Cricket News in Brief – October 13, 2011 – Part 1
Former Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ijaz-Butt-c64128 is content
with the work he did for http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 cricket and has insisted that he does not have any regrets regarding his three-year tenure in the PCB.
“I have no regrets whatsoever as I tried my level best and fulfilled my duties with honesty. I believe curbing the player-power is the highlight of my tenure as it paved the way for young blood.”
The former PCB chairman rebuffed rumours that he requested an extension in his tenure by the President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari who is the patron-in-chief of PCB.
Butt’s tenure was marred by controversies especially the spot-fixing debacle harmed him the most as many believe that his administration completely failed in handling the situation.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Afghanistan-c745 by 69 runs in the
ongoing International Cricket Council (http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625) Intercontinental Cup 2011-2013 at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium on Wednesday, October 12, 2011.
After posting 221 runs on the board, UAE annihilated the Afghan batting line-up by restricting them on 152 runs in the one-day game.
UAE’s captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khurram-Khan-c71386 was named as the Player of the Match for giving an all-round performance by smashing 43 runs and then grabbing three wickets in the fixture.
West Indies captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DJG-Sammy-c1382 is confident that his team would be a force to reckon with
in the forthcoming three-match one-day series against Bangladesh after losing the only T20 match of the tour on Tuesday 11, 2011 at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur by three wickets.
Talking to newsmen, Sammy said, “This is the start of the tour, so we will regroup and come back. We have three one-dayers and two Test matches, so there is a lot to play for. We will look at the areas where we went wrong and lift our game for the upcoming
matches."
West Indies and Bangladesh are scheduled to play the first one-day match of the series today, October 13, 2011 at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mushfiqur-Rahim-c2045 hopes his side would retain their winning ways and repeat the performance of their T20 clash against tourists West Indies in the upcoming three-match one-day series scheduled to begin from today, October
13, 2011.
Rahim, who is playing the series as the captain of Bangladesh for the first time after replacing former skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760 by three wickets
on Tuesday 11, 2011.
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