Cricket News in Brief – October 26, 2011 – Part 1
India hammers England to a 5-0 defeat in the one-day series after winning the fifth and final match of the One Day International (ODI) series by 95 runs on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
After being put into bat, India posted a staggering total of 271 runs on the board, the hosts annihilated England’s batting line-up on 176 runs and avenged their forgettable tour of England this year.
Slow left-arm orthodox bowler http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RA-Jadeja-c2238 was named as the Player of the Match for grabbing four wickets in eight overs.
Meanwhile, Indian skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 who has been phenomenal in this series was named as the Player of the Series for playing an unbeaten knock of 75 runs.
Indian Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni slams the wicket in the fifth ODI against England played on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
Speaking in the post match ceremony, Dhoni said, “It was, to some extent, an ugly looking wicket. You were never really set, and it was difficult to score runs. We were fortunate to score 270 on a wicket like this, 240 to 245 was in our mind.”
One the other hand, he praised the effort by his players in the fielding department and stated that his side had greatly improved in the fielding department.
Loss in the fifth ODI against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013
this summer.
“It's a bit of a shock. We know that you can lose wickets in cluster, we seem to have lost 10 there in a cluster,” said Cook.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/TM-Dilshan-c2691 wants a good show from the batsmen in thefirst innings of the second Test against Pakistan scheduled to begin from Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Sri Lanka’s batting line-up was abbreviated by Pakistan for 197 runs in the first innings of the first Test played between the two countries. However, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 failed to win the match owed to some unimpressive fielding on the fifth day.
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