Cricket News-in-Brief - October 17, 2011 – Part 3
Pakistan’s interim coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Umar-Akmal-c94595 to bat with responsibility
in order to fight his way back into the Test squad of the national side.
Umar has been unable to perform well in the longest version of the game in recent times and was dropped from the Test side which will play against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 (UAE).
However, the 21-year-old was retained in the team’s One Day International (OSI) and Twenty20 squad.
According to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohsin-c77587, Umar needs to score big runs in order to impress the selectors. He has been scoring some runs, but converting starts is important when it comes to playing Test match cricket.
Former Indian skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
Both teams were scheduled to play five ODIs and one Twenty20 in October, 2011.
The Men in Blue have already won the opening game of the series and lead by 1-0. They are currently playing England in the second ODI of the series at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Delhi-c780.
According to Ganguly, the injury struck Indian side suffered a lot in England, but things will be completely different once the teams face each other on the Asian soil.
The Poms had crushed http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 4-0, 3-0 and 1-0 in Test, ODI and Twenty20 series respectively on the British soil recently.
West Indies’ skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747.
The Caribbean side has already won two One Day Internationals (ODIs) out of the total three and the final one will be played at Chittagong on Tuesday, October 18, 2011.
Sammy was pleased with the overall performance of his team and said that both bowlers and batsmen have been doing a fantastic job on the tour. He expected the team to continue performing consistently in the upcoming games.
Pakistan’s chief selector Mohsin http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319 was pleased to become the interim coach of the team.
He has taken over from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Waqar-Younis-Maitla-c96193, who stepped down from his role recently.
According to Mohsin, he had a desire to coach the national side and also be successful.
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