Cricket News in Brief – October 06, 2011 – Part 1
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Somerset-c843 qualified to play one of the semi-finals in the ongoing Champions
League T20 after beating http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 on Wednesday, October 05, 2011.
Somerset, while batting first posted 146 runs on the board and then restricting the opposition on 134 runs.
Somerset captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Alfonso-Thomas-c991 was named as the Player of the Match for his commendable performance with the ball where he grabbed two wickets in four overs.
Royal Challengers Bangalore earned a last-ball victory against
South Australia Redbacks at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
on Wednesday, October 05, 2011 when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Daniel-Christian-c1308.
After winning the toss, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Australia-c844 chose to bat first and managed to post 214 runs on the board, however, they failed to restrict the opposition from reaching the target even after Shaun Tait’s superb performance where he took five wickets to help his
side climb back in the game.
From South Australia, opener http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737 from Royal Challengers Bangalore was named as the Player of the Match for scoring 70 runs off 36 deliveries.
England one-day captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AN-Cook-c1026 believes that
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 would face a tough time in the forthcoming five-match one-day series against India in their own backyard.
Talking to Sky Sports, the left-hand opening batsman said, “I don't see any relation between what happened in England and what's going to happen out here. We are expecting a battle, predominantly on slow wickets. India are historically very strong at home,
and we have an extremely tough challenge on our hands - but one I think we can cope with.”
England are scheduled to play five One Day Internationals (ODIs) followed by a Twenty20 match in the series set to begin from October 14, 2011.
Former Australian batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Waqar-Younis-Maitla-c96193 resigned due to personal and health reasons.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045 was Waqar’s last as the head coach of the Men in Green.
Meanwhile, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Jones-c69217 has expressed interest in coaching Pakistan and is hopeful of bringing improvements in the cricketing culture of Pakistan if he gets the job.
Jones has also stated that as coach of Pakistan, he would try to convince retired flamboyant all-rounder http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 to come out of international retirement which was given by the hard-hitting batsman after developing differences with Younis.
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