Cricket News-in-Brief - November 16, 2011 – Part 3
West Indies’ team manager http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Richard-Benjamin-Richardson-c84890 has asked his side to play positive cricket
against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in the second Test of the two match series at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
The tourists were dismissed for 153 runs in their first innings of the match, conceding a first innings lead of 478 runs and were forced to follow on by the Indian skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028.
However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Richardson-c85395 claimed that the wicket was good for batting and his side needs to bat out the next two days in order to save the game. He further went onto praise the home side’s batsmen and said that his team should take an inspiration from them.
The former West Indian cricketer was impressed with the way veteran batsmen http://www.senore.com/Cricket/VVS-Laxman-c2772 batted in the match. He advised the youngsters to learn from the legends of how to construct a Test innings.
Former England skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 will be tested
during their series, scheduled to be played in the United Arab Emirates in 2012, due to the spot fixing controversy which took place last year.
According to the veteran all-rounder, players will have to be extremely careful and should not cross boundaries during the series, as something harsh can be said in the heat of the moment.
However, Collingwood was confident that both the cricket loving nations will handle things sensibly and will focus only on playing cricket rather than other issues.
New Zealand’s coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/John-Geoffrey-Wright-c67883 was satisfied over his team’s batting form
ahead of the Australian tour. He was closely following the domestic tournament in the country and was pleased to see some talented youngsters.
Wright was also content with the 13-member squad announced for the Australian tour and said that the team will be looking to form the right balance in order to enjoy success in all three formats of the game.
Sri Lanka’s skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 (UAE)
after winning the second One Day International (ODI) of the five match series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755.
The series is now levelled at 1-1 with three more matches to go and Dilshan has asked the fans to come out for the support of their side in the remaining games as well.
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