Cricket News in Brief – November 26, 2011 – Part 1
Pakistan won their one-off T20 match against Sri Lanka by five wickets on Friday, November 25, 2011 at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Needing a tally of 142 runs to win the game, Pakistan reached the target in 19.3 overs and grabbed a thrilling win in the series.
Pakistan’s pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Aizaz-Cheema-c961, who grabbed four wickets in the fixture, was named as the Player of the Match.
While in the batting department skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 amassed an unbeaten knock of 48 runs to steer his side to a sensational victory.
From Sri Lanka, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/LD-Chandimal-c1831 was the highest scorer from his side with 56 runs to his name.
Pakistan Captain Misbah-ul-Haq has praised the teamwork and hard work of the spinners in the one-off Twenty20 match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 (UAE).
In his post match interview, Misbah said, “It's all to do with the teamwork, including the management. We were under pressure when we started bowling and the spinners did really well. We thought they were going to score 200.”
Dejected Sri Lankan Captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TM-Dilshan-c2691 has admitted that his side is failing to finish the games in their favour and they seem to be in a habit of repeating this mistake in almost every match.
After losing to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 in the only T20 match of the series, Dilshan said, “We were short by 20 runs today. We are not finishing well and we're repeating this mistake again and again. Bowlers did a great job."
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556
was thoroughly planned as he prevented the batsman from scoring a much awaited 100th century by dismissing him on 94 runs in the third test between the two countries.
Rampaul while talking to newsmen said, “The plan was to basically get closer to the wicket and just angle the ball away from him. He nicked it and it was a good feeling."
According to the pacer, he had a chat with West Indies coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ottis-Delroy-Gibson-c80358 on Friday morning where they discussed on how to get Tendulkar’s wicket.
India has decided to rest skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 for the
five-match one-day series against West Indies and according to the Board of Control for Cricket in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739 would be captaining the side.
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