Cricket News-in-Brief – October 28, 2011 – Part 1
Pakistan dominate play against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 on the second day of the second Test by piling 281 runs at match at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, on Thursday, October 27, 2011.
The Test also saw the maiden Test century from Pakistan’s 26-year-old batsman http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Azhar-Ali-c46890, who gave an impressive performance when Pakistan were beginning to lose nerve.
With four wickets down, the Men in Green have a chance to bat through the third day to post a staggering total in reply to Sri Lanka’s first innings score of 239 runs.
Pakistan’s former Captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 has revealed that the next retirement will be his last.
In an interview the 31-year-old all-rounder said, “I stopped playing because of Butt. He has gone now and I am back. I am fit and want to play. The next time I retire will be the last time.”
Afridi conditionally retired from international cricket after he developed estranged relations with the team managed due to interference in team selection during Pakistan’s tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760.
Later the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Misbah-ul-Haq-c1972 as the captain of the national team.
However, after the resignation of coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Waqar-Younis-Maitla-c96193 and expiration of Butt’s three-year contract the flamboyant reverted his retirement has is now eager to play for Pakistan once more.
India’s sidelined left-arm pacer http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Irfan-Pathan-c1601
holds nothing more important than to play for the national side.
In an interview the pacer who turned 27 on Thursday, October 27 said, “It's always a great honour to play for one's country. I know what it means to play for India.”
The player hopes to make a comeback in the national team soon.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andrew-Flower-c44362 feels that blame for
the 5-0 loss against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in the recently concluded One Day International (ODI) series needs to be shared by everyone.
Flower revealed that his belief was that the team’s preparations were good, however looking back at a 5-0 defeat, many questions have risen.
"We've all got to take personal responsibility for this result. I head up this tour, so it's got to start with me - without a doubt. I have got to question how we have prepared our batsmen for this series," Flower said.
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