Cricket News in Brief – October 23, 2011 – Part 1
Sri Lanka’s ace batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779 helped his side secure a draw against Pakistan in the first Test of a three-Test series at Abu Dhabi by smashing an exuberant knock of 211 on Saturday, October 22, 2011.
Pakistan needed five wickets to win the match on the fifth day; however, the veteran Sangakkara prevented the Men in Green from grabbing an easy win after Pakistan had posted a humongous total of 511 runs in their first innings before dismantling the Sri
Lankans for 197 runs.
Meanwhile, the Lankans ended the day after posting 483 run in their second innings.
Sangakkara was named as the Player of the Match for his match saving performance.
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after winning the second match of the tournament by four wickets at Harare Sports Club on Saturday, October 22, 2011.
Given a target of 260 runs to chase, the Black Caps reached the required target in 48.2 overs with the help of an exuberant batting performance from http://www.senore.com/Cricket/BB-McCullum-c1129 (87).
Guptill was named as the Player of the Match for his splendid performance with the bat.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Imtiaz-Sheikh-c64290 Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi on Saturday, October 22, 2011.
Misbah reckoned that the side needs to improve their fielding if they want to win the series currently taking place in Abu Dhabi.
“The only negative from the Test is our fielding. Otherwise bowling and batting had so many positives. Pakistan's fielding has improved over time but we need to improve more, like with batting and bowling. We have been for ages on and off in the field, one
day outstanding, other days not so.”
England’s middle-order batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/IJL-Trott-c1576 believes that his
side has failed to do the basics rights in their ongoing tour of India where they have lost the five-match One Day International (ODI) series after getting run over by India in the first three fixtures.
While talking to Press Trust of India, the batsman said, “I just think we haven't played as well as we did in England. Our basics haven't been up to scratch. Things like big partnerships, fielding …"
He admitted that hosts http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 this summer where the reigning one-day cricket champions lost a Test series by 4-0 and then were ravaged in the ODIs by 3-0.
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