Cricket News-in-Brief - October 28, 2011 – Part 3
Sri Lanka’s coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/United-Arab-Emirates-c3033 (UAE).
According to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Simon-James-Marshall-c90362, Pakistan will have to bat fourth in this Test, which will not be an easy task. The pitch in Dubai will wear out until day four and five, which will make life extremely difficult for the batsmen.
However, the Australian admitted that his side will have to restrict Pakistan to a lesser total first and then work extremely hard in order to post a challenging target.
Australia’s http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MJ-Clarke-c1978. Both players were involved in a spat during the 2009 series against South Africa.
According to Katich, he was not given a contract by Cricket Australia (CA) due to the fact that he did not have good terms with Clarke.
Although the left-handed batsman has been performing consistently at the domestic level, he feels things will not change for him now.
The new http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 is still a utility cricketer in limited-over formats. The latter had announced conditional retirement after his dispute with the board’s management.
However, Afridi announced his availability for international cricket after the departure of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ijaz-Butt-c64128 as coach and chairman of PCB respectively.
According to Zaka, he was contacted by Afridi and both will soon meet in order to discuss the future plans.
According to close sources in the PCB, Afridi will make a comeback to the national side during the One Day International (ODI) series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757.
Both teams will face each other in the series deciding ODI at Kingsmead, Durban in South Africa on Friday, October 28, 2011. They are currently levelled at 1-1 in the three match series.
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