Cricket News in Brief – November 18, 2011 – Part 1
India redeemed its lost glory in Test cricket after beating West Indies in the three-match Test series by winning the second match on Thursday, November 17, 2011 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 batting, which could not neutralize the bowling onslaught unleashed by the host team.
With this victory, India have taken a lead by 2-0 in the series and once again proved to the world that they are still a dominating force in the world of cricket.
India this year lost their number one status in Test cricket after getting a beating by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 in the four-match series where the Indians could not win a single match.
From India http://www.senore.com/Cricket/VVS-Laxman-c2772 was named as the Player of the Match for clobbering an unbeaten knock of 176 runs.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 suffer have suffered a batting collapse in the second Test against rivals Australia on the first day of the Test at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg.
After getting off to an impressive start, the South Africans faced a batting collapse in the later stage of the game, which resulted in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746’s comeback in the game.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AB-de-Villiers-c887 was the highest scorer from South Africa with 64 runs under his belt as the Proteas scored 266 runs on the first day.
From Australia, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/PM-Siddle-c2197 was the highest wicket-taker with three wickets to his name.
On Thursday, November 17, 2011 India’s former batsmen http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World Cup.
Kambli stated that the match might have been fixed because the team was initially prepared to bat first after winning the toss, but the then skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Azharuddin-c76823 chose to field first.
“I will never forget the 1996 match because my career ended after this and I was dropped from the team. I was stunned by India's decision to field," he said.
Indian skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 is impressed by the performance of his young bowlers in the second Test against West Indies and feels that the credit goes to the young bowlers who rose to the occasion and left everyone impressed by bowling
out West Indies twice in the span of two days.
“The bowlers are hunting in a pack, (it) doesn't matter who is taking the wickets. I think the first innings was perfect, after that it was a game of patience," Dhoni said.
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