ-Haddin-c1170 who has been suffering a lean patch with the bat in recent months as reiterated the need for him to maintain his aggressive batting style even when things aren’t going his way.
“It's important for everyone to play their natural game. There are moments in the game when you have to assess situations and that's something I didn't do great the other day. But the bottom line is you have to be true to yourself and your team-mates and
play the way that's got you here," he said.
Haddin who is 34 faces a permanent sacking from the national team if he doesn’t delivery in the remainder of the South African tour.
Meanwhile, the batsman insisted that he had never considered age as an obstacle and the day when he realizes that he can no longer give a hundred percent performance for his team he would walk away from the game.
Former Indian great http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760.
“You cannot have so much of cricket that people stop coming even for the ODIs. It was sad thing to see matches against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013, we didn't even see 20,000 people turning up. That's what you get when you have too much of cricket," Kapil said on Monday, November
14, 2011.
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