Cricket News in Brief – November 17, 2011 – Part 1
Pakistan’s former opening batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aamer-Sohail-c41418 believes that the incidents of
match/spot-fixing will keep on haunting the cricket world until the International Cricket Council (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625) takes serious and effective steps to stamp out this menace from the sport.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 players have stood against match-fixing
in the past.
Australia’s under fire skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978 has insisted that his team has put their disastrous show
against hosts http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 in the first Test at Cape Town and are now geared up to avenge their defeat in the second Test of the series beginning from Thursday, November 17, at Johannesburg.
“All the guys have trained well over the last couple of days. We've got to have a red-hot crack to try to win this game and level the series, and that's what we'll be doing out there," said Clarke.
Australia’s first Muslim cricketer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Usman-Khawaja-c2729 has been confirmed to make a place in the
national team against South Africa in the second Test of the series at Johannesburg.
Khawaja’s inclusion in the team in place of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 some fortunes in the ongoing series.
“I had a good think last night, what I think is best for the team in terms of helping us win the game, and right now the straight swap is probably the best and right thing. I'm confident he'll be able to slip straight in and have some success for us," opined
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120 while talking to newsmen on Wednesday, November 16.
South African Test captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/GC-Smith-c1473 has praised the performance from his young players
who actually helped the national side win the first Test against Australia at Cape Town.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Smith-c90598 believes that there isn’t much difference between the two sides as both countries are in state of transition.
“We've got certain areas that have been more consistent over a period of time but we've also got some new faces," Smith said.
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